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[Los Angeles Times] Temperatures in Death Valley skyrocketed to a blistering 130 degrees on Sunday — possibly the highest mercury reading on Earth since 1913. If the National Weather Service’s recording is correct, it would also be among the top-three highest temperatures to have ever been measured in Death Valley, […]
[CNN] Forecasters are now calling for an increased chance of La Niña this autumn, which could enhance an already overly active hurricane season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), issued a La Niña Watch in July. Now, the agency has issued an update further showing their confidence that La Niña […]
[The Weather Channel] At a Glance Tropical Depression Eleven is tracking through the open Atlantic Ocean. This system is expected to become Tropical Storm Josephine soon. Future Josephine is forecast to track north of the Lesser Antilles, but it could still brush parts of those islands. This system should also […]
[CNN] A line of severe storms slammed through downtown Chicago and surrounding areas Monday, downing trees and power lines, which sparked fires in the city, officials said. The storms produced winds of more than 100 mph in some cases as they moved through Iowa and Illinois. “Numerous fires from power […]
[The Guardian] NOAA forecasts 25 possible storms with winds of 39mph and up ‘We expect more, stronger, and longer-lived storms than average’ The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has predicted an “extremely active” hurricane season in the US in an already record-breaking year for storms. NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center […]
[Weather Channel] At a Glance Hurricane conditions are expected over portions of the northern Bahamas Saturday. Impacts will be felt in parts of Florida later Saturday. Hurricane conditions could reach South Florida Saturday night. The forecast for this system is still uncertain. Isaias may ultimately impact a sizable swath of […]
[Phys.org] University of Maryland geophysicists analyzed thousands of recordings of seismic waves, sound waves traveling through the Earth, to identify echoes from the boundary between Earth’s molten core and the solid mantle layer above it. The echoes revealed more widespread, heterogenous structures—areas of unusually dense, hot rock—at the core-mantle boundary […]
[FOX NEWS] Across the globe, skywatchers have been enjoying the stunning June full moon or strawberry moon. The moon became full at 3:12 p.m. ET Friday and will appear full into early Sunday morning, NASA explains, on its website. “This moon is named Strawberry Moon as a reference to the time of harvesting strawberries in North […]
[AccuWeather] Hurricane season — which officially got underway on Monday — featured the formation of the third tropical system of the year with a tropical depression brewing over the Gulf of Mexico. June 1 marks the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season, yet forecasters have already been busy for weeks […]
[AccuWeather, AP Photo] The same dome of heat that resulted in record-breaking temperatures across the West last week will shift eastward, bringing along summerlike conditions just in time for the start of meteorological summer. The same dome of heat that resulted in record-breaking temperatures across the West last week will shift eastward, […]