DENVER, CO — Denver International Airport soared to 86 degrees Fahrenheit Friday afternoon, officially setting a new all-time record high temperature for the month of March. The milestone breaks the previous record of 85 degrees, which had been set only days earlier on March 19 and March 20, 2026. The new 86-degree reading now stands…
HARRISBURG, PA — A cold front sweeping into Pennsylvania Sunday afternoon and evening is expected to trigger a low-end but notable severe weather risk across much of the state — especially along and south of the Interstate 80 corridor. Forecasters indicate the greatest overlap of atmospheric instability and wind shear will focus across central and…
PHOENIX, AZ — If the air across the Southwest felt unusually dry Friday evening, the data confirms it — vast portions of Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and West Texas dropped into single-digit relative humidity levels. Observations at 7:00 PM CDT on March 20 show widespread humidity values between 2% and 10% across the Desert…
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — Two dates in May 2024 — May 6 and May 25 — may ultimately be remembered as some of the most volatile tornado setups in recent Plains history that did not fully realize their catastrophic potential. Meteorologists reviewing the data say both days featured atmospheric environments capable of producing long-track, violent…
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…