Category: Weather Nerd

It’s a Roller Coaster start to Summer: Severe Thunderstorms Give Northeast a (Brief) Respite from Heat Wave

Storm Clouds

Northeasterners finally breathed a little easier late Sunday night as the threat for tornadoes, the highest threat in six years, and severe thunderstorms dissipated. As Fox Weather reports, people across the Northeast and New England kept an eye on the sky Sunday as a strong cold front sliced through the region and broke the recent brutal heat wave, but also triggered the […]

Alberto, Atlantic Hurricane Season’s First Named Tropical Storm of 2024, Hits the Gulf Coast Hard

Over halfway into the first month of the 2024 hurricane season, activity has ramped up in the Atlantic. Abnormally warm waters across portions of the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico have helped to promote prime conditions for tropical development this week, with another chance of formation forecast by late week. As AccuWeather reports, meteorologists […]

Earliest solstice in 228 years to precede planetary alignment in June sky

Strawberry Moon in the sky

A summer solstice unlike any other since 1796 will kick off a trio of astronomy events in June, a month that features the shortest nights of the entire year. June’s warm, summery nights are the shortest of the year across the Northern Hemisphere, but there will still be plenty of astronomical sights to look for […]

El Niño is officially over. What will La Niña bring?

Alphabet dice reading El Nino being turned to La Nina by a pair of fingers

El Niño has officially come to an end and the ripples from its demise will shake up weather around the globe. And as CNN Weather reports, with El Niño out of the spotlight, its opposite is preparing to take center stage later this summer: La Niña. El Niño – a natural climate pattern marked by […]

WMO states there’s an 80% chance Earth will exceed Paris Climate Agreement Warming Limits in the Next Five Years

Closeup of thermometer against blue skies and palm tree

“Deadliest tornado season ever.” “Most aggressive hurricane season forecast ever.” “Hottest year on record.” “Early wildfires in California could signal worse to come.” Volcanoes are erupting, glaciers are melting, and cities are flooding around the world. These are all signs that the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) prediction is true. As AccuWeather reports, last week, the […]

After a mild Spring, first Summer Heatwave to hit Northeast Next Week

thermostat temp gauge in front of blazing sun in the sky

The pattern for the northeastern United States will be a ‘tale of two weeks’ as low humidity and cool to seasonable air much of this week are replaced with surging heat this weekend and the first heat wave of the season for millions next week, AccuWeather meteorologists say. Opportunities for rain will be limited, a switch from […]

The NHC releases its Hurricane Season Names for 2024

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, and it is predicted to be one of the most active on record, with AccuWeather experts forecasting 20 to 25 named storms in 2024. With so many storms likely this year, a bevy of names will be used, including a few that have never been used before. […]

It’s been a Near-Record “Hyperactive” Tornado Season, and we’re Not Through Yet

Tornado in a dark sky

A “hyperactive” May in the 2024 tornado season has produced hundreds of twisters in the Plains and Midwest. While final numbers won’t be out until later this month, 552 preliminary tornado reports could break the record, with the previous record being 550 in May 2003, according to the National Climatic Data Center. By the Numbers […]

June 8 is World Oceans Day – Here’s How You Can Take Action!

Ocean waves at sunset

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 […]

NOAA issues Highest-ever Early Forecast for the coming Hurricane Season

Electronic Hurricane warning sign along a roadside

Here we are, dealing with one of the worst tornado seasons in modern memory, and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecasters have just released the highest hurricane season forecast they have ever released in May. “The forecast for named storms, hurricanes and major hurricanes is the highest NOAA has ever issued for the […]