Damaging Winds and Isolated Tornadoes Possible on the East Coast on Wednesday
A threat for severe weather will accompany thunderstorms that pop up east of the Appalachians this afternoon. The Storm Prediction Center has issued a slight risk for severe weather—a 2 on a scale from 1 to 5—due to the threat for damaging winds and an…
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Oh, For Crying Out Loud, Please Not This Gross Weather Pattern Again
Please no. Please, have mercy. This has been such a gross summer. Please, give us a break. I beg of you. I can’t take it anymore. [clears throat] Sorry about that. I’m so tired of the nasty weather pattern that’s plagued the eastern…
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Why Are Summertime Thunderstorms So Intense?
We’ve all experienced one of those afternoon thunderstorms that was surprisingly strong. Summertime thunderstorms in the eastern United States can get rough in a hurry. It’s not hard for a storm to produce strong winds or a few inches of rain…
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Photogenic Iowa Tornadoes Get More Coverage Than Storm That Kills 17 in Missouri
Severe thunderstorms killed 17 people in Missouri and produced multiple damaging tornadoes in Iowa on Thursday. The destructive but non-fatal tornadoes in Iowa got more coverage than the deadly thunderstorm in Missouri in large part because the tornadoes…
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U.S. Weather Hits the Summer Doldrums
It took a while, but we’ve finally arrived. We’re in the midsummer doldrums, that long slog in July when the weather is kinda boring. There’s lots of weather across the country this week, but none of it is particularly exceptional or…
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NOAA’s Efforts to Fix Critical Weather Radar Gaps Are Slow Going
Doppler radar transformed the way we look at the weather. Tornadoes and severe thunderstorms rarely sneak up on us anymore. However, it only works when it can see the right parts of the storm. Central North Carolina has one of the worst weather radar…
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The Stalled Tropical Storm Off the East Coast Cooled the Gulf Stream Beneath It
Tropical Storm Chris is very close to hurricane strength this afternoon as it finally starts to move northeast a few hundred miles off the North Carolina coast. The storm has barely moved since it formed five days ago, caught between weather systems…
Read MoreThe Stalled Tropical Storm Off the East Coast Cooled the Gulf Stream Beneath It
Tropical Storm Chris is very close to hurricane strength this afternoon as it finally starts to move northeast a few hundred miles off the North Carolina coast. The storm has barely moved since it formed five days ago, caught between weather systems…
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New Tropical Depression Forms Off East Coast as Tiny Hurricane Beryl Collapses
The circle of life in the Atlantic Ocean is whirring once again as Beryl winds down and Chris winds up. Beryl weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm on Saturday morning after its surprise performance on Friday. A disturbance between Bermuda and…
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Intense Southern California Heat Wave Shatters All-Time Record Highs
The eastern two-thirds of the United States has been mired in an oppressive heat wave for the past couple of weeks, bathing much of the country in a brutal mix of hot temperatures and high humidity. However, while the east has gotten all the headlines…
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