December 1, 2014
Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants New York to create the nation’s best weather monitoring system, one more robust than even the National Weather Service and more capable of predicting events like the snowstorm that buried parts of the Buffalo area under …
May 31, 2013
Severe thunderstorms, baseball-sized hail, flooding and possibly tornadoes may sweep across parts of Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas today, according to the U.S. Storm Prediction Center. There’s a 45 percent chance of storms producing damaging hail from Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to …
April 3, 2013
Forecaster William Gray said he expects a very active hurricane season, but he’s not yet giving likely numbers of named storms, hurricanes and major hurricanes. Gray told hundreds of people at the National Hurricane Conference that the first numeric predictions …
December 6, 2012
The U.S. national weather forecaster said on Thursday the much-feared El Niño weather phenomenon is unlikely to appear before the Northern Hemisphere spring, further reducing the chances of a drought in Asia and flooding in South America. The U.S. Climate …
October 19, 2012
After a hot spring and a scorching summer, this winter is likely to continue a U.S. warming trend that could make 2012 the hottest year since modern record-keeping began, U.S. weather experts said Thursday. Drought that ravaged much of the …
October 18, 2012
Ocean temperatures may enter a weak El Nino pattern this winter, which could affect U.S. weather in coming months, government forecasters said on Thursday. The El Nino weather pattern, which is usually associated with changes in rainfall, may lead to …
August 10, 2012
The U.S. government forecaster warned on Thursday that the feared El Niño phenomenon, which can affect global weather, is almost certain to occur over the next two months, potentially adding strain to global food supplies. El Niño conditions will likely …
May 9, 2012
The U.S. Climate Prediction Center (CPC) said the La Nina pattern blamed for a crippling drought in Texas and severe dry spells in South America has vanished as expected and is unlikely to reappear later this year. U.S. government forecasters …
March 8, 2012
The La Nina weather pattern blamed for a devastating drought in Texas and a bad dry spell in South America should be gone by the end of April, but its impact will persist in large swathes of the southern United …