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Weather
Tornado Watch Issued for Eastern New Mexico and Western Texas Today till Midnight, Centering Clovis New Mexico
National Weather Force has issued a Tornado Watch effective for Eastern New Mexico and Western Texas today until midnight … An upper-level system will move out of the west today. This upper-level system will provide the lifting within the eastern periphery, which will be enough for explosive thunderstorm development. A dryline located in Eastern New Mexico is very prominent. Dewpoints […]
Flood Watch Issued for the Carolinas For Memorial Weekend Centering Saturday, Including the Bike Race
National Weather Force has issued a Flood Watch for North Carolina, south into the eastern half of South Carolina effective Saturday, May 27th, 2023. An early surface tropical low will develop off the South Carolina coast today. This will move in over the day on Saturday, bringing in strong moisture influx to the eastern half of South Carolina northward up […]
Tornado Watch Issued For Southeast New Mexico and Southwest Texas Effective Today Till Midnight, Centering Eddy County
National Weather Force has re-issued a Tornado Watch effective for Southeast New Mexico centering Carlsbad and Southwest Texas today until midnight … An upper-level low that dropped out of Western Canada yesterday will continue to move slowly eastward across Eastern Washington through the watch period. This upper-level system will provide the lifting within the eastern periphery, which will be enough […]
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Issued For Montana Today Until Midnight, Centering Billings
National Weather Force has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch effective today until midnight tonight for parts of Montana, centering and surrounding the Billings forecast area. An upper-level low that dropped out of Western Canada on Tuesday will become stuck within the upper flow. This upper-level system will provide the lifting within the eastern periphery, which will be enough for explosive […]
Early Tropical System to Develop Off Carolina Coast Memorial Weekend To Bring Flooding Concerns to Carolinas
An early surface tropical low will develop off the South Carolina coast by Friday. This will move in over the day on Saturday, bringing in strong moisture influx to the eastern half of South Carolina northward up through most of North Carolina. This system will weaken over Eastern North Carolina on Sunday. Saturday looks to be the worst day for […]
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Re-issued for Parts of Idaho, Utah, and Nevada Today Until Midnight
National Weather Force has re-issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch effective today until midnight tonight for parts of Idaho, Utah, and Nevada. An upper-level low that dropped out of Western Canada yesterday will continue to move slowly eastward across Eastern Washington through the watch period. This upper-level system will provide the lifting within the eastern periphery, which will be enough for […]
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Issued for Parts of Western Texas and Eastern New Mexico This Evening Until Midnight
National Weather Force has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch effective this evening and going until midnight tonight for the western half of the Texas Panhandle, West Texas, Southwest Texas, Northeast New Mexico, Eastern New Mexico, and Southeast New Mexico, including all areas along the Texas and New Mexico border regions. A system coming out of the west will move into […]
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Issued for Parts of Idaho, Utah, and Nevada Today Until Midnight
National Weather Force has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch effective today until midnight tonight for parts of Idaho, Utah, and Nevada. An upper-level low dropping out of Western Canada today will move over the Oregon and Washington border. This upper-level system will provide the lifting within the eastern periphery, which will be enough for explosive thunderstorm development. General storm motion […]
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Issued For Central and Eastern Florida, Centering The Orlando Theme Park Zones Today Until Midnight
National Weather Force has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for the Central and Eastern parts of Florida effective now through midnight tonight. Seabreeze convergence boundaries will be active today, the most active in the Orlando, Florida forecast areas. This means that the theme park zones will be at the center of the most severe activity. Severity within the boundaries includes […]
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Issued For Western Texas to the Texas Panhandle This Evening Till Midnight
National Weather Force has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch effective this evening and going until midnight tonight for the Western parts of Texas, northward to the Texas Panhandle. A system coming out of the west will move into the region today. Thunderstorms along a frontal boundary moving from west-northwest to east-southeast will form. These storms can have the power to […]
Geology
A second major eruption has been detected at the Hunga Tonga volcano on Monday
A second major eruption has been detected at the Hunga Tonga volcano on Monday, according to an alert from Australia’s Darwin Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre. There were no casualties reported from the second eruption on Sunday night. However, evacuation measures are underway, Australian outlets reported. The underwater Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano violently erupted just three days ago on Friday, sending […]
A massive volcanic eruption and tsunami hit Tonga and the Pacific. Here’s what we know
An underwater volcano near Tonga has erupted for the third time in four days, potentially threatening the ability of surveillance flights to assess the damage to the Pacific island nation following Saturday’s massive eruption and tsunami. Australia’s meteorological service said a “large eruption” took place at the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano on Monday, but no tsunami warnings have been issued. […]
Spaceflight
Astronomers relieved with final Webb telescope deployment milestone
Still cruising toward its operating orbit nearly a million miles from Earth, the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope completed a transformation into its final dimension Saturday with the last of some 50 post-launch deployments, the unfolding of the observatory’s 21.3-foot (6.5-meter) primary mirror. Mission controllers at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, confirmed the starboard, or right-side […]
Cape Canaveral’s busy January to continue with another Starlink launch
Forecasters expect brisk winds and chilly temperatures for a prime time, full moon launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with another batch of Starlink internet satellites Monday night from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. There’s a 70 percent chance of good conditions for launch at 7:26 p.m. EST Monday (0026 GMT), according to a forecast issued Saturday morning […]
Space Weather
Viewing of northern lights possible this weekend in Canada, Upper Midwest, Northeast
There’s a chance to view the Northern Lights this weekend for parts of North America, but the weather could throw a wrench in viewing this fantastic light show in two days: cloud cover and frigid arctic conditions. A strong solar flare and coronal mass ejection (CME) erupted from the sun Thursday, and with the Earth’s orientation and rotation around the […]