Auroras set off spectacular light shows in the night sky, but they are also illuminating another reason the ozone layer is being eaten away. As space.com reports, although humans are to blame for much of the ozone layer’s depletion, observations of a type of aurora known as an isolated proton aurora have revealed a cause […]
As AccuWeather reports, this 2022 Atlantic hurricane season has definitely been a roller-coaster ride. The season began with a quick burst of storms in June and early July and was followed by a historic pause in tropical activity from mid-July through the end of August before it ramped up dramatically in September. Hurricane season in the Atlantic […]
NASA has now set a new launch date for the much-delayed Artemis 1 moon mission. The mission is a first step in our human return to the moon. As EarthSky reports, Artemis 1 is now due to go up from Kennedy Space Center in Florida – without human passengers this time – at 12:07 a.m. […]
Hurricane Ian dealt a severe blow to hundreds of thousands of homes in Florida when it made landfall September 28 as a churning Category 4 monster of a storm. According to AccuWeather, storm surges in excess of 12 feet left many houses submerged in feet of water in just a short period of time. And the […]
A wave of chilly air swept across the Northeast and Midwest just in time for the arrival of astronomical autumn, which started on September 22, but the arrival of astronomical winter on December 21 may not start in a similar fashion. As AccuWeather reports, residents across the Northeast and Midwest will experience a few winter […]
As water levels plummet to record lows in the mighty Mississippi River, some interesting finds have emerged. As the Associated Press (AP) reports, a shipwreck, which archaeologists believe to be a ferry that sunk in the late 1800s to early 1900s, was spotted by a Baton Rouge resident walking along the Louisiana shore of the […]
According to Accuweather meteorologists, mild winter is in the forecast for most of the southeastern U.S., but it’s not the air temperature that forecasters are keeping a close eye on. Instead, it’s the water temperature in the Gulf of Mexico and along the Atlantic Seaboard that has meteorologists’ attention. “The water temperatures are going to […]
In the days leading up to Ian making landfall, weather forecasters were all warning of the Storm Surge. Before the cyclone even makes landfall, it will start pushing a dangerous flood of ocean water inland, hence the “surge.” The water can rush in quickly, carrying away people and property, washing out streets and other infrastructure, […]
When Hurricane Ian ripped through Florida and the Carolinas, almost every report from a weather forecast described the affect that wind shear had on the impending storm. So it begs the question, what exactly IS wind shear, anyway, and what does it have to do with hurricanes? What is Wind Shear? Wind shear is a […]
In the wake of Ian, AccuWeather meteorologists are monitoring specific zones of the Atlantic basin where new tropical development may occur in the coming week or two. Experts say the season is far from over, with its official close not until Nov. 30. It took over four months into the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season for the basin’s […]