The Orionid meteor shower peaks Saturday night
Tiny debris from Halley’s Comet will burn up in our sky this weekend during the peak of the Orionid meteor shower. What You Need To...
NOAA issues its winter outlook for 2023-2024
NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center released its outlook for winter 2023-2024, and all signs point to El Niño driving the overall weather pattern. What You Need...
Fall’s freeze-free days are adding up
Many communities are living through warmer autumns, delaying the first freeze of the season and making freeze-free streaks last longer. Having mild weather stick around...
What is rapid intensification?
Hurricanes are hazardous, especially when they impact land directly. One that undergoes rapid intensification prior to landfall raises even more of a threat, since it...
Students tackle climate crisis in homebuilding competition
An international competition is on a mission to find sustainable solutions to our climate crisis. High school and college students from California to China are...
Annular solar eclipse 2023
On Oct. 14, we’ll get to view a spectacular show across the U.S., the annular solar eclipse, and if you’re on the west coast, you’re...
What is a flash drought?
You’re probably familiar with what a drought is, but what about a flash drought? It’s a type of drought that intensifies rapidly within a few...
King Tide Season returns to Florida’s coast
As fall returns to the United States, millions are greeted to their typical Autumnal sights. Changing leaves, the first taste of colder air and even...
See a Martian dust devil on Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars is surveying some extraordinary phenomena on the planet and recorded a dust devil blowing across the planet. What You Need...
The jet stream
You’ve heard meteorologist talk about jet streams all the time. But have you ever wondered what they are exactly? Meteorologists talk about jet streams for...