El Niño has formed in the Pacific Ocean and is expected to intensify in the coming months, meteorologists say. As Yahoo News reports, last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) officially confirmed the arrival of El Niño, a prolonged period of warming sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific, which affects weather patterns […]
“It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity”. That’s a partly valid phrase you may have heard in the summer, but it’s actually both. What is a Heat Index? According to the National Weather Service (NWS), the heat index, also known as the “apparent temperature,” is what the temperature feels like to the human body when […]
For many people, the glow of fireflies marks the heart of summer, but as AccuWeather reports, the timing of those displays depends heavily on location, weather, habitat and species. AccuWeather built a map with Global Biodiversity Information Facility data to highlight the timing of the Big Dipper Firefly, Photinus pyralis, across the central and eastern […]
The first of two major planetary alignments of June is unfolding as Jupiter and Venus shine side-by-side in the evening sky. As AccuWeather reports, it will be hard to miss the pairing in the western sky after sunset, as the two can be easily seen without a telescope. Venus will be the brighter of the […]
World Ocean Day (WOD) is celebrated annually every 8th of June. The concept was originally proposed over 30 years ago, in 1992, by Canada’s International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD) and the Ocean Institute of Canada (OIC) at the annual Earth Summit – UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Ocean Project […]
El Niño typically raises the risk of drought in Central America, Southeast Asia, the Sahel and Southern Africa, while increasing the threat of floods in East Africa and South America, according to the UN. As AccuWeather reports, there is a growing chance of a super El Niño this year, which will have numerous weather-related impacts […]
This summer, orange and red are the colors of the season. As USA Today reports, the forecast released May 21 by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center shows that widespread above-average temperatures are expected across much of the U.S., with the exception of the Great Lakes and Upper Midwest. According to the forecast from NOAA, the June-July-August temperature outlook “favors […]
AccuWeather meteorologists are monitoring areas in the Gulf and waters off the west coasts of Central America and Mexico for possible tropical development during the start of the new month. The Atlantic hurricane season officially begins on June 1, while the eastern Pacific hurricane season began on May 15. Atlantic Basin is Under Close Watch “Whenever there […]
Before a hurricane earns a name and threatens land, it often begins as something smaller and lesser-known: a tropical wave. What exactly is a tropical wave and why does it matter? As AccuWeather reports, tropical waves are clusters of showers and thunderstorms that are the seedlings of many of the storms that develop throughout the […]
Sub-Saharan Africa could split up in a few million years, and scientists believe they might be witnessing the early stages of this geological process. The Kafue Rift As CNN reports, the split would occur along the Kafue Rift, which is part of a roughly 1,500-mile-long (2,500-kilometer) rift line spanning from Tanzania to Namibia. A rift […]