An isolated risk for strong and severe thunderstorms returns to the forecast across parts of Texas.  A quick-moving system moving out of the Rockies will bring rain showers and thunderstorms to the Southern Plains and Texas Gulf Coast now through Wednesday.  Many areas are parched and in need of this moisture, especially the Panhandle region.…

After a cool and wet start to the spring across the Pacific Northwest, the sun and warmth are back, and this time, in the form of record high temperatures and beautiful weather. Quillayute and Hoquiam, Washington both broke record highs on Tuesday, with more records expected to be taken down once final numbers come in…

Everyone recognizes the eye of a hurricane. It’s a remarkable yet terrifying image. But what about its little cousin, the von Kármán vortex? [The swirling eddy as seen from a plane, early Monday morning. Credit: Reddit user "gedimin"] Early on Monday morning Reddit user “gedimin” snapped an incredible photo of a vortex off the Southern…

From NASA NASA has selected six citizen science projects for full development that will provide the public with the opportunity to collect scientific data on air quality, bird populations, snowpack and other areas of NASA Earth science research. The projects were selected from a group of 16 citizen science prototypes that received start-up funding from…

From NASA Satellites aren’t small or cheap. The Solar Dynamics Observatory launched by NASA in 2010 weighs about 6,800 pounds and cost $850 million to build and put into orbit. Even the satellites built under NASA’s Discovery Program, aimed at encouraging development of low-cost spacecraft, still have price tags beyond the reach of smaller companies…

From NASA In the American Southwest and in northwestern Mexico, more than half the annual rainfall often comes in the form of the torrential and unpredictable downpours of the North American monsoon. As in monsoon seasons across the tropics, a summertime reversal of winds carries streams of moisture from over the oceans or, in this…

After seeing the dramatic footage Sunday of what was said to be a waterspout making its way onto land to become a tornado in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, there are questions as to whether the term 'waterspout' should have been used. This video shows the tornadic storm making its way from the water onto…

It's official, Billings, Montana: The winter of 2017-18 will go down in the record books as your snowiest on record. After an additional 2.6" of snow on Monday, Montana's largest city officially clinched its snowiest winter on record, with 106.1" of snow so far this winter through Monday afternoon. The previous snowiest winter on record…

From NOAA by Rebecca Lindsey The changing of the seasons from winter to spring has brought an unwelcome worsening of drought across the U.S. Southwest and Southern Plains. The animation below shows drought conditions becoming more intense and widespread between the start of the animation on January 9 and the final frame on April 17. At…