noteworthy weather events

4 min read 2022-04-28 03:50:09

Atmospheric Fury: April 27, 2011

Frequently in meteorology, just enough atmospheric ingredients come together to make an event bad, but not devastating. Just as frequently, we

16 min read 2021-12-28 23:11:33

Well, here we are at the end of 2021. Hard to believe the year has flown by already, isn’t it? As we reflect on the year that has passed, let’s

1 min read 2021-10-26 02:36:25

Did somebody say amplified? It feels as if that’s the word of the week around North America, as a series of tightly wound cyclones smash the United

1 min read 2021-10-23 22:43:08

A major coastal storm will strike the Pacific coast with a ferocity nearly unheard of for October, pounding the shore with high winds and bringing a

1 min read 2021-09-28 09:46:19

It’s been a really dry month for a lot of the south-central US, especially central Oklahoma and Texas. Here, little to no rain means monthly

1 min read 2021-09-13 22:31:47

A significant round of freshwater flooding will be likely over the coming days as Nicholas, a poorly organized tropical storm, interacts with a

1 min read 2021-09-01 05:04:22

An impactful chapter in the hydrological history of the Northeast could occur tomorrow as the remains of Ida interact with a slow-moving warm front

1 min read 2021-08-30 22:12:53

Ida made a catastrophic category four landfall yesterday afternoon southwest of New Orleans, bringing regionwide power grid failure, substantial

8 min read 2021-04-28 00:07:52

Ten years ago this morning, across the southeast, the air surely felt counterintuitively both heavy and light. After all, it certainly is not every

3 min read 2021-04-25 06:27:29

The first severe thunderstorm outbreak of what looks to be quite the active pattern is in its late stages over the southeastern US at present, with

3 min read 2021-04-18 00:38:38

Typhoon Surigae has rapidly intensified amidst impressive atmospheric and oceanic conditions overnight, and will remain a very powerful storm through

2 min read 2021-04-15 21:27:12

As an anticyclone pours into the middle of America today, sufficient overlapping of moisture and kinematics necessary to sustain severe thunderstorms

3 min read 2021-04-08 22:19:51

This morning, a large zone of cutoff midlevel energy is continuing to pivot north towards the Great Lakes, with a subtle upstream shortwave digging

3 min read 2021-04-06 23:27:58

A tightly coiled midlevel cyclone will bowl towards the Mississippi over the next couple of days, inciting a threat for severe thunderstorms and even

3 min read 2021-03-30 20:22:25

Almost every year, the Northeast is visited by some degree of a “false spring”, in which temperatures make a prolonged leap into the 60ºFs in