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Hurricane Dorian will make its approach to the Southeast coast on Labor Day weekend, which is right in the middle of what is historically the busiest portion of the Atlantic…

The large-scale pattern steering Dorian is fairly well defined until this weekend when the picture gets far more complex. Dorian’s current northwest motion will continue until around Friday. At that…

While tropical storm formation has been scarce so far this tropical season, the area near Central America may become a breeding ground for tropical activity in the coming week. Over…

Hurricane forecasters have upped their initial predictions for the 2019 Hurricane Season after El Niño, which developed last Fall has faded. Seasonal forecasters with NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center have increased…

TROPICAL WEATHER UPDATE 08/12/2019 The seasonal forecasters are saying one thing, the tropics are doing just the opposite. Some of the latest seasonal outlooks from NOAA and Colorado State continue…

As of 6 a.m. Friday, Tropical Storm Barry had not strengthened further after slightly strengthening with winds of 50 mph Thursday night, although those winds are not at the center…

As green-blue algae swirls in the Mississippi Sound, twelve beaches across Hancock and Harrison County remain closed to the public. But despite the closures, people can be seen swimming and…

A total solar eclipse had to share the stage with a Category 4 hurricane today — and NOAA satellite captured it all. Hurricane Barbara is the second hurricane of the…

A trough of low pressure located over the northwestern Bahamas is producing disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity. Little development is expected during the next couple of days as the system…

Special Outlook: The surface trough located southeast of the Bahamas has become better defined since yesterday. Conditions remain unfavorable for tropical cyclone formation, they will become slightly favorable by Friday.…

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The fluid dynamics associated with atmospheric disturbances cause the downstream air (ahead of the disturbance, before it arrives at a location) to rise, and the upstream air (behind the disturbance,…

The peak time for severe weather outbreaks in the United States is between February and October; however, severe weather can occur at any time of the year. In an effort…

Each severe weather season, tornadoes, destructive hail, and straight-line winds wreak havoc across the U.S. All are dangerous, but of these, one is more likely to impact you than any…

Over the next century as global temperatures continue to trend warmer, what do these warmer temperatures entail for future snowfall in the decades to come? According to recent computer modeling…

The colder air plunging back into midwestern and northeastern United States through Saturday will pale in comparison to the brutal cold expected to end January as the polar vortex plunges…

America’s only offshore wind farm is the 30-megawatt Block Island Wind Farm, a set of five 600-foot tall wind turbines located about four miles southeast of Block Island, Rhode Island.…

If you haven’t seen a Skew-T chart before, to say they can look a little intimidating is a huge understatement. But with a little practice, you can become a Skew-T…

The northwest flow pattern is expected to persist through the weekend, and the models are in decent agreement that another shortwave trough will push through the region on Saturday. In…

A robust and quick moving storm system will track from the Red River Valley Friday night into the Midsouth by Saturday morning, bringing a cold front across the area early…