It happens almost every year—after a hot, sunny summer, a week or two of cool weather moves in at the end of August, or for the first part of September. And as pumpkin spice lattes start to pop up and Halloween decor appears in stores, you might be fooled into thinking that fall weather has finally arrived. But as […]
The autumnal equinox marks the start of fall across the Northern Hemisphere, but meteorologists commonly consider a different date to mark the start of the new season. As AccuWeather reports, equinox comes from the Latin words aequi, which means equal, and nox, which means night. On the day of the equinox, the sun’s rays are most direct […]
They can seem to appear from nowhere, swirling and pulsing as they grow to cover the horizon, reducing visibility to zero as they swallow freeways, streets and entire neighborhoods. They are haboobs, the huge clouds of dust that develop ahead of a thunderstorm during the Arizona monsoon. As AZcentral reports, a powerful dust storm rolled […]
On Sunday, July 27, Tampa, Florida, made history by hitting 100 degrees for the first time since record-keeping began in 1890. A day later, the thermometer at Tampa International Airport topped out at 95 degrees in the afternoon, a narrow miss for a second consecutive day of triple-digit heat. As AccuWeather reports, for Northern dwellers […]
Twenty years ago on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast as a Category 5 storm, raged into New Orleans, and laid the soul of our nation bare. As Forbes reports, the storm caused catastrophic damage after massive levee breaches resulted in widespread flooding throughout the city. The water stayed there […]
As Erin generates hazardous surf and coastal flooding along the Eastern Seaboard of the United States this week, AccuWeather reports that meteorologists are closely monitoring two additional areas of potential tropical development in the Atlantic basin. Both systems are classified as tropical waves, having recently emerged off the west coast of Africa. Both have been […]
Hurricane Erin’s rapid build in intensity into a major hurricane made meteorologists more acutely aware of the growing risk of rapid intensification in the Atlantic this season. What is Rapid Intensification? As AccuWeather reports, Rapid Intensification refers to a process when tropical storms and hurricanes quickly become stronger. Specifically, it means a storm’s wind speed increases […]
Hurricane Erin is continuing to grow in size while maintaining intense winds, and the storm’s large size will generate dangerous high surf and rip currents along the entire Eastern Seaboard this week. Where Erin Is Now As The Weather Channel reports, Erin’s center is currently under 700 miles southwest of Bermuda, moving northwest. Erin remains […]
More than 100,000 utility customers were without power in Puerto Rico as Category 3 Hurricane Erin batters the Caribbean, bringing heavy rainfall and gusty winds to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. As NBC News reports, Luma Energy, Puerto Rico’s private power grid operator, said late Sunday afternoon that most of its customers on the island have working electricity. […]
The collapse of a crucial network of Atlantic Ocean currents could push parts of the world into a deep freeze, with winter temperatures plunging to around minus 55 degrees Fahrenheit in some cities, bringing “profound climate and societal impacts,” according to a new study. The Future of the AMOC is Uncertain As AccuWeather reports, there is increasing […]