By Eric Leister, Meteorologist Jun 25, 2011; 12:05 PM ET T.S. Meari on June 25, 2011 (Japan Meteorological Agency image). Saturday, Tropical Storm Meari and the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Haima were located just east of Shanghai, China, and ov...

I took a look at the latest snowpack report today and was stunned! As reported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service the Olympic Mt. snowpack (actually the total snow water equivalent--SWE--of the current snowp...

Researchers working in the Indian Ocean discovered that hard compacted sediments were likely the cause of the devastating earthquake and resulting tsunami that hit off the coast of Sumatra in December 2004. (Credit: Science Party of SO-198-2) U. TEXAS...

Every year extraordinary weather events rock the Earth. Records that have stood centuries are broken. Great floods, droughts, and storms affect millions of people, and truly exceptional weather events unprecedented in human history may occur. But the w...

By Jim Andrews, Senior Meteorologist Jun 24, 2011; 10:03 AM ET Joint Typhoon Warning Center forecast for Meari through June 27. Issued June 24, 2011 (JTWC image). Two named tropical cyclones will bring flooding rain and gusty winds over the next...

U. COLORADO-BOULDER (US) — Mountain pine beetles that have already killed more than 4 million acres of trees, could do further damage by forcing earlier snowmelt and increasing water yields. Researchers monitored eight pairs of tree stands, each pai...

Blog Updates: Father's Day and PA Tornado Talk Jun 23, 2011; 3:57 PM ET A couple of notes today regarding past blog entries. For one, Father's Day was last Sunday, and as I like to every couple of years, I'll point you to previous blog entries about h...

Hotting Up in the Far East Jun 23, 2011; 12:30 PM ET TROPICAL STORM MEARI, TROPICAL DEPRESSION HAIMA Tropical Storm Meari (07W) is slowly gathering east of northern Philippines (Luzon). Today's satellite imagery seems to show northerly wind shear, whi...

Flood waters from North Dakota's Souris River are pouring over the levees protecting Minot, North Dakota today, and flood heights are expected to rise to the highest levels in recorded history tonight. The Lake Darling flood control reservoir located a...

This week I received some wonderful pictures from Patrick McKinnon, showing rainbow-like cloud features over Seattle. Take a look at them!And over the past year, others have sent me similar pics. What are they? They have lots of colors like rainbow...

A 1-in-100 to 1-in-200 year flood is in progress in North Dakota along the Souris River, where flood heights never seen in recorded history are putting unprecedented pressure on the river's levees. The Lake Darling flood control reservoir located about...

Its been a month since Steve Scher ended my weather segment on KUOW, so I thought it was time to provide some reflections on the incident.As I will describe below, the importance of KUOW's actions extends far beyond the five minutes of weather informa...

Monsoon Low Leaves Torrential Rain in North India Jun 21, 2011; 2:13 PM ET MONSOON LOW SHIFTS LOCUS OF SUBCONTINENT RAIN A deep cyclonic low drifted ashore in the Sundarbans southeast of Kolkata late last week, then set out westward over northeastern ...

Hurricane Beatriz plowed into the Pacific coast of Mexico near La Fortuna this morning as a Category 1 hurricane with 90 mph winds, bringing very heavy rains and mudslides to a 200-mile stretch of coast. Acapulco reported 5.20" of rain yesterday, and o...

By Katie Storbeck, Meteorologist Jun 21, 2011; 5:16 AM ET "A hurricane warning has been issued along the coast of western Mexico from Lazaro Cardenas to Cabo Corrientes." Beatriz became a hurricane on Monday evening, spinning slowly offshore of ...

Press Release 11-122Fastest Sea-Level Rise in Two Millennia Linked to Increasing Global Temperatures Rate is greater now than at any time during past 2,100 years Rising seas lap at the house in "Nights in Rodanthe," filmed during the field work.Cred...

A lot of people are asking about the summer. My college-student son Nathan told me that I should try an audio podcast on the topic....so here it is: Tell me if you like it (he arranged the music!).Bottom line: Cooler than normal for the next week or...

The outer spiral bands of intensifying Tropical Storm Beatriz have reached the coast of Mexico between Acapulco and Puerto Vallarta, and a hurricane warning is now in effect for the coast of Mexico from Zihuatanejo northwestward to La Fortuna. Beatriz ...

Apologies and Vacation Photos Jun 19, 2011; 8:09 PM ET I'd like to apologize profusely (but not profanely) for being offline during the past few days. Near the end of my vacation to the Outer Banks, I contracted a severe head cold that caused me to st...

Irresponsible environmental scarsters are back.During the past few days a number of you have emailed me about several media stories and web reports about radiation from the Fukushima nuclear plant causing a 35% increase in infant mortality here in the ...

Here is my videopodcast for today.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ8gp-Hxh0AGreat day today (Friday) but showers and cooler weather on Saturday. Go to the eastern slopes if you want to hike on Saturday!I have updated the coastal radar website (see the...

The most expensive tornado/severe weather disaster in American history is the great May 21 - 26, 2011 storm that spawned the Joplin, Missouri EF-5 tornado. According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, insured damages from that storm will amoun...

May 2011 was the globe's 10th warmest May on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). May 2011 global ocean temperatures were the 11th warmest on record, and land temperatures...

Severe Thunderstorm on the Outer Banks Jun 15, 2011; 11:32 AM ET Sunday evening I had the pleasure of witnessing a severe thunderstorm passing over my location at the Outer Banks. AccuWeather.com RadarPlus alerted me to the storm via text messages and...

Late spring is the convergence zone time of the year and we have one tonight. Take a look at the latest radar image and you can see the band of precipitation north of Seattle (see graphic). This one is somewhat amorphous--partially because the atmosp...

Nature's fury reached new extremes in the U.S. during the spring of 2011, as a punishing series of billion-dollar disasters brought the greatest flood in recorded history to the Lower Mississippi River, an astonishingly deadly tornado season, the worst...

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Anthony Watts Image: Department of Energy Via Slashdot: “On Monday, the Obama administration announced the next steps that the US will take to build its 21st century electric grid, and Information Technology is expecte...

Image: Wikipedia (Click on image for larger view.0 (Reuters) - A long-dormant volcano has erupted in Eritrea after a series of earthquakes and sent a 13.5 km plume of ash into the air, according to the Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC). The volcano...

Image: A tractor transports visitors to the Dead Sea through an area that was previously covered in water in Ein Gedi, Israel Ariel Schalit / AP EIN BOKEK, Israel — The Dead Sea is dying, goes the conventional wisdom: The water level of the fabl...

Three persons  were crushed to death by a   palm tree, locally known as buli,  which fell on two houses in sitio Kalubihan, barangay Labogon, Mandaue City,  shortly after midnight. The fatalities were identified as  Romeo Dimpas, 44,  and his wife Teresa, 45,  and a neighbor   Richard Herodiaz, 27. The  5-ton ...