Prepare now: A hurricane is likely in the Gulf of Mexico this week
A disturbance in the western Caribbean has a very high likelihood of rapidly intensifying into a hurricane over the next couple of days as it closes in on the Gulf Coast. This isn’t the kind of storm we get to watch for a week and a half…
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How to get accurate weather information in the era of internet junk
A hurricane is likely going to develop and rapidly intensify before making landfall on the Gulf Coast this week. Meteorologists are in a rush against time to warn folks in harm’s way of the brewing storm to their south. This is one of the…
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We’re at the peak of Atlantic hurricane season. What’s next?
September 10 is the climatological peak of hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean. This is the day with the greatest odds of having at least one named storm somewhere in the Atlantic basin—and, true to form, we’ve got a hurricane brewing in the…
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Francine expected to hit the northern Gulf Coast as a hurricane Wednesday
A dangerous storm developing in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico will make landfall as a hurricane Wednesday along the Louisiana coast. Tropical Storm Francine spent Monday rapidly getting its act together off the eastern shores of Mexico. The latest…
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Hot and humid nights drove another summer of record heat across the U.S.
This was one of the hottest summers—if not the hottest summer—ever recorded for large portions of the United States, another data point on the undeniable trend toward warmer days and even warmer nights as our climate steadily changes. Meteorological…
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Yes, ‘corn sweat’ is real and it can enhance brutal Midwestern humidity
A dangerous heat wave gripping portions of the central United States made headlines this week for two words: corn sweat. Yes, ‘corn sweat’ is a real thing that can have a real impact on the weather. Daytime highs soaring into the middle to…
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Dangerous rip currents expected along U.S. East Coast as Ernesto passes by
Hurricane Ernesto will come dangerously close to Bermuda this weekend as it passes through the western Atlantic Ocean. While the storm itself won’t hit the United States, the storm’s rough surf will reach the East Coast and bring a threat for…
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Major flood threat to develop this week as tropical storm stalls over southeast
A major flood threat will develop this week as a brewing tropical storm is expected to stall-out over the southeastern United States. Forecasters expect Tropical Storm Debby to rapidly get its act together in the eastern Gulf of Mexico through the…
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A flash drought turns to flash floods across parts of the southeast
It’s been quite the summer across the southeast and Mid-Atlantic as bouts of intense and prolonged heat roasted the region. Hot temperatures, bright sunshine, and scant rainfall forced the region to fall into a flash drought over the course of a…
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Another round of dangerous heat arrives during a dangerously hot summer
An excessively hot summer across the U.S. rolls on this week as another stretch of dangerously hot temperatures spreads from I-5 to I-95. Temperatures could easily crest the century mark for many locations over the next couple of days as broad ridges of…
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