As the true "dog days of summer" get underway, AccuWeather forecasters say Mother Nature is poised to crank up the thermostat across the northwestern United States and portions of southwestern Canada. Record-challenging heat is set to arrive just as many Americans prepare to celebrate Independence Day with a wide variety of outdoor activities. High temperatures will soar to levels well above the historical average during the holiday and beyond. Intense summer heat will elevate the risk for heat-
AccuWeather forecasters say that portions of the central and southern United States will have to contend with multiple rounds of dangerous storms in the coming days. Summerlike heat and robust moisture in place across the Plains and along the Gulf Coast will continue to set the stage for potentially explosive thunderstorm development. "The overall pattern this week is shifting with high pressure set to build north to the Upper Midwest and east across the Great Lakes where temperatures will soar,
Despite the rainfall this week, moderate drought conditions persist, and will likely get worse over the next few weeks, affecting farm yields and home gardens, a meteorologist said Friday afternoon.
Ferocious Cyclone Mocha made landfall in Myanmar on Sunday, leaving in its wake a trail of destruction and at least six reported deaths and 700 injured in the country, according to The Associated Press. The BBC reported that there was destruction across 90% of the city of Sittwe, the capital of the state of Rakhine in western Myanmar. Although the neighboring country of Bangladesh was spared from a direct hit by Mocha, the AP reported that about 2,000 homes were destroyed and 10,000 others were
A massive atmospheric traffic jam will keep chilly air locked in over the Midwest and much of the eastern United States this week, AccuWeather meteorologists say. Forecasters warn that the same pattern set to deliver weather more typical of March rather than May will bring accumulating snow to some spots as well as another round of frosts and freezes to some locations. A pattern in the jet stream, known as an Omega block, shaped like the Greek letter by the same name, will remain over much of No