Spring is underway with hints of summer right around the corner. The changing weather with the seasons can incite a symphony of sneezes and sniffles from allergy sufferers across the United States. AccuWeather meteorologists are already warning that it could be a bad year for allergies due to the weather. “This year will start off […]
A rare cosmic eruption is expected to occur in the Milky Way in the coming months — an outburst so bright that a “new” star will seemingly appear for a short time in the night sky. This “Nova” event will be a once-in-a-lifetime skywatching opportunity for those in the Northern Hemisphere, according to NASA, because the […]
Iceland has declared a state of emergency after a volcano erupted for the fourth time in three months. As USA Today reports, the eruption opened a fissure almost 2 miles long between Stóra-Skógfell and Hagafell mountains on the Reykjanes Peninsula, according to Iceland’s Meteorological Office, which had been warning for weeks about the eruption due to magma […]
The April 8, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse will be a stunningly long eclipse with over 32 million people living on the path of totality. It will be the most-watched celestial event in our lifetime. According to The Almanac, during a TOTAL solar eclipse, the Moon completely blocks the Sun while it passes perfectly between the Earth and the […]
The March equinox – also called the vernal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere – marks the beginning of the spring season in the Northern Hemisphere and the autumn season in the Southern Hemisphere. It marks the sun’s crossing above the Earth’s equator, moving from south to north. According to EarthSky, the 2024 Vernal Equinox will arrive […]
We’re all familiar with tornadoes and the damage they cause. But there are some facts that may surprise you. For example, did you know that tornadoes are more common in the United States than any other country? Or that the U.S. gets more than 1,200 tornadoes a year? Or how about the fact that tornadoes can happen […]
We’ve all seen those white streaks trailing behind jets, creating stripes against the blue sky. The lines are called contrails, short for condensation trails, and they appear when water vapor condenses and freezes around the exhaust from an aircraft, according to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. At least, that’s what science says. As AccuWeather reports, in recent […]
Rising air and ocean temperatures around the world could set the stage for an “explosive hurricane season,” says meteorologist Stephanie Abrams of The Weather Channel. As CBS News reports, in February, the average global sea surface temperature was the highest ever recorded, at 69.9 degrees. It’s a trend that’s picking up steam, especially in the Arctic, where temperatures are […]
While no reports of tornadoes came in the first week of March, there were many landspouts, which are considered cousins to the tornado. As Accuweather reports, landspouts, sometimes called “landspout tornadoes,” are formed differently. Unlike tornadoes spawned by rotating thunderstorms, landspouts start as a column of spinning air near the ground and are not connected to the […]
The utility company that provides power to most of the Texas Panhandle says its facilities appear to have played a role in the start of the state’s largest-ever wildfire, which incinerated over one million acres and left residents sifting through the destruction of their homes. “Based on currently available information, Xcel Energy acknowledges that its facilities appear to have […]