And it's only June...!

#Denver to hit 100 degrees as heat surges to new heights in central US later this week

The #HeatWave in the central United States will occur around the time of the year when the sun is highest in the sky and can make for sweltering to dangerous conditions.

By Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather senior meteorologist

Published Jun 15, 2025

"The hottest weather of the season so far will build over the central United States later this week with widespread highs in the 90s Fahrenheit and some 100-degree readings in store from the Rockies to the Mississippi Valley, AccuWeather meteorologists say."

[...]

"Many locations will easily experience their hottest weather of the year so far. St. Louis, for example, has not yet hit 90 degrees this year as of June 15. After a brief taste of 90-degree weather on Tuesday, from late this week into the following week, highs well into the 90s are forecast. "

https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-forecasts/denver-to-hit-100-degrees-as-heat-surges-to-new-heights-in-central-us-later-this-week/1784600

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #RecordHeat #GlobalWarming #USWx #ExtremeWx

Awhile back, I posted about the NSF National Center for Atomspheric Research's beautifully #RetroWeb #USwx site. On a hunch, I decided to see if their old Java METAR viewer was still up, despite the link to it having been removed.

...IT'S STILL THERE! AND IT STILL WORKS! 🤯

https://weather.ral.ucar.edu/surface/java_metars/index.php

#Meteorology #RetroComputing

So, remember a couple of weeks ago when I posted about visiting the #AtlanticOcean in #Maine, and the water was very warm? I was *not* imagining it!

#Atlantic #HurricaneSeason is almost here, and conditions are primed for 'rapid intensification'

How many hurricanes will there be this year? Will this season be worse than 2024? AccuWeather meteorologists have the answers to these questions and more ahead of the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season on June 1.

By Brian Lada, AccuWeather meteorologist and senior content editor
Published May 21, 2025

"One of the biggest factors for tropical development in 2025 is the abundance of warm water available to fuel storms. 'The water temperatures across most of the Atlantic are above average for this time of the year,' AccuWeather Lead Hurricane Expert Alex DaSilva said. 'They're not quite as warm as what we saw last year and in 2023, but they're still well, well above average.'

"Waters are expected to stay warm throughout most of the hurricane season, which will prime storms for explosive development. "

https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane/atlantic-hurricane-season-is-almost-here-and-conditions-are-primed-for-rapid-intensification/1776532

#ClimateChange #WarmingOceans #AtlanticHurricaneSeason #HurricaneSeason2025 #USWx #ExtremeWx #WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife #AtlanticOcean #GlobalWarming

Radar for the past week of daily significant severe weather. #uswx

via ‪@maddow.msnbc.com‬

"Some National Weather Service offices, including Jackson, no longer have overnight staff from midnight to 7AM.

All three #Kentucky offices - Jackson, Paducah and Louisville - are short-staffed.

There is no meteorologist in charge at any of the three offices..."

https://www.kentucky.com/news/state/kentucky/article306679051.html#storylink=cpy

#FEMACuts #NOAACuts #FEMA #NOAA #Tornadoes #Flooding #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #BadDOGE #NWS #NWSCuts #TrumpHatesThePoor #TrumpSucks #USWx #ExtremeWx #ExtremeWeather

Perfect time for cuts to #FEMA and #NOAA, eh?

Storm-stricken central US braces for more volatile weather ahead

#Tornadoes and #flooding will be among the hazards that threaten more than a dozen states as a new outbreak of #SevereWeather looms early in the week.

By Renee Duff, AccuWeather senior meteorologist

Published May 18, 2025 6:53 AM EDT | Updated May 19, 2025 11:27 AM EDT

https://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/storm-stricken-central-us-braces-for-more-volatile-weather-ahead/1775913

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #BadDOGE #TrumpHatesThePoor #TrumpSucks #USWx #ExtremeWx

Last three days of severe storm reports closing in on 2,000. Over 1,000 yesterday alone. Numbers will grow. #uswx

'Unheard-of' Storm Brings Months of Rain to 2 States

Story by Anna Skinner, May 5, 2025

"An 'unheard-of' storm has flooded parts of southern Oklahoma and northern Texas after dumping 14 inches of rain in some cities over seven days.

"Two cities in #Oklahoma and one in #Texas broke their April rainfall records after receiving months' worth of rain during the unusually wet spring storms.

"The record levels come after more than a week of rain brought a deluge to parts of Oklahoma and Texas. Although the heavy precipitation helped remedy drought across the region, it also sparked severe impacts, including rising river waters that have now been flooding for more than a week.

"Weather warnings of dangerous #floodwaters remain in place across the region, with some not expiring until 'further notice.' The floodwaters have endangered livestock, closed roads, and inundated #farmland."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/unheard-of-storm-brings-months-of-rain-to-2-states/ar-AA1EgQC1?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=e9fae9585a164ca58d9228ddd7e5c1dc&ei=15

#ExtremeWeather #USWx #ExtremeWx #ExtremeRainfall #Flooding #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

At least 3 dead, 500,000 without power as violent #derecho tears through central, eastern US

By Monica Danielle, AccuWeather Managing Editor
Published Apr 30, 2025

"A line of severe thunderstorms evolved into a derecho Tuesday evening, bringing destructive wind gusts across parts of the Ohio Valley and interior Northeast, leading to at least three deaths and power outages for hundreds of millions. By Wednesday afternoon at least 500,000 customers were still without power, down from around 700,000, with a majority of outages occurring in Pennsylvania.

"Some of the strongest impacts were reported in southeastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania, where straight-line wind gusts reached 80 mph — stronger than many low-end tornadoes but across a much wider area. Officials said the storms tore off roofs, uprooted trees in saturated soil and brought down power lines throughout the region.

