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Surging Weather-Related Power Outages
Surging Weather Related Power Outages. Climate Central takes a look at the trends: "Between 2000 and 2021, about 83% of reported major outages in the U.S. were attributed to weather-related events. The average annual number of weather-related power outages increased...
Smoky Skies – National Weather Outlook For September 15, 2022
Smoky Skies Smoky skies Wednesday morning in Eden Prairie.D.J. Kayser Smoky skies Wednesday morning in Eden Prairie. | D.J. Kayser As smoke continues to stick around in the atmosphere, it was another fiery morning sunrise Wednesday across the region. This was my view...
Flooding Rains Possible In The Great Lakes – National Weather Outlook For September 12, 2022
National Weather Forecast On Monday, a slow-moving area of low pressure in the Great Lakes will bring showers and storms - some with heavy rain. Storms will be possible into the Eastern United States along and ahead of the cold front extending from that low-pressure...
Pockets Of Heavy Rain – National Weather Outlook For September 10, 2022
National Weather Forecast On Saturday, a frontal boundary near the Southeast will continue to bring the threat of heavy rain. The Southwest will see showers and storms fueled by Kay. And a cold front across the Central U.S. into the Great Lakes will bring showers and...
Hail Sizes Increasing? Most Humid City in USA – 20 Coldest States – Rising Seas Threaten 650,000 Properties by 2050
Hail and High Water. Hail events are decreasing, while hailstone sizes appear to be increasing? Is this natural variability or is there a climate signal in hail trends across the USA (and the world). The New York Times has an eye-opening story about the scientists who...
Kay Helps To Bring Heavy Rain To The Southwest – National Weather Outlook For September 9, 2022
National Weather Forecast On Friday, we will continue to see heavy rain across portions of the Southeast due to an area of low pressure and stalled-out frontal boundary. Moisture from Hurricane Kay off of the Yucatan Peninsula will be moving northward into the...