A Major Severe Weather Outbreak Is Possible in the Southeast Today
Strong, long-lived tornadoes are possible today in the southeast as the first major severe weather outbreak of the season unfolds through the afternoon and evening hours. The Storm Prediction Center has issued a moderate risk for severe weather for parts…
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How the South Saw More Snow Than Washington D.C. This Winter
You’re not alone if you ever feel like there’s a dome warding away all signs of snowy weather in your hometown. Lots of meteorologists and snow lovers take to social media every year to complain about the “snow bubble” or…
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Another Nor’easter Will Dump Snow This Week and Nobody’s Forecast Is the Same
Archaeologists will soon be able to tell time by observing the layers in the snowpack that’s developed across the northeastern United States this month. The seeds of yet another nor’easter—the third in the past two weeks, if you’re…
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Tricky Nor’easter Places Big Cities on Line Between Big Snows or Just a Nuisance
No two snowflakes or nor’easters are exactly alike. Parts of the Northeast will experience a classic winter snowstorm on Wednesday and Thursday as a strengthening system along the coast ingests just enough cold air to produce heavy snow from…
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An Intense Windstorm Will Rake the East Coast on Friday and Saturday
The bark is sometimes worse than the bite in nor’easters. The nor’easter set to form off the East Coast tonight will not be one of those storms. If you don’t know the storm is coming, you’ll hear it soon enough. This storm will…
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The West Coast’s Most Advanced Weather Satellite Is Set to Launch This Week
March will come in with the roar of rocket engines for weather geeks and space buffs around the world when the United States launches its newest weather satellite into orbit. GOES-S will lift off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, just after 5:00 PM Eastern…
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Weather Matters
Climate change is a profoundly important topic that’s worth almost every ounce of coverage it gets. Understandably, the discussion about how to deal with the problems posed by climate change and solutions to curb these dangerous effects takes up…
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Chemtrails Are a Figment of Your Imagination So Stop Emailing Me You Angry Twitter Eggs
Hello! It’s been a while since I’ve updated this page. It seems some of my old chemtrail debunking posts from The Vane (RIP) are making the rounds again, and lots of people are sending me lots of hate mail because I have the nerve to explain…
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Blizzard 2016: Frequently Asked Questions, Answered
Q: How much snow am I going to get? A: Here’s a snowfall forecast issued on Thursday morning and valid through Sunday morning. Q: Where do I live on that map? A: https://www.google.com/maps Q: Yeah but how much snow am I going to get?…
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A Dusting of Snow Is More Dangerous Than a Foot of Snow
Washington D.C. fell apart in the snow on Wednesday night. No, it wasn’t the big blizzard everyone’s freaking out about. A passing disturbance dropped an inch of snow, and not even an inch in some spots. Yet at midnight the traffic map still…
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