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Rain In The Southwest And Southern Plains – Draconids Coming Up – National Weather Outlook For October 8, 2022
National Weather Forecast The main story on Saturday will be the stubborn upper-level low-pressure area across the Southwest that will continue to produce some showers and storms, as well as some light snow in the higher terrain. Some storms will be possible in...
Did a Warming Climate Make Hurricane Ian Stronger?
Is Climate Change Causing Storms like Hurricane Ian to Grow Faster? We are not seeing more hurricanes, but the storms that form naturally are strengthening (faster) and it may be linked to consistently warmer water, especially in the Gulf of Mexico. Here's an excerpt...
Tracking A Few October Snow Chances – National Weather Outlook for October 7, 2022
National Weather Forecast An area of low pressure moving eastward across portions of Canada on Friday will help produce showers and maybe some mixed-in snow from the Great Lakes into the Northeast. A stubborn upper-level low in the Southwest will bring the potential...
Chillier Air (And Even SNOW) In The Upper Midwest – National Weather Outlook For October 6, 2022
National Weather Forecast As an area of low pressure moves through the Great Lakes on Thursday, it’ll bring the threat of showers and thunderstorms along with some lake effect snow showers downwind of Lake Superior with it. It is also ushering in much cooler air into...
Ian Now Heads For The Carolinas – National Weather Outlook For September 30, 2022
National Weather Forecast There will be two main batches of precipitation across the lower 48 on Friday. The first will be across the eastern United States, connected to Ian as the system makes another U.S. landfall along the South Carolina coast. The second will be...
Ian Makes Landfall In Florida – National Weather Outlook For September 29, 2022
Ian Makes Landfall In Florida After reaching winds of 155 mph earlier in the day Wednesday, Ian made landfall with slightly lower winds around 3:05 PM ET. It was a Category 4 hurricane at landfall with 150 mph winds. It essentially made landfall in the same spot that...