WEATHER

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The latest federal Drought Monitor report shows improving but still concerning conditions across Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia, as much of the region remains locked in Moderate Drought (D1) despite meaningful rainfall earlier this month. While this marks an improvement from the Severe Drought (D2) conditions that gripped much of the…

OHIO VALLEY — The Storm Prediction Center has introduced a Level 1 of 5 (Marginal Risk) for severe weather across portions of Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Virginia as a cold front pushes through the region. While the threat remains low-end, forecasters say just enough moisture may be in place ahead of the front…

UNITED STATES — A newly released seasonal precipitation outlook from the International Research Institute (IRI) is raising concerns for parts of Texas, the Gulf Coast, and the Southeast heading into late spring and summer 2026. The IRI multi-model probability forecast, based on recalibrated output from NOAA’s North American Multi-Model Ensemble (NMME), highlights areas where below-normal…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — With meteorological winter now officially in the books, the numbers tell a striking story across Washington, D.C., Maryland, and the greater Mid-Atlantic: the 2025–26 winter season was the coldest since 2002–03, marking a dramatic return to sustained cold not seen in over two decades. For the first time since 2009–2010, all three…

UNITED STATES — After a powerful storm system swept across parts of the country earlier this week, the atmosphere is shifting into a quieter and more stable late-March pattern. Forecast models show a largely zonal jet stream, meaning weather systems will move quickly west to east, with no dominant storm threatening the Lower 48 in…

ALASKA, UNITED STATES — Satellite imagery on Wednesday revealed a stunning sight over the Gulf of Alaska: a compact cyclone with a defined eye-like center and spiral bands that looked more like a tropical storm than a typical Arctic system. The storm made landfall near Katalla in the Chugach Census Area, and meteorologists are calling…

OHIO VALLEY & MIDWEST — Forecasters are closely monitoring Sunday, March 22, for the potential of a few strong thunderstorms across parts of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky, but new atmospheric data suggests a powerful limiting factor could keep the overall severe threat in check. While conditions at the surface may appear primed for storm…

OHIO, UNITED STATES — A powerful fireball meteor that exploded over northern Ohio on March 17, 2026, is now drawing intense attention after NASA released new projection data identifying possible meteorite fall zones across Medina and Wayne Counties. The event, which unleashed energy equivalent to approximately 250 tons of TNT, has triggered a detailed analysis…

UNITED STATES — A rapidly intensifying heatwave is already rewriting the record books across the western United States, with hundreds of locations in California, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah either breaking, tying, or approaching temperature records—and meteorologists warn this is only the beginning. New data from March 18 shows an explosive concentration of record heat reports…

UNITED STATES — An unusually intense early-season heat wave has swept across the western United States, with dozens of cities in California, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon, and parts of Idaho and Utah either breaking or tying record high temperatures in a single day. New data highlights a surge of record-breaking warmth on March 18, with clusters…