Spring May Finally Start Acting Like Spring in May
Most of us have had it relatively easy when it’s come to temperatures over the past few months. It’s nice to be able to keep the windows open this late into April. It’s nice to have a relative reprieve from severe…
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The Anatomy of the April 15, 2018 Tornado in Greensboro, N.C.
One of the strongest and longest-track tornadoes to hit North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad in years touched down on the evening of Sunday, April 15, 2018. The EF-2 tornado developed just east of downtown Greensboro shortly after 5:00 PM on Sunday and…
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A Race Between the Seasons: Battleground Pennsylvania
There was just a little bit of a temperature gradient across the Northeast and Great Lakes on Saturday. At 5:00 PM EDT, the temperature was 42°F in Boston, 54°F in New York City, and 81°F in Trenton, New Jersey. A strong low-pressure system over the…
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‘Extremely Critical’ Fire Danger Across Southern Plains and Southwest on Thursday
The risk for wildfires across the Plains and the Southwest will increase significantly on Thursday as dry, windy conditions take hold across the region. The Storm Prediction Center—which also issues fire weather outlooks—expects “extremely…
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How Do Forecasters Know There’s a Tornado Without Seeing It? (Science!)
One of the big problems we run into when we talk about the weather is that people underestimate the risk they face when severe storms approach. The “it’ll never happen to me” mindset doesn’t only apply to heart attacks and car…
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Widespread Severe Thunderstorms Expected in the Central U.S. on Tuesday
A widespread severe weather outbreak is likely on Tuesday in the central United States, covering just about everyone from the Midwest east through the Appalachian Mountains. The Storm Prediction Center expects the worst storms to occur around the…
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A Stagnant Weather Pattern Will Give Way to More Cool Weather for the Eastern U.S.
You didn’t think winter would go down without a fight, did you? The stagnant weather pattern that’s blanketed the United States this week is finally giving way and will be replaced by a pattern that will allow frequent shots of below-normal…
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A Note to the New Owners of The Weather Channel
The Weather Channel is under new ownership. The Hollywood Reporter published news on Thursday that Entertainment Studios recently closed a nine-figure deal to buy the Atlanta-based weather behemoth away from Comcast, NBC, and the venture capital firms…
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Here’s How Thunderstorms Are Able to Form With Temperatures Near Freezing
Loud cracks of thunder and vivid lightning are pretty far down on the list of things you expect to hear and see when the temperature is near freezing, but that’s exactly what folks in North Carolina were greeted to on Tuesday night as a line of…
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The East Braces for Another Snowstorm While the West Prepares for Flooding Rains
This winter sure decided to go out with a bang. Two storms will bookend the United States with big disruptions to major cities along both the eastern and western coasts. The fourth nor’easter this month looks like it’ll bring significant…
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