There is increased danger of fires breaking out across large portions of Central and Southern Virginia, according to the National Weather Service. The NWS states that a combination of relative humidity values between 15 and 25 percent and west-northwest winds at 10 mph with gusts of 15 to 20 mph will lead to an increased…
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Meteorologists are no longer flying blind as the Portland National Weather Service announced the restoration of the KRTX Portland weather radar Friday afternoon. A mechanical issue took Portland’s rain visibility via radar offline late Wednesday night. The outages lasted through Friday afternoon. Soaking rains moved through the area Thursday, but meteorologists…
The calendar may show we are about to begin the last month of meteorological fall. But it felt more like summer this week across Southern California. According to Newsweek, heat alerts were issued for several million people as temperatures soared to record levels. More than 18 million people in California were under a heat advisory…
A swath of the Southern Appalachians faced elevated fire weather conditions on Thursday, as a combination of weather factors and debris left behind by a catastrophic storm heightened the risk of rapidly spreading wildfires. The Storm Prediction Center has outlined portions of the Appalachian and Piedmont regions of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina for…
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued its 2025-2026 winter forecast outlook on Thursday, which predicts seasonal changes for different parts of the United States for the months of December, January and February. Created by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, the latest outlook anticipates warmer-than-average temperatures for much of the contiguous U.S., although southern states will…
An early season storm is expected to douse the Los Angeles region next week, with the peak occurring on Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. In a post on X, the weather service predicted that the rainfall will be “widespread and beneficial,” with little flooding anticipated. But the storm, which is somewhat unusual for…
A deadly tornado that ripped through a rural city in North Dakota in June has been upgraded to an EF-5, the National Weather Service said Monday, marking the first U.S. twister with an EF-5 rating in 12 years. The federal agency’s Grand Forks, North Dakota, facility estimates the twister that touched down in the southeast…
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Departures at Harry Reid International were grounded due to thunderstorms on Friday afternoon, according to the FAA. Storms were seen moving east-to-west toward the Las Vegas Valley on Friday afternoon. Heavy rain, frequent lightning, gusty winds, and hail are expected as storms move through the valley, according to the National Weather…
Tropical Storm Gabrielle formed Wednesday morning over the central Atlantic Ocean, becoming the seventh named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. Forecasters expect the weather system to remain over open waters for the next several days and haven’t yet warned of any hazards that could potentially affect land. But it may become a low-grade hurricane…
“WE HAVE THE BODY BAGS READY.” Though it was more than 25 years ago, I still feel the chill that ran through my body in a conference room in the wetlands of Northern California. I was a graduate student on a multi-university, interdisciplinary wetland restoration project team. We, a group of scientists from the south…