December has begun on a fairly mild note across a large part of the United States, but a bitter blast of cold air that will flow into North America from Siberia is forecast to plunge the eastern two-thirds of the U.S. into a deep freeze in the days leading up to Christmas. As AccuWeather reports, […]
The National Weather Service (NWS) can send warnings for inclement and dangerous weather, such as flash floods, destructive severe thunderstorms, tornadoes and snow squalls, directly to your cell phone by using the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system, but new criteria from the NWS has changed how many snow squall alerts are being sent to people’s […]
The Atlantic hurricane season came to an official end on November 30, but less than a week later, AccuWeather meteorologists are suddenly monitoring the chances for an off-season storm to take shape. If the brewing system takes a name, it will be the first named storm to churn over the basin in December in 15 years. “An […]
Nearly 20% of California’s urban water agencies reported they could see significant water shortages in the coming months as the state braces for a potential fourth consecutive year of drought. After surveying urban water agencies representing roughly 90% of the state’s population, the California Department of Water Resources early this week released its first “Annual Water Supply […]
The wait is finally over for skiers and snowboarders across the United States as snow has returned and a new ski season is underway, although AccuWeather forecasters warn that some popular mountains could be hurting for snow in the coming months. Many ski resorts across the country are opening for the season, thanks in part to La Niña. […]
According to AccuWeather meteorologists, a quick-hitting storm hitting the Pacific Northwest will dish out disruptive rain and snow for Thanksgiving holiday travelers, but will have the side benefit of sweeping away the stagnant air pollution that has persisted for days. The storm is poised to end a record-breaking dry streak in Seattle during a month that is historically […]
After dumping feet of snow across the highest elevations of California, a strengthening storm will unleash an early dose of winter weather across the central U.S, with blizzard conditions forecast in some areas of the northern Plains, according to AccuWeather meteorologists. Periods of snow persisted on Wednesday morning across portions of Utah, Idaho and up to Montana. The storm will emerge in […]
NASA’s highly-anticipated return to the moon might be delayed once again, not due to technical issues, but due to tumultuous tropical weather. Tropical Storm Nicole developed over the weekend, and AccuWeather forecasters are warning that it could strengthen into a Category 1 hurricane before making landfall along Florida’s Atlantic coast. Artemis I, the first of NASA’s program to return […]
AccuWeather reports that a new hurricane watch was issued along the eastern coast of Florida on Monday as Subtropical Storm Nicole churned across the Atlantic and showed signs of further strengthening as it tracked toward the storm-weary state. AccuWeather meteorologists expect this sprawling storm to take a turn and hit Florida’s east coast — as a hurricane — later […]
The 2022 hurricane season isn’t over quite yet. The National Weather Service (NWS) is watching a tropical wave spreading from the Atlantic through the eastern Caribbean that may become a tropical depression early next week if conditions allow a well-defined center to form. The tropical wave, a group of showers and thunderstorms, is moving slowly westward […]