Archive: U.S. Weather
Weather Gang's Matt Rogers on El Nino
* Lots of Sunshine: Full Forecast | Hurricane Season off to Slow Start * Capital Weather Gang's very own Matt Rogers was interviewed on MSNBC about El Nino, what to expect from it in the coming year, and any relationship...
By Capital Weather Gang | July 14, 2009; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (4)
A Greener Greensburg Two Years After Tornado
* Full Forecast | Will Summer Weather Suppress Swine Flu? * Steps were all that was left of a Greensburg, Kansas, church dismantled by the EF5 tornado that devastated the small town on May 4, 2007. Photo taken Oct. 14,...
By Ann Posegate | May 7, 2009; 10:45 AM ET | Comments (4)
Fargo: Scrambling, Sandbagging as Waters Rise
* D.C. Area Forecast: Weekend Rain | UnitedCast * The Red River, which runs through Fargo, North Dakota, has already crested above its previous 112-year record level and may still rise another foot or two. From the Grand Forks National...
By Jason Samenow | March 27, 2009; 10:58 AM ET | Comments (2)
The Iditarod: The Last Great Race on Earth
* Warm-up Underway: Full Forecast * Image courtesy Iditarod.com Several years ago I was lucky enough to see the beginning of the annual Iditarod sled dog race in Anchorage. I say lucky because I just happened to be staying in...
By Steve Tracton | March 17, 2009; 12:30 PM ET | Comments (9)
Ice: An Insidious Threat to Aircraft
Conditions were conducive to icing at time of plane crash * Winds Start to Wind Down: Full Forecast | Darwin and the Weather * Aircraft icing is one of the most serious weather conditions pilots confront. While it's much too...
By Steve Tracton | February 13, 2009; 11:30 AM ET | Comments (21)
A Treasure Trove of U.S. Weather Records
Climate Warming Reveals Itself on Web Site * Calm Before the Cold: Full Forecast | InaugurationCast * By Robert Henson If you're a climatology connoisseur like me, and you haven't yet seen the "U.S. Records" site provided by NOAA's National...
By Jason Samenow | January 12, 2009; 11:30 AM ET | Comments (5)
Top Ten Weather Events of 2008: 1-5
* Top 10 Weather Events of 2008: 6-10 | D.C. Area Full Forecast * By Robert Henson Earlier, we posted choices 6-10 in the top 10 weather events in 2008. Now, we give you the top five. Such lists are...
By Capital Weather Gang | December 29, 2008; 12:30 PM ET | Comments (5)
Top Ten Weather Events of 2008: 6-10
By Robert Henson * Full Forecast | Top 5 Weather Events of 2008 * To paraphrase Charles Dickens, 2008 was the calmest of times and the stormiest of times. In a two-post series, we'll recap some of the highest impact...
By Capital Weather Gang | December 29, 2008; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (0)
Snow Shutout: New Orleans 1, D.C. 0
* D.C. area full forecast * Snow lover's in DC were surely disappointed to see nary a flake (but rather record rains) from the recent storm that produced accumulating snow all the way down to the Gulf Coast in places...
By Jason Samenow | December 13, 2008; 12:00 PM ET | Comments (1)
Snow in Houston and Galveston, Texas
Here we sit near 60 degrees in the D.C. metro region and it's snowing all the way down to the Gulf coast in southeast Texas. Galveston and Houston, Tx. reported snow in the last hour with temperatures of 34 and...
By Jason Samenow | December 10, 2008; 10:30 PM ET | Comments (2)
I Heard It Was Out There: Did You See It?
"Did you see any?" The whispers float around the web quickly, across story comments, message board posts, and blogs deep in the nether regions of the intertubes. "I swear I saw it on 66." Mixed between the cold rain, the...
By Jamie Jones | October 28, 2008; 01:00 PM ET | Comments (8)
Wild Weather at Wrigley Field
A powerful line of thunderstorms raked the Chicago area last night with winds to hurricane-force. The storms prompted an evacuation of the concourse at Wrigley Field when a tornado warning was issued and sirens sounded. No tornadoes were reported, but...
By Jason Samenow | August 5, 2008; 12:30 PM ET | Comments (0)
Iowa Flooding: After and Before
Imagery courtesy NASA's Earth Observatory. Related Washington Post story: Iowa Flooding Rivals 1993 Deluge Today's Full Local Forecast...
By Jason Samenow | June 14, 2008; 11:30 AM ET | Comments (3)
Time to Hit the Slopes
If you thrive on going from one extreme to the other, consider booking a last minute flight to Aspen, Colorado, to ski a few runs this weekend. After a very snowy winter, Aspen's upper slopes still have an average base...
By Jason Samenow | June 11, 2008; 01:00 PM ET | Comments (0)
Deadly Tornadoes in Upper Midwest
Associated Press reports seven dead in northeast Iowa. Eight convective watches (five tornado and three severe thunderstorm) remain in effect mainly in the Midwest....
By Jason Samenow | May 25, 2008; 11:03 PM ET | Comments (0)
The Long Road to Recovery
One year later: Greensburg, Kansas Starting now: Myanmar (Burma)...
By Jason Samenow | May 5, 2008; 07:00 PM ET | Comments (1)
Freedman: The Winter That Was (Everywhere Else)
The winter of 2007-8 served as a reminder for much of the country, and indeed much of the world, that despite the starring role now being played by global warming, Old Man Winter has not completely exited the stage. In...
By Andrew Freedman | March 17, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (13)
News & Notes: Southeast Tornado Outbreak
Last night's tornado in Atlanta: Significant damage occurred in downtown Atlanta, including to Georgia Dome and at CNN Center. See: Tornado Trashes Atlanta from CNN.com Tornado that struck Atlanta last night was 200 yards wide and cut a path six...
By Jason Samenow | March 15, 2008; 04:49 PM ET | Comments (2)
News & Notes: Wind, Ohio Snow & Bob Ryan
It's been a windy week! After clocking a hurricane force 74 mph gust Tuesday, Reagan National Airport recorded a 60 mph gust yesterday. Gusts of 50-70 mph were widespread yesterday. See also: 80,000 Lose Power in Burst of Wind, Hail...
By Jason Samenow | March 9, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (13)
Where's the Snow? Ask a Badger
By guest contributor Bob Henson It's been a varied winter thus far in the D.C. area, with everything from freezing rain this week to thunderstorms a few days before. But snow lovers are craving the real thing (a possibility later...
By Capital Weather Gang | February 17, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (17)
