Category: Weather Nerd

Experts warn that Lightning Strikes are a real threat for this MLB season

Spring is fully underway across the United States, although it might not feel like it in some locations. And to the delight of baseball fans, it’s also the kickoff for the Major League Baseball season. Unfortunately, as AccuWeather reports, this season will be matching up all too well with the peak of severe weather. In […]

How to Help Mississippi Tornado Survivors

The vicious tornadoes that struck Mississippi late in March has killed at least 26 people and left many more injured and without a home. Those who survived are attempting to try to regain a sense of normalcy despite demolished homes and businesses.  For those looking to help the Mississippi tornado victims, it is important to research […]

Hubble Captures the Changing Seasons on Jupiter and Uranus

The weather is slowly changing on Jupiter and Uranus, according to our galaxy’s own interplanetary meteorologist, the Hubble Space Telescope. The NASA Hubble Space Telescope captured Earth’s outer planetary neighbors in images from 2014 to 2022, documenting changes in the planets’ weather and seasons over time. With Jupiter at about 484 million miles (779 million kilometers) away […]

California’s Lopez Lake overflowed for first time in over 20 Years

Lopez Lake spilled for the first time in more than two decades last week, thanks to a burst of rain during the latest storm that swept across California. The man-made reservoir — which acts as a water source for southern San Luis Obispo County as well as a popular recreational destination for boating, fishing, camping and swimming […]

It’s the Battle of the Air Masses: Dramatic Temperature Divide for 200 million Americans

Storm Clouds

A big shift in the jet stream that will allow for storminess in the West and dry weather in the Southeast has the potential to simultaneously lead to unusually warm and cold temperatures, with few areas not experiencing one of the extremes. The FOX Weather Forecast Center reports that the cooler air mass to impact more than 100 million […]

We’re entering America’s most Active Time of Year for Tornadoes

Tornado funnel and storm clouds over midwestern field

Over the weekend, powerful storms and at least one tornado pummeled the southern United States, leaving 26 dead and more still missing. The confirmed tornado touched down in Mississippi, where the damage and death toll had been most severe. State agencies led the search for victims, and FEMA arrived to help with the recovery. Thousands of homes and […]

Was the latest California storm a ‘bomb cyclone?’

Pacific Coast Storm surge waves crashing along beach

AccuWeather forecasters say that the latest California storm fell just short of being considered an atmospheric river, but it was still a force to be reckoned with. As the center of the system strengthened on its final approach to the California coast, it underwent a meteorological process known as bombogenesis, otherwise known as a “bomb […]

It’s Not Over Yet: Another round of Atmospheric River Storms to hit flood-ravaged California

Traffic sign reads Flood Zone Ahead

Last week’s brief break from the seemingly endless barrage of drought-busting and deadly storms in California are ending abruptly as another round of storms from the Pacific move onshore. AccuWeather experts say additional rounds of heavy rain and mountain snow are in store for the hard-hit state, and a storm that will occur from Tuesday into […]

What is a nor’easter?

Snow plows in a nor'easter blizzard

The first nor’easter of the season is slamming into the North Eastern United States this week, which begs the question, what exactly IS a nor’easter? The short answer: A nor’easter is a storm that travels along the US East Coast and typically has coastal winds out of the northeast. Here’s the more involved explanation, from […]