" 'The line of storms formed near Indianapolis and continued advancing eastward, bringing widespread tree and power line damage to western and central Pennsylvania,' AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Alan Reppert said.

" 'Wind gusts in some areas were nearly 80 mph. For some communities, this derecho could be a once-in-10-year or even a once-in-20-year event.' "

https://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/deadly-storms-hit-northeast-midwest-with-wind-floods/1770153

#SevereWeather #USWx #ExtremeWeather

LIVE: #Tornadoes tear across central US as severe weather intensifies

"A rare #tornado emergency was issued amid a 'particularly dangerous situation' late Wednesday afternoon, and the same areas blasted by destructive storms will soon face a significant risk of #flooding."

Updated Apr. 2, 2025

https://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/live-news/high-risk-severe-weather-extreme-flooding-in-us/1761331
#ExtremeWeather #USWx #ClimateChange #Polycrisis #MidwestUS

“Noaa staff right now aren’t happy because they don’t know if they will keep their jobs. Work has been made harder for no reason and they are being told they are worthless. No one has even explained why they are doing all of this crap.”

#USWx #USCoup #NOAA #NWS #Weather

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/01/trump-cuts-noaa-spam-emails

Question for #weather (particularly #USwx) folks: what's the 'proper' way to get raw METAR data for script use these days, at least for sites in the US? I used to get them from avationweather.gov but that no longer works.

Big March storm fans #wildfires and flips trucks as forecasters fear weekend #tornado outbreak

By RUSS BYNUM and SEAN MURPHY
Updated 9:02 PM EDT, March 14, 2025

"Tornadoes likely amid storm outbreak

"The Storm Prediction Center said fast-moving storms could spawn twisters and hail as large as baseballs Friday, but the greatest threat would come from straight-line winds near or exceeding hurricane force, with gusts of 100 mph (160 kph) possible.

"A #TornadoWatch was issued until 11 p.m. for central and eastern #Missouri, including St. Louis, as well as parts of #Illinois and #Arkansas.

"The National Weather Service said it observed an evening tornado in the south-central Missouri city of #Grovespring.

"Other areas at risk included parts of #Iowa, #Kentucky, #Tennessee and #Mississippi.

"About 47 million people faced an enhanced to moderate severe storm threat from Madison, #Wisconsin, to Birmingham, #Alabama.

"Forecasters grew increasingly worried that intense thunderstorms farther south will likely bring an even greater tornado threat Saturday.

"The Storm Prediction Center said parts of #Mississippi including Jackson and Hattiesburg and areas of #Alabama including Birmingham and Tuscaloosa will be at a high risk. Severe storms and tornadoes are also possible across eastern #Louisiana, western #Georgia, central #Tennessee and the western #Florida Panhandle.

"'We have a lot of confidence that we most likely will have a tornado outbreak tomorrow,' Storm Prediction Center meteorologist Evan Bentley said in an online briefing."

https://apnews.com/article/severe-weather-tornadoes-fire-blizzard-be7fe7207d483252d9ff31df58209d2b?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
#ExtremeWeather #Polycrisis #USWx #Tornadoes #TornadoWarnings #TornadoOutbreak #BadDOGE #NWS
WE NEED #NationalWeatherService
#NoCutsToNWS #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Disasters

This has been over a week now that the current obvervations are unavailable for this area. This is a us taxpayer supported service and its important for safety. This is not normal.

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=29.9435541&lon=-95.7235936

#uswx #uspol

I think I'm going to be in the market for a used weather station, since I can no longer trust the local weather.gov station.

#uswx

My nearest weather.gov station has been silent since late last week. It has never been down this long. I'm beginning to fear that it'll be down for a long time.

#uswx

“These cuts will make it harder to keep your family safe when skies turn threatening. Hype? Wait for it. This isn’t efficiency. It’s insanity. A potentially deadly edition of FAFO”

- Meteorologist Paul Douglas

#NOAA #NWS #USWx #USCoup

https://www.startribune.com/trusted-meteorologist-sounds-the-alarm/601231477

“Effective immediately, and until further notice, the National Weather Service (NWS) is temporarily suspending some weather balloon launches in Albany, New York, and Gray, Maine, due to a lack of Weather Forecast Office (WFO) staffing. Offices will perform twice daily launches when staffing permits.”

Less data for the weather model runs.

#USCoup #NOAA #NWS #USWx

https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/pdf_2025/pns25-11_intermittent_suspension_of_raob_Launches-aly_gyx.pdf

"'It may not be noticeable to the public right away, but it will be down the road,' he says. 'We may not notice degradation in service right away, but down the road we will start to see issues.'

"Behringer notes that some other NWS offices that were already understaffed have relied on help from Monterey meteorologists during major weather events, but with less bandwidth everywhere, that kind of boost will be less likely.”

…
"Of the National Weather Service, Behringer says, "Even with the rumors, I thought it wouldn’t happen to us. We usually have pretty good bipartisan support. We are deemed essential, even in a shutdown."

https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/news_blog/at-least-six-local-noaa-employees-are-terminated-in-sweeping-federal-firings/article_d78e3b1c-f88a-11ef-8505-b3fc38adca41.html

#NationalWeatherService #NWS #NOAA #MontereyBay #MontereyCounty #California #MontereyCountyNow #CAwx #USwx #weather #meteorologist #ClimateEcosystems #Fisheries

40 degrees below average to way above average. Yup! Welcome to #ClimateChange!

Arctic retreat: Dramatic warmup across US, temps could surge nearly 90 degrees

https://www.accuweather.com/en/winter-weather/arctic-retreat-dramatic-warmup-across-us-temps-could-surge-nearly-90-degrees/1747172
#ClimateChangeWeatherWheel #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #ExtremeWeather #ExtremeCold #RecordHeat #USWx