Airbus announced that it will produce airplanes that will be powered by hydrogen fuel cells. Assuming the hydrogen is produced using renewable energy (like solar and wind), these planes will produce zero emissions and travel over 2300 miles. That's a…
Today marks the 31st anniversary of Hurricane Hugo slamming into South Carolina. It's one of the worst natural disasters to hit our state. Below is the entire track of the storm from when it formed off the coast of Africa…
This very active Hurricane Season continues. We've run through all the names in the English alphabet and now we're into the Greek alphabet. With that Tropical Storm Beta has formed in the Gulf. With very weak steering winds over the…
Below are the radar-estimated storm totals around the Midlands from Sally today. Generally speaking we saw between 2 and 5 inches of rain. The storm is now winding down and moving along.
The moisture from Tropical Storm Sally will slam into us tomorrow - delivering 2 to 5 inches of rain on Thursday. That's enough rain to cause localized flooding on streets and small creeks. We'll also see some strong thunderstorms mixed…
Hurricane Sally will slowly come ashore overnight (Tuesday night), and then move off to the northeast. Here in the Midlands, we'll see heavy rain with totals ranging from 2-5 inches - highest amounts in the west and northwestern Midlands. With…
Hurricane Sally is moving very slowly and will eventually make landfall near Mobile Bay by Wednesday. Impacts on us will be soaking rain sometime Thursday into Friday. The exact track will determine how much rain we'll get, so please stay…
Yet another Tropical Depression has formed. Tropical Depression 19 has formed off the coast of Miami. It's expected to move into the Gulf and get stronger as it does. Stay tuned for updates on this one.
There's been a lot of discussion about the reasons for the massive fires in the west this summer. To be sure, there are some obvious things that have contributed to these fires. To begin with, the general strategy for managing…
Here's a tweet today from @CAL_FIRE "This year's fire season has already hit the record books, with more acres burning in 2020 than any other year in the past 3 decades (since statewide figures have been tracked). 2020 has already…
California has set a record for the amount of land burned in a season, and there's still a long way to go as fire season typically continues through November. So far in 2020, more than 7,600 fires have consumed 2.3…
Here's the tweet from the Los Angeles National Weather Service Office from yesterday. "@NWSLosAngeles Here are the two sites that broke their all-time high temperature records today. 121° was the highest ever recorded at an official site in L.A. County.…
And the heat goes on. Phoenix has reached at least 110 degrees 50 days this year. The previous record was 33 days back in 2011. This is another example of what Global Warming looks like. Here's the full story. https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-weather/2020/08/28/phoenix-hits-50th-day-110-degrees-2020/5662386002/
Things are changing. One tenth of the worlds electricity is now being produced by non-polluting solar and wind. For the complete summary of which countries are doing well and which are still not doing well, check out this article. https://ember-climate.org/project/global-electricity-h12020/
There are now 2 active tropical storms in the Atlantic. Omar is off the coast of North Carolina and will head harmlessly out to sea. Nana is southwest of Jamaica and is headed towards Central America.
Another tropical depression has developed off of the South Carolina coast. It's still not a named tropical storm yet because it's not yet organized enough. It will likely develop a bit more in the next day or so and then…
Weather updates and information from ABC Columbia's John Farley.
