SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH — Nearly all of the snow that piled up across Utah’s mountains in February and March — including close to 100 inches in the Cottonwoods — is vanishing under a surge of record, June-like heat that has rapidly erased much of the state’s snowpack. New statewide snow water equivalent data shows…
BOISE, IDAHO — Idaho is in for a classic spring weather rollercoaster this week, with unseasonably warm temperatures peaking Tuesday before a cold front sweeps through late Tuesday into Wednesday, bringing breezy winds and mountain showers. Forecasters describe the pattern as “whiplash weather,” with temperatures running well above normal before dropping behind the front. Tuesday:…
UNITED STATES — The footprint of historic March heat expanded dramatically over the past week, intensifying across the Plains and stretching as far east as Tennessee, with dozens of cities tying or setting new monthly high temperature records between March 17 and March 21. Data compiled from select reporting stations shows a broad swath of…
GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA — A Marginal Risk (Level 1 of 5) for severe thunderstorms is in place today across parts of Upstate South Carolina, western North Carolina, and northeast Georgia, with forecasters warning that a few storms could become severe if conditions evolve favorably this afternoon. The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg indicates thunderstorms are…
AUSTIN, TEXAS — A potential pattern shift may be on the horizon for Central Texas as the Climate Prediction Center (CPC) continues to highlight a wetter-than-normal trend developing in early April. The latest 8–14 day rainfall outlook for March 29 through April 4 shows a broad swath of above-normal precipitation probabilities stretching across Central and…
DENVER, COLORADO — Colorado is on the verge of experiencing what forecasters are calling the hottest March day on record, with temperatures soaring into the upper 80s and lower 90s across the plains and along the I-25 corridor. The National Weather Service in Denver/Boulder warns that nearly all locations across eastern Colorado are expected to…
STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA — Severe thunderstorms are expected to develop and sweep across Pennsylvania on Sunday, with the greatest threat unfolding from the afternoon into the evening hours. The National Weather Service indicates that one or more rounds of thunderstorms will form along and ahead of an approaching cold front, bringing the potential for damaging…
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA — A piece of weather history fell at Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport (MSP) as the temperature climbed to 77°F, breaking the longstanding daily record of 76°F set in 1938. The new high officially surpasses a mark that stood for nearly nine decades, underscoring the unusual warmth gripping parts of Minnesota. A Record Nearly…
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA — California is not only enduring unusual warmth on land — the Pacific Ocean off the Southern California coast is now in the grip of a powerful marine heatwave, classified as Category 3 and locally reaching Category 4 intensity. New sea surface temperature anomaly data shows widespread ocean temperatures running dramatically above…
LUBBOCK, TEXAS — West Texas is experiencing a stunning surge of record-breaking heat, with many stations climbing to or above 100 degrees Fahrenheit — temperatures rarely, if ever, observed this early in the calendar year. Data from the West Texas Mesonet shows widespread triple-digit highs across the region as of Saturday evening, with much of…