From flooding to reports of tornadoes in different parts of the United States, it was a wild day of weather on Thursday. There were at least three tornadoes reported from Missouri to Illinois to even in Idaho! Flooding across the state of Texas lead to Governor Greg Abbott declaring a Disaster Declaration for…

It's been a busy start to the Eastern Pacific's hurricane season, and it could soon get even busier. An area of low pressure several hundred miles off the Mexican coastline is being monitored by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) for possible development over the next few days. As of Thursday afternoon, it had low odds…

  The flooding alerts continued for Southern Texas on Thursday as heavy rain continued to fall. Texas Governor, Greg Abbott, announced a disaster declaration for six counties in the Lone Star State due to recent devastating flooding. The disaster declaration is valid for Aransas, Camerson, Hidalgo, Nueces, San Patricio, and Willacy counties.   Around…

Image: "Warming Stripes" climate visualization based on research by Ed Hawkins   On Thursday, June 21, the Summer Solstice, meteorologists across the world will join together to show their support in communicating climate. You'll see many meteorologists wearing a similar pattern to call attention to the effort. The design (shown above) by University of Reading…

Most of the nation is expected to feel plenty of summer's heat from July into September. The new 90 day outlook from NOAA's Climate Prediction Center has almost everywhere in the nation, minus the Upper Midwest, seeing warmer than normal temperatures. Drier than average weather is in the forecast for the Mississippi Valley and the Northwest.…

From Sacramento to El Paso, the brunt of summer's heat will be felt today (Thursday) right into this weekend. Heat alerts have been issued from central California to western Texas. This includes Phoenix and Las Vegas, where highs may reach to 110. High temperatures today (Thursday) will climb well into the triple digits throughout the…

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It's looking looking like a very windy weekend is on the way for the states of Oklahoma and Texas over the weekend.  Wind speeds will be consistent in the 20 to 30 mph range with even stronger wind gusts.  There could even be some wind advisories or high wind warnings for these areas if the…

Late Wednesday evening, heavy rain drenched western Pennsylvania, including the Pittsburgh area and surrounding metro. More than 2" of rain fell across the region with another 1/4" expected into the night. The heaviest rain is over and will taper off through the night.   The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for…