LAKE TAHOE, CALIFORNIA/NEVADA — Backcountry users in the Greater Lake Tahoe area are being urged to avoid avalanche terrain as a Backcountry Avalanche Watch remains in effect amid a high-danger setup driven by rain falling on existing snowpack at higher elevations. The Sierra Avalanche Center, in coordination with the National Weather Service in Reno, Nevada,…
UNITED STATES — Long-range guidance from both the European (ECMWF) and American (GFS) weather models is signaling a potentially significant snow setup across parts of Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine heading into early March. The pattern suggests a classic “rich get richer” scenario — meaning areas that have…
CALGARY, ALBERTA — A sharp and dramatic temperature divide is setting up across Calgary today as Pacific air collides head-on with entrenched Arctic cold, creating what meteorologists describe as one of the trickiest high-temperature forecasts of the winter. High-resolution model guidance shows a narrow but intense boundary slicing through the region, with some neighborhoods potentially…
PENNSYLVANIA — A quick-moving Alberta clipper system is set to race across the Northeast early Wednesday morning, bringing light snow and minor accumulations from West Virginia and western Pennsylvania through New York and into New England, with the greatest totals expected north of the Pennsylvania Turnpike and across higher elevations. The system is not expected…
NEW YORK — A powerful late-season Arctic blast could send temperatures in New York City, New York plummeting to levels rarely seen in March, with one major forecast model projecting a shocking -7°F low next Tuesday at Central Park. According to the latest ECMWF (European) operational model, the bitter cold would arrive around March 3,…
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO — Two vast tropical lakes in Central Africa are releasing ancient carbon that had been locked away for thousands of years, raising new concerns about the stability of one of the planet’s most important carbon stores. Researchers from ETH Zurich have found that Lakes Mai Ndombe and Tumba in the western…
DELAWARE — Final snowfall reports from the February 23, 2026 coastal winter storm reveal a dramatic and highly localized jackpot zone stretching from the Delmarva Peninsula through southern New Jersey, while areas just west of the Chesapeake Bay and along the I-95 corridor saw totals fall off sharply. The storm, which tracked close to the…
ARKANSAS — In a stunning and highly unusual weather milestone, Arkansas is now experiencing its longest streak with zero severe weather reports in at least 30 years, marking an unprecedented 128 consecutive days without a single tornado, damaging wind, or hail report. According to storm report data dating back to 1996, the current stretch —…
UNITED STATES — A rapidly intensifying Atlantic winter storm is exploding in strength just offshore of Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware, evolving into a powerful multi-hazard system capable of producing extreme thundersnow, tornado-strength waterspouts, and potentially destructive 75–90 mph “sting jet” winds over the open waters east of the Mid-Atlantic and southern New England. Forecast modeling…
MID-ATLANTIC & NORTHEAST — Just as the blockbuster nor’easter begins to pull away, forecasters are already tracking two additional snow chances later this week that could bring fresh impacts to Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. New upper-level data shows a fast-moving pattern setting up across the northern United States, with two shortwave systems expected…