Weather News

UNITED STATES — Spring is officially underway, and with it comes one of North America’s most remarkable natural events: the northward migration of monarch butterflies. This year’s journey carries especially encouraging news — after several years of population declines, monarch numbers have increased. The annual migration begins in central Mexico, where monarchs overwinter in the…

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA — If skies have looked hazy across parts of the Carolinas, there’s a clear reason: it’s peak spring prescribed burn season, and smoke from controlled fires in South Carolina near Newberry is drifting northeast into Charlotte and surrounding communities. Satellite imagery confirms a visible smoke plume stretching from central South Carolina toward…

UNITED STATES — A powerful western ridge and eastern trough pattern is once again shaping weather across the country — but this time, the structure of that ridge is dramatically altering the outcome for the East Coast. Instead of carving out a deep coastal storm track like late February’s blizzard setup, the current configuration is…

UNITED STATES — A potentially active severe weather period is beginning to take shape for March 31 through the first week of April, with multiple forecast models pointing toward a strengthening storm pattern across the central and eastern United States. New ensemble guidance and machine-learning severe outlooks are increasingly highlighting portions of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas,…

UNITED STATES — The latest machine-learning guidance from Colorado State University (CSU) alongside the Storm Prediction Center’s official Day 3 outlook is signaling a growing concern for severe weather across portions of the Mid-Mississippi Valley and Ohio Valley late Sunday into early Monday. The highest concentration of severe probabilities stretches from Missouri and Illinois eastward…

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA — Southern Nevada could be on the verge of weather history this week as Las Vegas approaches a temperature milestone that has never been recorded in March or April since official record-keeping began in 1937. Forecast guidance indicates the city could reach 100 degrees on Friday, a level that has never occurred…

UNITED STATES — The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has maintained a Marginal Risk (Level 1 of 5) for severe weather across portions of the mid and upper Ohio Valley, placing parts of Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia under the potential for isolated strong storms later today. While this is not a widespread severe…

UNITED STATES — A staggering surge of early-season heat is set to explode across the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest, with parts of Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, and Kansas preparing for temperatures more than 40 degrees above normal — an anomaly rarely seen this early in the year. Forecast guidance for Saturday,…

UNITED STATES — A rare and intense March heatwave is sweeping across the western and central United States, setting hundreds of temperature records and pushing conditions more typical of late spring or even summer into the heart of March. New data from March 20, 2026, shows a stunning number of locations either breaking, tying, or…

UNITED STATES — A newly released Seasonal (3-Month) Drought Outlook from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center signals a sharp regional divide heading into late spring and early summer, with widespread drought development expected across the western United States, while parts of the Midwest, Mid-South, East Coast and Hawaii may see improvement. The outlook, covering March 19…