by nshipes | Jul 31, 2015 | Weather
What Is a “Blue Moon”? Tonight marks a fairly rare astronomical occurrence: a blue moon. What exactly is a blue moon? Well, according to NASA, it is defined as any time there is a second full moon that happens in the same calendar month. Most typical years...
by D.J. Kayser | Jul 30, 2015 | Weather
Follow Meteorologist D.J. Kayser on Twitter (@dkayserwx) or on Facebook (Meteorologist D.J. Kayser). It’s been a busy month around the weather office, from record rain over parts of the Southwest and Ohio Valley, to record heat in the Northwest. While the month...
by Todd Nelson | Jul 29, 2015 | Weather
Summer Heat Continues It’s been hot over the last several days/weeks in a number of spots across the nation and today will be another scorcher with heat indices approaching 110° to 115° for some. The picture below was taken in Louisville, KY where the...
by Todd Nelson | Jul 28, 2015 | Weather
Snow in July?? This was the scene from Jackson Hole Mountain Resort where more than 1″ of snow fell on Monday. An usually strong area of low pressure (for summer) tracked across the Northern Rockies and brought snow to places that rarely see it before August or...
by D.J. Kayser | Jul 27, 2015 | Weather
Follow Meteorologist D.J. Kayser on Twitter (@dkayserwx) or on Facebook (Meteorologist D.J. Kayser). A strong upper-level system will be moving across the northern tier of the country over the next few days. This will help set off a few things. One: a severe threat...