The risk for wildfires to spread quickly (if ignited) will exist on Friday, October 19 for much of southern California. A Red Flag Warning means that weather conditions will be dry and windy, allowing for any ignited fires to spread quickly. In this case Friday, the relative humidity is forecast to be between 10 and…

[Minute Maid Park in Houston. From Eric Kilby via flickr CC by-sa-2.0]   [Updated MLB postseason brackets from mlb.com] Game five of the American League Championship Series takes place tonight (Thursday) in Houston. The Boston Red Sox currently have a three to one lead over the Houston Astros in the best of seven series. The first…

As if Texas hasn't already seen enough rain this week, more is on the way.  This time, most of the rain will be concentrated along the gulf coast.  That doesn't mean some of the rain won't spread farther inland.  But the vast majority of the rain will hug the coast.  The reason?  A big area…

[A fresh winter snow. From iStock via NOAA] [NOAA] A mild winter could be in store for much of the United States this winter according to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. In the U.S. Winter Outlook for December through February, above-average temperatures are most likely across the northern and western U.S., Alaska and Hawaii. Additionally, El…

[NASA's P-3 research aircraft departed Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia for the ORACLES deployment on Sept. 21, 2018. Credit: NASA] [NASA] Over the southeast Atlantic Ocean, a 2,000-mile-long plume of smoke from African agricultural fires meets a near-permanent cloud bank offshore. Their meeting makes a natural laboratory for studying the interactions between cloud droplets and the…

This time of the year, many Floridians are wondering, "When are we going to get a decent cold front?!" That is, especially people that live in South Florida or even the central part of the state. As of Wednesday afternoon, there was a sharp contrast in temperatures between most of Florida and the rest of…

While most of the buildings in Mexico Beach, Florida were reduced to rubble by Hurricane Michael, one stood tall and strong. Lebron Lackey and his uncle, Russell King, finished construction on the vacation home known as "Sand Palace" in early 2018. Little did they know, Mother Nature would soon put it to the ultimate test.…

There's a fairly powerful cold front coming through the northeastern part of the country.  There is also some moisture with the system.  Rain, and even a bit of snow, is possible in certain areas.  Meteorologist Patrick Crawford, wrote an article on the precipitation that's on the way.  You can read it on WeatherNationTV.com But this…

More postseason baseball is ahead today (Wednesday) in Los Angeles and Houston as the championship series continue for the American and National Leagues. [MLB postseason brackets from mlb.com] The Milwaukee Brewers take on the Los Angeles Dodgers in game five of the NLCS. It will be a warm day, with abundant sunshine as temperatures soar…