Widespread flash flooding possible in New England through Tuesday
A pretty serious flooding situation could develop over much of New England over the next couple of days as a deep reserve of tropical moisture fuels persistent heavy rains throughout the region. The Weather Prediction Center issued a moderate risk for…
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Conspiracy theories are security blankets for scared adults, and they’re suffocating us
Disasters force us to confront our own mortality, serving as reminders that any one of us could also succumb to the bad fortune of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Every calamity plucks at our core fears of losing our lives, our loved ones,…
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Tropical Storm Bret aims for the Caribbean with another system on its heels
It’s the middle of June and the tropics are acting like it’s August. Tropical Storm Bret formed deep in the tropical Atlantic Ocean on Monday, becoming one of just a tiny handful of storms on record to form east of the Lesser Antilles this…
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Dangerous heat, dangerous storms continue as bizarre pattern persists
Dangerous weather will continue rolling through the weekend and into next week as a freaky pattern for the middle of June stubbornly holds out over the southern United States. Additional rounds of powerful storms will persist over the next couple of…
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Baseball size hail and 80+ mph winds likely on the southern Plains Thursday
An unusually intense mid-June severe weather outbreak looms for the southern Plains on Thursday. Storms will sweep across much of Oklahoma through Thursday evening before pushing into Texas and heading toward the Mississippi River after dark. Widespread…
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A cute li’l tropical storm in the Gulf kicks off the 2023 hurricane season
The first named storm of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season formed on Friday afternoon. Tropical Storm Arlene is a disheveled little thing spinning about a hundred miles off the western coast of Florida. It’s not long for this world,…
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May ends on an odd note with 90s in Canada and 60s in the Carolinas
Things are a little wonky when it’s 90°F in northern Canada and only 66°F in Knoxville, Tennessee. Just about everyone who lives in the southeast or Mid-Atlantic is familiar with the low-pressure system that’s brought uncharacteristically…
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Unusually cold start to May arrives with feet of snow in the mountains
It feels more like the beginning of March across a huge chunk of the eastern United States as an unusual pattern brings chilly temperatures and heavy mountain snows to the region. The average high for Wednesday, May 3, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, comes…
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North Carolina’s snowy season is over—not that we had one this year
April 24 is a milestone in North Carolina’s everlasting battle against wintry weather. That fateful Sunday back in 2005 was the latest on record we’ve seen measurable snow in a major city in North Carolina. An observer at Asheville…
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Another Round Of Significant Severe Weather Is Likely On Tuesday
Tuesday’s severe weather map across the central United States may look eerily familiar if you paid attention to the weather last Friday. Many of the same areas pummeled by terrible storms a few days ago are at risk for more severe weather over the…
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