Good flow of moisture moving in from the south is meeting up with a disturbance moving in from the West to yield a few strong storms across parts of the Plains this afternoon and early evening                     Severe T-Storm Watch until 11pm MDT for parts of…

A funnel cloud was spotted on Tuesday - over New York Harbor. Take a look as a funnel cloud moved over New York Harbor, between the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon as a strong line of storms moved through the city. The National Weather Service (NWS) office…

A cold front pushing through the Northeast and tailing down into the High Plains could bring severe weather to both of the regions, for today. Much of the Northeast is under a marginal to slight risk of severe weather. This means numerous severe thunderstorms could push through the area, especially during the afternoon hours. For…

More than a dozen states are under heat alerts across the nation today, as many areas will see the heat index soar to 100 or higher. New York City and Boston are some of the areas included in Heat Advisories today. High temperatures will jump into the 90s today from New England to the Mississippi…

[1998 image from Papua New Guinea. Courtesy of NOAA NCEI, Hugh Davies] From NOAA Twenty years ago on July 17, 1998, a moderate 7 magnitude (Mw) earthquake struck the island of Papua New Guinea at 5:49 p.m. local time. But the terror for the villagers on the islands was far from over, as three catastrophic…

[Washington, D.C. from June 2000 from NASA’s Terra spacecraft. Imagery from NASA using the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer.] From today (Tuesday) through Friday, NOAA-sponsored teams of scientists and volunteers will conduct a field campaign to measure and map the urban heat islands of Baltimore, MD, and Washington, D.C. The campaign’s two main purposes are to…

It is that time of year when wildfires are anticipated for parts of the west;however, it doesn't make dealing with these raging wildfires any easier for the firefighters fighting them or the residents it directly effects.  Contrary to popular belief, these wildfires don't just threaten national parks. Their erratic behavior due to seasonal dry winds…

Triple digit heat is common in the desert Southwest and even parts of the South, but it's not every day, or even every year, that Portland, Oregon reaches 100°. But the Rose City hit the century mark on Sunday for the first time this summer. Portland officially hit 100° at 4:57pm Pacific Time on Sunday…

[Dust blows across the Atlantic from Africa to the Caribbean between July 6-12, 2018. Suomi/NPP satellite images from NASA Worldview website. Animation by NOAA Climate] From NOAA by Tom Di Liberto Over the final week of June and into early July, haze settled in over the tropical Atlantic. The plume came from small dust particles that…