Only about 170 miles to the east of Fiji, a magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck early Sunday morning that had many immediately checking for tsunami alerts. Fortunately, no tsunami alerts were issued for the nearby islands. According to a statement issued by the National Weather Service Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, small tsunami waves were observed.…

Very slowly, life is returning to normal near Yosemite National Park.  Earlier this week, on Tuesday, August 14th, park officials reopened Yosemite Valley to the public. The valley had been closed since July 25th.  For nearly three weeks, smoke filled the valley from the nearby Ferguson fire.  Air quality levels were in the "Hazardous" category,…

Air quality alerts are still active across parts of the nation due to wildfire smoke and particles in the atmosphere. Minnesota, for a second weekend in a row, is dealing with widespread poor air quality due to smoke and particles blowing into the state from Canadian wildfires. Alerts for the state will stay active through…

Saturday brings a chance for severe storms to the Rockies and areas east. A trough of low pressure churns up moisture, feeding up from the Gulf, bringing chances for strong storms and hail to the front range and eventually to the central U.S. this weekend. Storms fire up along the trough of low pressure starting…

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A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect for several Northeast states for the remainder of Friday. The potential for damaging wind gusts, hail, and tornadoes exists within these thunderstorms. Thunderstorms will continue to fire up along a cold front pressing to the east. This front won't really cool a lot of you East folks down,…

NOAA's September Outlook - Warmth and Wetter: The new 30 day outlook has been issued for September from NOAA's Climate Prediction Center. More than half of the country is expected to see warmer than average weather, including the Northeast, the southern tier of the nation, and the West. Temperatures are expected to be near averages…

The next three months across the nation are likely to be above normal temperature-wise, this according to newly published climate outlooks from the NOAA's Climate Prediction Center. The 3-month (September, October, November) temperature outlook shows that most of the nation has a likelihood of above normal temperatures. The only exception is the Southeast, which has an…

From NASA It's not quite a smoking gun, but one could be forgiven for thinking of it that way: a distinctive cloud formation that often signals damaging storms below. Easily identifiable in satellite imagery, the Above Anvil Cirrus Plume, or AACP, looks like a plume of smoke emanating out from the top of what, in…