This hurricane season has been pretty quiet so far. But two of the factors that have a significant influence on hurricanes are becoming more favorable. 1) Sea surface temperatures have been running cooler than average, but are now heating back…
Brian McNoldy from the University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, recently published the list of the costliest hurricanes. The dollar amounts are adjusted for inflation to reflect what the cost would be in 2017. Katrina still…
A rain gauge in Mountain View, Hawaii measured 51.53 inches of rain from Hurricane Lane. That's more than 4 feet of rain from a single storm. This puts Lane in 3rd place for most rain from a tropical system in…
The picture below shows the average date where the hottest temperature is reached in many cities across the US. It probably doesn't surprise you that most of those dates are late-July into early August. But check out San Francisco. The…
The Category 4 storm will weaken slowly as the eye of the storm stays off the west of Hawaii. Although the storm will likely not make a direct hit, that will have little impact on the flooding rain that will…
Here's a look at Hurricane Lane from the International Space Station. It's now a Category 4 Hurricane with winds of 155 mph. It's not clear if Lane will make make a direct hit on the Hawaiian Islands. Nonetheless it will…
Hurricane Lane has sustained winds of 155 mph and is headed in the direction of Hawaii. Fortunately, it looks less likely that it'll make a direct hit. Nonetheless, it is a very powerful storm and has the potential to cause…
Wednesday will be warm and humid with a few late storms, but things will feel a lot like fall after that. Look for cooler temperatures, lower humidity, and lots of sunshine starting on Thursday. [field59_video key="38f09dedefe91c5b877925788ceffdf4a2b73f10" account="WOLO" playlist="" pid="XSbotlye" thumb="//content.jwplatform.com/thumbs/mFH0RJYG-120.jpg?cachebust=1534892165404"…
Today was an awful day for air quality in Seattle. They recorded the worst air since they've kept records - that goes back several decades. Smoke from wild fires burning in western Canada and Washington blew in as winds shifted.…
Look for more late-day storms over the next few days. That'll slowly bring the temperatures down - at least a bit.
You may have noticed a haze in the sky over the last several days - especially at sunrise and sunset, where the sun is noticeably more red/orange. That's because some of the smoke from the fires in the Western United…
A meteor shower happens when the earth passes through the trail of debris left behind by a passing comet. Here's how is works. When a comet passes through space, it leaves behind a trail of particles made up of mostly…
The nearest star to earth is the sun and it's roughly 93 million miles away. But what about the next nearest star? That star is called Alpha Centauri and it's roughly 4.4 light years away. Sounds close? Well let's break…
Just after sunset, look to the western sky, near the horizon, and you'll see what appears to be a bright star next to the crescent moon. The bright "star" is actually the planet Venus. It'll look something like the picture…
Another warm day, but as cool air sticks around one more day, we will reach a high of 93 - but the heat returns tomorrow.
Here's a picture of a shelf cloud from @SCweather_wx. It was taken at Oak Grove Elementary School in Lexington. These clouds are associated with thunderstorms, specifically, the front side of the storm as it's approaching. Shelf clouds are often part…
Weather updates and information from ABC Columbia's John Farley.
