The start of meteorological autumn is likely to feel more like summer for millions across the Midwest and Northeast as a persistent weather pattern continues to promote above-normal warmth across the region. But, according to AccuWeather meteorologists, big changes are expected to take place as the calendar flips to October. Spells of dry weather paired […]
Multiple towns across western Alaska were evacuated as former Typhoon Merbok, which transitioned from a tropical cyclone to an intense, non-tropical wind and rainstorm and became one of the strongest storms to hit the state in recent history. A surge of water from the Bering Sea hit land on Friday, September 16, covering half of […]
Widespread, long-term drought and the impending Triple Dip La Nina weather pattern has set the stage for another active wildfire season across most of the Western U.S., but the worst of the fires are expected to develop in different areas compared to 2021. As AccuWeather reports, North American monsoon has provided some drought relief across […]
The Triple Dip La Nina predicted to last through the 2022/2023 season is NOT good news for the western U.S. and it’s ongoing (neverending) drought. While drought worries are quelled across New England, Midwest and Southeast this Autumn, abnormally dry conditions will remain locked in place across most of the central U.S. throughout the season. […]
Meteorologists say that for the third straight year, La Niña will persist throughout the winter in the Northern Hemisphere. This is the first “triple-dip” La Niña of the century, according to a recent update from the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Our current La Niña began in September 2020. The La Niña climate pattern […]
The weather pattern in the Southeast will be influenced by several factors this autumn, including the unusually warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and a significant climate pattern unfolding thousands of miles away. For the third year in a row, La Niña will be one of the dominant factors in the global weather pattern. […]
September has arrived, marking the return of pumpkin spice lattes, football season and cooler weather, but AccuWeather long-range forecasters say that it may take some time for the latter to come to fruition across the United States. Meteorological autumn officially kicked off on Thursday, September 1, and will continue through Wednesday, November 30. AccuWeather meteorologists […]
As the calendar turns to September, the leaves on trees across the northern tier of the United States start to turn a tinge of yellow, orange and brown, a taste of what’s to come this fall in forests across the country. However, for stargazers September marks the return of longer nights with a slate of […]
One day after becoming a tropical storm, the first in the basin since Colin in early July, Danielle strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane over the North Atlantic Ocean on Friday morning. As AccuWeather reports, the hurricane wasn’t a threat to land as it was located 885 miles west of the Azores, an island chain […]
The Atlantic Ocean has been void of tropical systems since early July, and the basin is on the verge of historic inactivity for the month of August. But AccuWeather meteorologists say that the tropics may soon come alive as they are tracking a few different areas for potential tropical development by early September. At least two out […]