Category: Weather Nerd

The Triple Dip La Nina fueled Drought will Exacerbate the already Active 2022 Fire Season

Helicopter in silhouette dropping water on raging wildfire

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 […]

Unfortunately, the third year in a row of La Nina conditions means Drought will Persist in the Western half of the U.S.

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. […]

The First “Triple Dip” La Niña of the Century is Looming

the words La Nina superimposed over Pacific ocean map

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 […]

La Niña to help reignite Atlantic hurricane season

the words La Nina superimposed over Pacific ocean map

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. […]

Meteorological Fall is Here (Even though it still feels like Summer)

Old fashioned alarm clock next to pumpkin and fall flowers

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 […]

When the (Harvest)Moon Aligns with Jupiter and Saturn….

Full harvest moon

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 […]

Danielle strengthens into First Hurricane os the 2022 Atlantic Season

Hurricane winds and water whip through Florida neighborhood with palm trees and buildings

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 […]

August has been an Eerily Quiet month for Hurricanes, but September is Looming Large

Aerial view of Cat 5 hurricane wind tunnel

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 […]

The Flooding in Dallas is the Fifth 1-in-1,000-year Flood Event in US since late July

Traffic sign reads Flood Zone Ahead

In just a little over a month, five areas across the United States have all experienced what should have been very unlikely — if not impossible — one in 1,000-year flooding events. As AccuWeather reports, most recent historic flooding event occurred in Dallas on Monday, August 22, where 8 to 16 inches of rain fell […]

NASA releases the “Sound” a Black Hole Makes, and it’s your perfect Halloween Track

NASA has released a haunting audio clip of sound waves rippling out of a supermassive black hole, located 250 million light-years away. As Science Alert reports, the black hole is at the center of the Perseus cluster of galaxies, and the acoustic waves coming from it have been transposed up 57 and 58 octaves so they’re […]