All-Time Heat Records Fall As Major West Coast Heat Wave Continues
A historic heat wave over the West Coast that’s shattered longstanding daily, monthly, and all-time records is going to stick around for a while longer. If the observations are valid, Sacramento International Airport’s high temperature of…
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Where Are All The Atlantic Hurricanes?
If a new tropical storm doesn’t form over the Atlantic Ocean by midnight tonight, we’ll have witnessed one of the only Augusts on record without any named storms across the Atlantic basin. That seems like quite the feat for a season that…
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Long-Duration Extreme Heat Settling Over Western U.S. To Begin September
We’re staring into the gaping maw of yet another heat wave across the western third of the United States. A large ridge making itself at home will bathe the region with excessive heat through the foreseeable future. High heat is dangerous for…
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Tropical Downpours Fueling Widespread Flash Flood Threat Across Southern U.S.
The southern half of the United States finally dove into a wet pattern after so many weeks (and weeks, and weeks…) of hot and dry conditions. We’re feeling tropical moisture associated with a disturbance that almost became a tropical storm in…
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Relief On The Way As Blissful Cold Front Briefly Kicks East Coast Humidity
Ahhh. While there’s nothing better than the first cold front of fall, a cold front that scours away the humidity for a few days in the middle of August has to be a close runner up. A push of cooler, drier air working its way down from Canada will…
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Drought Covers Half Of The U.S. As Long, Hot Summer Continues
It’s been a long and hot stretch for much of the United States so far this summer, and things aren’t looking too good if you’re peeking at the forecast for some relief. Stubborn ridges of high pressure have kept things very warm over…
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Dangerous Heat, 110°F+ High Temperatures On The Way For Southern Plains
There’s a hot summer day and a dang hot summer day. A spell of extreme heat on the southern Plains is set to get worse over the next couple of days as high temperature crank well above the 100-degree mark for much of the region. Highs will easily…
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It’s Time For The Atlantic’s Annual “Where’d That Tropical Storm Come From?”
Surprise! Tropical Storm Colin formed over coastal South Carolina early Saturday morning, becoming the third named storm of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm is…somewhere…in that satellite image above. It takes a trained eye…
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Tropical Storm Bonnie Could Achieve A Rare Feat: Changing Oceans
Tropical Storm Bonnie (finally) formed in the far southern Caribbean Sea on Friday afternoon, becoming the second storm of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season. We’ve been watching this system for a while now, performing its will-it-or-won’t-it…
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Developing Atlantic Tropical Storm Set To Take An Unusual Track
A tropical wave that’s made its way across the eastern Atlantic Ocean for the past couple of days is on the verge of organizing into Tropical Storm Bonnie on Tuesday. The system will bring heavy rain and gusty winds to the southern Caribbean—which…
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