The upcoming week will bring the shortest nights of the entire year across the United States, but there will still be plenty to look for in the night sky including a planetary duo glowing next to the moon. According to AccuWeather, the 2023 astronomical summer will officially kick off on Wednesday with the solstice, which […]
The third topical depression of the 2023 hurricane season has formed in the central tropical Atlantic and is expected to become a hurricane in a few days, according to the NOAA’s U.S. National Hurricane Center. As Reuter’s reports, the depression, about 1,425 miles (2,295 km) east of the southern Windward Islands, is packing maximum sustained […]
An especially insidious form of turbulence has gotten worse because of climate change, according to new research. It’s turbulence that forms in cloudless skies that’s typically invisible to a plane’s radar, called clear-air turbulence. And it’s projected to become a bigger problem as the world warms. As The Verge reports, severe clear-air turbulence (CAT) has […]
AccuWeather meteorologists are growing concerned that one or more long-lived, highly damaging high wind and thunderstorm events, known as derechos, will occur over portions of the Great Plains to the southeastern United States into this weekend and perhaps into next week as well. The term derecho derives from the Spanish language and means “straight ahead” or […]
Over 40 million people and a major agricultural sector rely on water from the Colorado River to sustain normal operations and a western American way of life. But after 23 years of over-use and dry conditions fueled by climate change, the river’s reservoir system is experiencing historic lows. The reservoirs making up the Colorado River basin, Lake Powell and Lake Mead, supply water to 7 states. The Upper Basin states consist […]
While the Atlantic has turned quiet since Tropical Storm Arlene developed in the Gulf of Mexico in early June, AccuWeather meteorologists are seeing signs that point to some potential trouble spots in the coming weeks. Some favorable factors for tropical development, such as warm water, are present in the basin. Still, all of the ingredients for organized […]
An expected El Nino climate phenomenon has arrived, raising fears of extreme weather and temperature records, scientists at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said last week. As AFP News reports, El Nino, meaning “Little Boy” in Spanish, is the warm phase of the El Nino–Southern Oscillation. La Nina, meaning “Little Girl,” is […]
Tens of millions of people in North America are dealing with dangerous air quality levels as intense wildfires continue to burn across Canada. As BBC News reports, smoke has blanketed large areas of Ontario and Quebec, while an orange haze hung over much of the north-eastern US throughout Tuesday and into Wednesday. While much of […]
Last week, Canadian officials announced a fine of more than $18,000 for anyone in Nova Scotia who violates a province-wide burn ban implemented to try and rein in the wildfires that continue to rage in the region, which has prompted air quality alerts in the northeastern US. “Yesterday I told you there were six burns […]
June has the shortest nights of the entire year across the Northern Hemisphere, but there will still be plenty to see in the sky this month after the sun has set. The shorter nights translate to less time for stargazing, but the warmer weather across most of North America in June means folks will have […]