A tornado touched down in Kings County on Saturday afternoon — the second tornado in two days to hit Central California. The tornado touched down in the south end of Corcoran around 4:37 p.m., said meteorologist Carlos Molina with the National Weather Service’s Hanford office. The tornado moved eastward and than dissipated by the time […]
The sun has unleashed its most powerful solar flare for around seven years. Last week, in less than 24 hours, the sun fired off three X-class solar flares, the highest magnitude on the scale used to measure the intensity of flares. The third was the strongest of the bunch and was “the most powerful flare […]
Hurricane season is months away, but the waters where hurricanes roam haven’t received the memo. As CNN Weather reports, ocean temperatures in the North Atlantic are historically warm for this early in the year, raising the risk of a hyperactive storm season that could also be supercharged by a budding La Niña. “This season should […]
Meteorologist Craig “Ceecee” Croskery has spent the last two years identifying, verifying and logging buildings that he described as “almost impossible” for the average citizen to easily find, despite the fact that they are meant to be places of refuge in life-threatening severe weather events. As AccuWeather reports, mere seconds can mean the difference between […]
The potential for a multiple-day severe weather outbreak, including tornadoes, continues to build from portions of the Great Plains to large parts of the Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee valleys spanning Tuesday and Wednesday this week, AccuWeather meteorologists warn. The severe weather risk may even reach part of the Eastern Seaboard on Thursday. The storms will likely erupt […]
The current El Niño is now one of the strongest on record, new data shows, catapulting it into rare “super El Niño” territory, but forecasters believe that La Niña is likely to develop in the coming months. As CNN Weather reports, one of the main ways scientists determine whether El Niño is present, and a […]
Last week, a team of researchers completed a scientific undertaking to assess the damage from last year’s record-high marine temperatures on restored coral reefs in the Florida Keys. The “National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Mission: Iconic Reefs” program released the findings Thursday, which focused on 64 locations at five reef sites: Carysfort Reef, Horseshoe Reef, Sombrero Reef, […]
Tens of thousands of people gather almost every weekend to watch their favorite NASCAR driver try to race their way to victory lane, but weather can play a major role in the outcome of a race. As AccuWeather reports, nearly every aspect of the weather can affect NASCAR races, but the biggest weather factor by […]
The Odysseus lunar lander, nicknamed “Odie” or IM-1, has embarked on a historic journey to the lunar surface — aiming to make the first touchdown of a US-made spacecraft on the moon in five decades. As CNN reports, the launch follows closely on the heels of a separate US lunar landing mission that failed in January. NASA […]
Scientists behind a new study are proposing adapting the scale that measures the intensity of hurricanes to account for stronger storms. As AccuWeather reports, a pair of scientists just published a research article exploring the “growing inadequacy” of the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale and possibly adding a Category 6. The Saffir-Simpson scale currently goes from Category 1 to […]