In the wake of a biblical blizzard that unloaded nearly 100 inches of snow on California last week, AccuWeather meteorologists are confident in stating that California will be free of widespread drought through at least 2025. “The combination of the abundance of rain and snow from the winter of 2022-2023, the state of the reservoirs, […]
Meteorologist Craig “Ceecee” Croskery has spent the last two years identifying, verifying and logging buildings that he described as “almost impossible” for the average citizen to easily find, despite the fact that they are meant to be places of refuge in life-threatening severe weather events. As AccuWeather reports, mere seconds can mean the difference between […]
The potential for a multiple-day severe weather outbreak, including tornadoes, continues to build from portions of the Great Plains to large parts of the Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee valleys spanning Tuesday and Wednesday this week, AccuWeather meteorologists warn. The severe weather risk may even reach part of the Eastern Seaboard on Thursday. The storms will likely erupt […]
Tens of thousands of people gather almost every weekend to watch their favorite NASCAR driver try to race their way to victory lane, but weather can play a major role in the outcome of a race. As AccuWeather reports, nearly every aspect of the weather can affect NASCAR races, but the biggest weather factor by […]
Scientists behind a new study are proposing adapting the scale that measures the intensity of hurricanes to account for stronger storms. As AccuWeather reports, a pair of scientists just published a research article exploring the “growing inadequacy” of the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale and possibly adding a Category 6. The Saffir-Simpson scale currently goes from Category 1 to […]
The Northeast is digging out from the biggest snowstorm of the winter after heavy snow buried areas from West Virginia through Massachusetts, prompting school closures and travel chaos Tuesday. As Accuweather reports, on Tuesday, 3.2 inches fell in New York City, the highest single-day snowfall in the city since 7.3 inches accumulated in Central Park on […]
On April 8, millions of people across North America will witness day turn to night as the moon blocks out the light from the sun, but there will be more to the celestial spectacle than many think. As AccuWeather reports, while most people focus their attention on the sun and the moon, people’s surroundings will […]
It never rains in CaliforniaBut girl, don’t they warn ya?It pours, man, it pours -Albert Hammond A fierce winter storm fueled by a raging atmospheric river was thrashing Californians on Sunday with intense downpours, leaving hundreds of thousands without power and threatening treacherous flooding and hurricane-force winds. As Yahoo News reports, up to 37 million people, about […]
It has been a tumultuous winter across the United States with temperatures plummeting below zero in more than 30 states, intense lake-effect snow that unleashed blizzard conditions and storms in the East that ended the snow drought that lasted over 700 days. And there is still more than a month to go before the arrival of […]
During extreme cold events, you may hear a loud boom and feel like you have experienced an earthquake. However, as AccuWeather reports, this event was more likely a cryoseism, also known as an ice quake or a frost quake, and they’re nothing new. In fact, they were observed in the United States as early as […]