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The northern Rocky Mountains are about to get a harsh blow from Mother Nature. A potential blizzard-like storm could shut down roads and knock out power in many high-elevation areas. The National Weather Service (NWS) has already issued a Winter Storm Watch for parts of Montana, mostly along and...

More Southwest sogginess Today, September 25, will be a fairly quiet weather day across the continental United States with only a couple of areas of disruptive weather. SONAR Critical Events: Wednesday, September 25, 11 a.m. EDT A few severe thunderstorms may produce large hail, gusty winds...

More Southwest soaking Thunderstorms will drench portions of the Desert Southwest again today, Sept. 24. Heavy rain may lead to new episodes of flash flooding from Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, to Las Cruces, New Mexico, and El Paso, Texas. Rock slides may impact some mountain roads. This will delay...

Tropical Storm Karen – the sixth named storm in the Atlantic basin this September – is spinning over the Caribbean Sea, likely arriving in Puerto Rico as well as the U.S. and British Virgin Islands on Sept. 24. Karen will bring the potential for heavy rainfall and some gusty winds. SONAR...

The one-two punch of torrential rains and heavy flooding from Tropical Storm Imelda has forced road closures and route changes for freight businesses in Houston and coastal Texas. "The road system in and around Houston has been significantly affected by flood waters," said Troy Ryley, president of...

More Flash Flooding potential in Texas The remnants of Tropical Depression Imelda have lost some steam, but not before dumping record rainfall across southeastern Texas for three days, causing major flooding and killing two people. Even though the widespread rain has stopped across the region,...

After several days of dithering in the Philippine Sea, tropical storm Tapah (also called Nimfa) has transformed into a typhoon. It has also started accelerating towards southern Japan and Korea. A typhoon is exactly the same weather event as a hurricane; the name only differs depending upon its...

More Texas torrents Tropical Depression Imelda continues to slam southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana with copious amounts of rain and life-threatening flooding. Galveston and Beaumont, part of the Houston freight market, have been some of the hardest hit areas with flooded streets...

More Lone Star lashing Tropical Depression Imelda continues to soak southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana with heavy rainfall, flooding and thunderstorms. Imelda became just strong enough yesterday, Sept. 17, to elevate its status from tropical depression to a tropical storm for a few...

Lone Star lashing Tropical Depression 11 (TD-11), quickly and newly formed around midday today, Sept. 17, will soak southeastern Texas the next couple of days. Flooding in the Houston and Galveston areas may end up worse than meteorologists, including myself, originally expected. According to the...

Lone Star lament A weak trough of surface low pressure along the southeastern coast of Texas, paired with an upper-atmospheric low pressure system and abundant tropical moisture will will produce periods of showers and thunderstorms for the next 24 hours, through the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 18...

Humberto could visit Florida this weekend Yesterday, a disturbance known as "Invest 95L," was just a cluster of disorganized thunderstorms hovering near the southeastern Bahamas. Today, Sept. 13, it's becoming more organized and the National Hurricane Center (NHC) is calling it Potential Tropical...

Messy Midwest weather A sluggish low pressure system will spin over parts of the Great Plains and Great Lakes this afternoon (September 12) and tonight, dropping heavy rainfall in many areas. Localized flash flooding could lead to roadblocks, mainly on secondary roads and interstate ramps across...

If your eyes were glued to the minute-by-minute tracking of Hurricane Dorian anytime during it's 11-day lifespan from Aug. 28 to Sept. 7, it's worth remembering: Meteorologists couldn't have done it without weather satellites.  Data from satellites, surface weather stations and radar make it...

Two seasons in one A potent low pressure system and associated frontal boundaries will make for more messy, stormy weather and delays for drivers from the Rockies to the Great Lakes. This system spawned several tornadoes yesterday, September 10, mostly in rural, low-population areas. However, one...