RENO, Nevada — An upper-level storm system is slamming into California’s Sierra Nevada Tuesday through Tuesday night, burying mountain passes under 6 to 12 inches of heavy snow above 6,000 feet elevation while wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph create near-whiteout conditions on critical travel corridors including Donner Pass on Interstate 80. Travel is…
MIAMI, Florida — Good news may be on the horizon for Florida, Georgia, and the entire East Coast — the Atlantic Ocean is running significantly colder than normal across the main hurricane development zone, and that cold water is one of the most powerful brakes on hurricane formation that nature has to offer. Ocean temperature…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A region-wide Freeze Watch is now in effect from Monday night into Tuesday morning across Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, with temperatures expected to drop to 32°F or below — a late-season cold shot that arrives just as many residents have begun planting spring gardens and landscaping. Monday itself will be blustery…
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin — In a stat that is hard to believe, Wisconsin has already recorded 23 confirmed tornadoes in 2026 — matching the state’s entire full-year average before the heart of tornado season even arrives. Even more alarming, the state has seen three EF-3 tornadoes this year, when the average is less than one per…
DODGE CITY, Kansas — Widely scattered severe thunderstorms are expected to develop across the High Plains Wednesday afternoon, with Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska in the primary zone as storm-supporting dew points of 57–62°F surge into the region by 3 PM MDT. While this is not a widespread outbreak, any storms that do get going will…
RAPID CITY, South Dakota — A sneaky but dangerous severe weather setup is taking shape for Wednesday across northwestern Nebraska and the Black Hills of South Dakota, as a sharp 985 mb low pressure system drops into the region while surface-based CAPE values surge past 1,800 J/kg — enough instability to fire supercell thunderstorms capable…
ATLANTA, Georgia — The entire Southeast United States is locked in a historic drought crisis — and the numbers are staggering. Every single part of the region is currently in drought, with 83% classified as severe or worse, making this the driest six-month stretch on record since October. From Arkansas to Florida, the darker brown…
CHICAGO, Illinois — A powerful storm system is building for Thursday and Friday, bringing a significant severe weather threat back to Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and surrounding states after a brief 5-day quiet stretch. Warm, humid air pushing upper 70s temperatures will surge back across northern Illinois and Wisconsin by midweek, colliding with a strong low…
BUFFALO, New York — An April cold blast is sweeping across the Great Lakes and Northeast right now and the temperatures arriving Monday into Tuesday morning are not subtle. Freezing conditions are expected across a wide corridor from Duluth and Minneapolis through Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, and all the way to Albany and Boston —…
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas — One more week. That is the message for the Southeast right now — one more week of little to no rain before a significant and long-awaited pattern change arrives late April into early May, bringing multiple rounds of rain and storms, below normal temperatures, and a genuine severe weather threat that…