Hurricane Idalia is going to make landfall in the Big Bend area of Florida on Wednesday morning as a strong, category 4 hurricane.  Then it will move inland and weaken some, as it heads our way.  When it arrives here…

Idalia is expected to become a strong hurricane as it slams into Florida Wednesday morning.  From there it's expected to turn to the northeast and weaken as it tracks along the South Carolina Coast late Wednesday into early Thursday.  The…

There are currently (Monday at 7pm) 4 active storms in the Atlantic Basin.  The newest one, headed towards the Texas coast will make its impacts felt by Tuesday afternoon with heavy rain and strong, but likely not too damaging, wind. …

NOAA has just completed an upgrade to its computers.  That is going to make a significant difference in the American weather forecast models because they will be able to compute much faster, which will result in higher resolution forecasts.  The…

The Perseid Meteor Shower starts Friday and continues through Sunday night.  It's expected to peak on Sunday night around midnight.  The moon be a quarter to sliver and will rise as follows: Saturday morning - 2:07am, Sunday morning - 2:57am,…

Climatologist Brian Brettschneider  (@Climatologist49) put together the picture below to show us the hottest months globally since 1940.  Not only does July 2023 really stand out, but all of the hottest months have occurred since 2009.  See below. "Hottest months…

July was the hottest month on record across the globe.  Some remarkable records were shattered in Asia, Europe and North America.  It's not uncommon for a few record highs to be reached in the summer in a few spots.  What's…

The National Hurricane Center says that an area of unsettled weather in the Atlantic Ocean now has roughly a 40% chance of turning into a tropical storm.  Obviously a lot of thing have to come together for a storm to…

7 automakers have agreed to build more than 30 fast chargers to meet the increasing demand for electric vehicles.  And what's even more impressive is that the electricity to power this network will come from renewable energy  - wind, solar,…

There's a blob of clouds in the tropics that has a pretty good chance of developing into something to keep our eye on.  If it does develop into a tropical storm, it's not clear that the conditions are favorable for…

Tropical Storm Don has been hanging out in the Atlantic for several days now.  It's finally expected to give up the fight early next week off the coast of Newfoundland.

The following is a tweet from the National Weather Service in Phoenix, AZ. @NWSPhoenix "With a high temperature of 119° and a low temperature of 97°, a new all-time record daily average temperature of 108° has been established at Phoenix Sky…