All the winter weather ingredients are coming together for the season’s first major snowstorm across the northern Rockies, northern Plains and parts of the Pacific Northwest beginning Tuesday, potentially creating travel delays across the region’s mountain passes. “A cold front brushing over Canada right now drags down the chilly air,” FOX Weather meteorologist Amy Freeze said. “And there’s also a storm strong enough […]
When envisioning a tumblin’ tumbleweed, one usually thinks of a lone bush wafting across a deserted desert highway. But that’s not what happened in Great Falls, Montana, last week. Tumbleweeds piled up into mountainous heaps against homes in the area in central Montana during a high wind event that blasted through the state on Tuesday. […]
The peak of the Orionid meteor shower coincides nicely with a First Quarter Moon this year. After the September lull, observers look forward to the Orionids in part because they are produced from debris shed during historic passes of the famous Halley’s Comet. The Orionids could reach a zenithal hourly rate of 20 to 30 meteors […]
September-like heat is underway across the Southwest, AccuWeather meteorologists say. The unseasonable heat will challenge daily record highs in several locations. “Strong high pressure will build into the West, leading to significant warming over much of the West,” AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Heather Zehr said. “The peak of the heat for much of California will be Thursday, but over the […]
It has been one rainy weekend after another in the Northeast recently, and there’s a strong signal that a significant storm will develop along the East Coast this weekend, AccuWeather meteorologists say. It has the potential to become a full-fledged nor’easter, which will bring soaking rain and strong winds. Past Nor’easters have been responsible for billions of […]
Yeah, but it’s a dry heat. It’s an adage that people use to feel better about soaring temperatures, because everyone knows that the only thing worse than a blazing hot day, is when you add humidity to the mix. But as CNN reports, a new study’s findings show that large parts of the world, including […]
Firefighters want every leg up they can get to knock out a blaze before it becomes an inferno. As CNN reports, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) says it has a new tool to battle wildfires before they explode – artificial intelligence. “I think it is a game changer … It […]
Tens of millions in the Americas will have front-row seats for Saturday’s rare “ring of fire” eclipse of the sun. What’s called an annular solar eclipse — better known as a ring of fire — will briefly dim the skies over parts of the western U.S. and Central and South America. As ABC News reports, […]
Experts fear an already active hurricane season could come to an eventful and exceptional end as unusually warm, storm-boosting ocean temperatures and a slow-to-emerge El Niño combine. As CNN reports, the Atlantic season and its 18 named storms has already been above average, according to Phil Klotzbach, a hurricane researcher with Colorado State University. But October usually signals changes in activity […]
Globally, average temperatures broke a string of monthly records this summer, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): June was the warmest June, July the warmest July and August the warmest August. September was also, by a record margin, the warmest September, the European Union climate monitor said this week. As humans continue […]