How Do Forecasters Know There’s a Tornado Without Seeing It? (Science!)
One of the big problems we run into when we talk about the weather is that people underestimate the risk they face when severe storms approach. The “it’ll never happen to me” mindset doesn’t only apply to heart attacks and car…
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Widespread Severe Thunderstorms Expected in the Central U.S. on Tuesday
A widespread severe weather outbreak is likely on Tuesday in the central United States, covering just about everyone from the Midwest east through the Appalachian Mountains. The Storm Prediction Center expects the worst storms to occur around the…
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A Stagnant Weather Pattern Will Give Way to More Cool Weather for the Eastern U.S.
You didn’t think winter would go down without a fight, did you? The stagnant weather pattern that’s blanketed the United States this week is finally giving way and will be replaced by a pattern that will allow frequent shots of below-normal…
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A Note to the New Owners of The Weather Channel
The Weather Channel is under new ownership. The Hollywood Reporter published news on Thursday that Entertainment Studios recently closed a nine-figure deal to buy the Atlanta-based weather behemoth away from Comcast, NBC, and the venture capital firms…
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Here’s How Thunderstorms Are Able to Form With Temperatures Near Freezing
Loud cracks of thunder and vivid lightning are pretty far down on the list of things you expect to hear and see when the temperature is near freezing, but that’s exactly what folks in North Carolina were greeted to on Tuesday night as a line of…
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The East Braces for Another Snowstorm While the West Prepares for Flooding Rains
This winter sure decided to go out with a bang. Two storms will bookend the United States with big disruptions to major cities along both the eastern and western coasts. The fourth nor’easter this month looks like it’ll bring significant…
Read MoreA 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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