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Severe WeatherMatt Kochajkiewicz -- Meteorologist
Weather Whiplash: Heat, Storms, and Humidity Shape This Week's Forecast
This week's weather pattern showcases a remarkable contrast across the United States, with a powerful Western heat dome, an unusually active jet stream across the central U.S.,...
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Winter WeatherHenry Margusity -- Chief Meteorologist
Severe Weather & Smoke: A Double Threat Today
Dangerous Smoke & Severe Weather Discussion The Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast are facing a rare double threat today as two significant weather hazards occur simultaneously. The day will begin with thick wildfire smoke, resulting in poor to hazardous air quality across many locations. Then, as the atmosphere becomes increasingly unstable, severe thunderstorms […]
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Winter WeatherHenry Margusity -- Chief Meteorologist
SEVERE STORMS AND SMOKE
The Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast are facing a rare double threat today as two significant weather hazards occur simultaneously. The day will begin with...
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Winter WeatherMatt Kochajkiewicz -- Meteorologist
Why Illinois Has Become One Of America's Tornado Hot-Spots
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Severe WeatherHenry Margusity -- Chief Meteorologist
Significant Severe Weather Outbreak Possible Across the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest
Significant Severe Weather Outbreak Possible Across the Northern Plains and Upper MidwestMeteorologists are closely monitoring a powerful storm system that will emerge from the...
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Winter WeatherMatt Kochajkiewicz -- Meteorologist
What Products We Provide At Weather Decision Solutions
Weather Decision Solutions (WDS) provides weather intelligence and operational decision support designed to help organizations make faster, smarter decisions when weather impact...
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Winter WeatherHenry Margusity -- Chief Meteorologist
1985 Moshannon State Forest Tornado Report
On a hot, sunny spring day of May 31, 1985 people didn’t yet know what MotherNature would bring. By evening people saw a different world. At 7:45 pm an F4 tornadowith 250 mph winds took two minutes to slam through Parker Dam State Park. TheMoshannon Tornado originally touched down around 7:30 pm near Winterburn,Clearfield County, […]
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Henry Margusity -- Chief Meteorologist
TROPICAL DEVELOPED END OF MAY EARLY JUNE
Attention is beginning to shift toward the tropics as we head toward the end of May and the opening days of June, particularly across the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the Bahamas. While it is still very early in the season, there are growing indications that environmental conditions may become marginally favorable for some form […]
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Severe WeatherHenry Margusity -- Chief Meteorologist
EARLY TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT
The tropics may begin showing signs of early-season activity as we head toward the end of May and the beginning of June, particularly across the Gulf of Mexico and near the Bahamas. While it is still too early to determine whether any organized tropical system will fully develop, the overall atmospheric pattern is becoming somewhat more favorable for development compared to earlier this month.
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