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These Are North America’s Biggest Sources Of Electricity By State And Province
These Are North America’s Biggest Sources Of Electricity By State And Province On a national scale, the United States and Canada rely on a very different makeup of sources to generate their electricity. The U.S. primarily uses natural gas, coal, and nuclear power, while Canada relies on both hydro and nuclear. That said, when zooming […]
Torrential Rains Trigger Flash Floods Across California
Torrential Rains Trigger Flash Floods Across California Since the end of December, a ‘parade of cyclones’ has swamped California. The latest round of torrential rain has caused flooding in Los Angeles County, and still unclear in the early morning hours of Tuesday the extent of the destruction, though social media video on Monday evening shows flooded streets, […]
The weather nightmare before Christmas
The weather nightmare before Christmas A sprawling cold wave and blizzard will bring some of the nation’s most dangerous and disruptive pre-holiday weather in recent decades. Dangerous white-out conditions, such as those that closed I-87 in Oregon during a 2017 winter storm, could plague many U.S. roadways late this week. (Image credit: Oregon Department of Transportation […]
White Christmas? Meteorologists Warn Of Potential “Blizzard Over East Coast”
White Christmas? Meteorologists Warn Of Potential “Blizzard Over East Coast” Long-range weather models forecast the increasing possibility of a white Christmas for parts of the Northeast. “Some of the models are depicting a weather pattern taking shape that could result in very cold air pouring into the central and eastern United States next week — […]
Long-Delayed Cold Weather To Blanket Much Of US
Long-Delayed Cold Weather To Blanket Much Of US An update to the Climate Prediction Center’s official 8-14 day outlook for pre-Christmas forecasts more than two-thirds of the Lower 48 will be colder than average, with near-normal temperatures for the Mid-Atlantic and above-average temperatures for the Northeast. NOAA’s temperature outlook forecasts the West, Southwest, and Midwest, as well […]
Power Blackout Risks Loom For Quarter Of All Americans
Power Blackout Risks Loom For Quarter Of All Americans The US heating season has officially begun, and new warnings show that a quarter of all Americans could experience energy emergencies this winter if temperatures fall below average due to tight fossil fuel supplies. Power grids from the Great Lakes to Louisiana, New England, Carolinas, and […]
Arctic Blast To Blanket Eastern Half Of US Next Week
Arctic Blast To Blanket Eastern Half Of US Next Week A cold blast will descend on the eastern US early next week, forcing tens of millions of Americans to turn on their heaters or fire up their stoves as the cold season comes early. “It will feel more like November for many next week,” AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist […]
“Dangerous” Heat Dome Shifts Eastward, Triple-Digit Temps Expected For Southeast
“Dangerous” Heat Dome Shifts Eastward, Triple-Digit Temps Expected For Southeast A heat dome hovering over the northern Plains has begun to shift eastward early this week, expected to bring triple-digit temperatures across southern and eastern regions of the U.S. “Dangerous heat will continue to make headlines from the central U.S. to the Southeast. One more day […]
A Bomb Cyclone Could Wallop Northeast With Heavy Snow
A Bomb Cyclone Could Wallop Northeast With Heavy Snow Despite the unseasonably warm temperatures in the eastern US earlier this week, winter isn’t over with eleven days left in the season. AccuWeather forecasters warn a potential ‘bomb cyclone’ could unleash accumulating snowfall from the central Appalachians to the interior Northeast on Friday through Saturday. “Confidence is growing for a significant storm that […]
“Potential Polar Vortex Event” Could Spark Bullish Reversal In NatGas
“Potential Polar Vortex Event” Could Spark Bullish Reversal In NatGas Since mid-October, U.S. natural gas futures have been beaten down 40% as the narrative of colder weather and tight supplies quickly flipped and crushed bullish traders. As the Northern Hemisphere winter is less than two weeks away, new weather models suggest “significantly colder” temperatures could return for […]
Northern California Swamped With “Historic Rain” Amid Rare Atmospheric River Event
Northern California Swamped With “Historic Rain” Amid Rare Atmospheric River Event The National Weather Service’s (NWS) Sacramento office said “potentially historic rain” rain has fallen in parts of Northern California after a bomb cyclone accompanied an atmospheric river that unleashed massive amounts of moisture pulled in from the Pacific Ocean. Northern California bore the brunt late Saturday/Sunday, with record […]
Bomb Cyclone To Unleash Atmospheric River Over Northern California
Bomb Cyclone To Unleash Atmospheric River Over Northern California A “bomb cyclone” will unleash an atmospheric river Saturday night into Sunday across Northern California. “By Saturday night, a rapidly intensifying Pacific cyclone directing a powerful atmospheric river squarely at the West Coast delivers a fire hose of rich subtropical moisture into California,” the Weather Prediction Center (WPC) […]
200 Million Americans Roast In Two Massive “Heat Domes”
200 Million Americans Roast In Two Massive “Heat Domes” At the beginning of the week, we told readers the dog days of summer have finally arrived with above-average temperatures for most of the country. By late Thursday, watch/warning/advisory alerts for dangerous heat extended to nearly 200 million Americans as multiple heat domes scorch the Pacific Northwest, Central […]
Scientists Call Northwest Heatwave the ‘Most Extreme in World Weather Records’
Flames surround the drought-stricken Shasta Lake in Lakehead, California on July 2, 2021. (Photo: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images) Scientists Call Northwest Heatwave the ‘Most Extreme in World Weather Records’ “Never in the century-plus history of world weather observation have so many all-time heat records fallen by such a large margin.” A pair of climate scientists […]
Dozens Die Across British Columbia And Pacific Northwest Amid “Historic” Heat Wave
Dozens Die Across British Columbia And Pacific Northwest Amid “Historic” Heat Wave The Pacific Northwest is experiencing a multi-day heat wave that we said last week would be “historic.” The unrelenting triple-digit temperatures shattered records on Monday and Tuesday and have stressed out power grids in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia. Many folks in […]
