Where is the coldest city in the U.S. today? Here’s where temperatures are lowest right now.

Where is the coldest city in the U.S. today? Here’s where temperatures are lowest right now.

Ahead of another arctic blast expected to start hitting U.S. cities on Thursday, the country’s coldest temperatures today fell well below zero. Right now, the lowest temperatures for the Lower 48 states Wednesday were recorded in Colorado, Kentucky, Minnesota and Wyoming. What cities are coldest in the U.S. today? The National Weather Service said Wednesday … Read more

U.S. winter outlook: Wetter South, warmer North and “more potential climate extremes,” NOAA says

U.S. winter outlook: Wetter South, warmer North and “more potential climate extremes,” NOAA says

The upcoming winter season could be warmer than usual for much of the continental United States, with rain and snowfall estimates departing from average in both directions depending on the location, forecasters announced on Thursday. An updated U.S. winter outlook released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows how weather patterns may shape up across the … Read more

Lidia makes landfall as Category 4 hurricane on Mexico’s Pacific coast before weakening

Lidia makes landfall as Category 4 hurricane on Mexico’s Pacific coast before weakening

Hurricane Lidia made landfall along the Pacific Coast of west-central Mexico on Tuesday as a Category 4 hurricane before weakening, threatening a stretch of the west-central shoreline home to Puerto Vallarta, a resort town and popular tourist destination in the Mexican state of Jalisco. Its arrival came on the heels of Tropical Storm Max, which … Read more

Philippe, now a post-tropical cyclone, on track to drench parts of New England, Canada

Philippe, now a post-tropical cyclone, on track to drench parts of New England, Canada

Philippe weakened from a tropical storm to a post-tropical cyclone Friday, but it still could bring another round of strong wind and rain to parts of the U.S. Northeast and Canada’s southeast Atlantic coast this weekend, as the weather system continues on a path heading north in the Atlantic, forecasters said. Heavy rains and gusty winds … Read more

Tropical Storm Philippe on track to drench parts of New England, Canada

Tropical Storm Philippe on track to drench parts of New England, Canada

Tropical Storm Philippe could bring another round of strong wind and rain to parts of the U.S. Northeast and Canada’s southeast Atlantic coast this weekend, as the weather system continues on a path heading north in the Atlantic, forecasters said early Friday morning. As of 5 a.m. Eastern on Friday,  Philippe was swirling over the … Read more

Hurricane Idalia forecast to hit Florida as Category 4 storm; evacuations ordered and schools close

Hurricane Idalia forecast to hit Florida as Category 4 storm; evacuations ordered and schools close

Hurricane Idalia is gaining strength as it moves toward Florida, where residents are scrambling to prepare for the impacts of what is forecast to be a major storm. Idalia is expected to grow into an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane before it makes landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane … Read more

Hurricane Idalia takes aim at Florida as evacuations ordered, schools close

Hurricane Idalia takes aim at Florida as evacuations ordered, schools close

Hurricane Idalia is gaining strength as it moves toward Florida, where residents are scrambling to prepare for the impacts of what is forecast to be a major storm. Idalia is expected to grow into an extremely dangerous hurricane before it makes landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center. “Life-threatening” … Read more

Hurricane Idalia path and timeline: When and where meteorologists project the storm will hit Florida

Hurricane Idalia path and timeline: When and where meteorologists project the storm will hit Florida

Tropical Storm Idalia is nearing hurricane strength and is forecast to become a hurricane on Monday as it tracks toward the Gulf Coast of Florida, on a path that is expected to impact a wide central chunk of the state, including cities like Tampa and Orlando. Officials have placed communities under a range of severe weather … Read more