wild weather

Paraglider Defies Death After Freak Updraft Sucks Him 28,000 Feet Into Sky

A phenomenon known as a "cloud suck" carried him much farther than he wanted to go.

Earth Science Natalia Mesa May 29

A satellite image of Hurricane Milton over Florida.

Record-Breaking Winds and Shocking Damage: What Made 2024’s Hurricanes Unforgettable

Heavy hitters like Helene and Milton characterized an Atlantic storm season that was especially moist, breeding tornadoes on the coast and flood far inland.

Earth Science Isaac Schultz Dec 4

An extratropical cyclone sweeping over the Pacific Northwest.

Satellite Image Reveals Staggering ‘Bomb Cyclone’ Hammering the Pacific Northwest

The huge storm shows how weather systems can rapidly intensify and wreak havoc on the ground.

Earth Science Isaac Schultz Nov 21

A huge atmospheric river over the Gulf of Alaska.

Satellite Images Capture Huge Atmospheric River Sweeping Over Alaska and Canada

The Category 5 event dropped significant amounts of rain across the Gulf of Alaska.

Earth Science Isaac Schultz Sep 27

Hurricane Bud Could Dump Some Serious Rain on the Drought-Stricken Southwest

Weather whiplash is the perfect descriptor for what’s on tap for the Southwest. Things have been hot and dry since this winter, but they could get wet and wild this weekend as the remnants of Hurricane Bud drench Arizona and parts of New Mexico. Bud is currently churning over the eastern Pacific and is expected…

Earth Science Brian Kahn Jun 12

The First Eastern Pacific Hurricane of 2018 Is Now a Category 4 Beast

Well that escalated quickly. Hurricane Aletta became the first tropical storm of the eastern Pacific hurricane season on Thursday, and by Friday morning it had spun up into a Category 4 monster. The storm might not be done ramping up, either. The meteorological marvel is thankfully not forecast to make landfall (though rip currents and…

Earth Science Brian Kahn Jun 8

Lake Michigan May Get Its First-Ever Tropical Cyclone Tonight

The early start to hurricane season continues with what could be the first landfalling tropical cyclone to make it to Lake Michigan on record. Tropical Depression Alberto has been the weird storm that could, improbably moving from the Gulf of Mexico to Indiana. The last advisory the National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued for the storm,…

Earth Science Brian Kahn May 30

What’s This Subtropical Storm Thing Headed Toward the Gulf Coast?

It’s six days from the official start of hurricane season, but we already have our first named storm. The National Hurricane Center has started issuing advisories on Subtropical Storm Alberto, which…wait, what in tarnation is a subtropical storm? During hurricane season, your tropical weather usually comes in three flavors: tropical depression, tropical storm, and hurricane.…

Earth Science Brian Kahn May 25

Hurricane Season May Start Early to Ruin Your Memorial Day Weekend

Hurricane season begins June 1, but the tropics are coming alive a week ahead of schedule. A disturbance near the Yucatan Peninsula is starting to get organized, and there’s a high chance it could be a tropical depression by this weekend. Even if it doesn’t build into a tropical system, the storm will still bring…

Earth Science Brian Kahn May 24

There’s Another Weird Tropical Cyclone Headed to the Middle East

Another rare tropical cyclone situation is unfolding in the Middle East. Cyclone Mekunu spun up on Tuesday and is now heading toward Salalah, the capital of Oman. It should make landfall somewhere in the region on Friday with 104 mph sustained winds, making it the equivalent of a robust Category 2 storm. Some areas could…

Earth Science Brian Kahn May 23

A Rare Cyclone Is About to Hit Somalia

On Wednesday, Cyclone Sagar formed deep in the Gulf of Aden, which separates the Middle East and East Africa. The basically unprecedented storm is taking aim at Somalia and Djibouti—a country where tropical weather just doesn’t happen—this weekend. It could bring torrential rain and flash flooding to the area that’s already fairly saturated after a…

Earth Science Brian Kahn May 18

Did New York Just Get Hit By a Derecho?

Your humble Earther weather correspondent went the roof of Gizmodo Media’s offices to capture the above picture. By the time he descended to the ground floor, all hell had broken loose. Powerful winds made umbrellas abstract sculptures of plastic, metal, and fabric. And that’s too bad for their owners, as torrential rains turned city streets…

Earth Science Brian Kahn May 15

Deadly Dust Storms Are Smothering India

Intense weather has battered South Asia this week. After what was likely the hottest April temperature recorded in the world struck Pakistan at the start of the week, violent dust storms swept across Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, states in northwest India, on Wednesday. The storms left at least 100 dead and toppled 8,000 electricity poles.…

Environmental Justice Brian Kahn May 3

We Finally Know What ‘Hot As Balls’ Really Means

Tired: the age old fight of Fahrenheit vs. Celsius. Wired: a new scale of temperature ranging from ‘colder than Mars’ to ‘hot as dick’. Just in time for summer, computer scientist Jim Webb has blessed us with a curse word-based temperature scale using science. From here on out, 84 degrees Fahrenheit will be known as…

Earth Science Brian Kahn May 2

Pakistan May Have Just Set a World Heat Record

High temperatures are forecast to reach the mid-80s this week in New York, and I’m dreading it. But I have a plan to stay cool: just thinking of how much hotter it is in Pakistan, which is in the middle of a blistering heat wave. Temperatures reported to have cracked 50.2 degrees Celsius (122.3 degrees…

Earth Science Brian Kahn May 1

It Could Snow Again This Weekend

The eastern U.S. is now living in a state of permanent Smarch while the West has fast-forwarded through spring. Temperatures are expected to plunge on Friday to well below normal, and cold weather records could fall in the Midwest. The cold air will also reach the East Coast, trailing a storm, which could create the…

Earth Science Brian Kahn Apr 5

People Are Already Evacuating as California’s Storm of the Year Approaches

Turns out the East Coast doesn’t have a lock on butt weather. A Pineapple Express storm will mainline tropical moisture into Southern California starting on Tuesday. Up to ten inches of rain could fall this week, but this is no regular March Miracle. The deluge could trigger mudslides on the parched and charred slopes left…

Earth Science Brian Kahn Mar 20

There’s Another Nor’easter Coming Because This Is Our Life Now

I want to be writing this as little as you want to be reading it: We’re in for another nor’easter this week. If you live in the Northeast, you’re surely sick of the snow. If live anywhere else, you’re surely sick of hearing about it. And yet here we are, with a fourth nor’easter lining…

Earth Science Brian Kahn Mar 19

Australia Had Itself a Weekend of Wild Weather

The Land Down Under was just a plague of locusts short of going full biblical this weekend. Unusual heat, destructive fires, a raging tropical cyclone, and powerful winds all swept across Australia in the span of 48 hours. Oh, and it snowed in Tasmania. The weird weather was the result of an active trough of…

Earth Science Brian Kahn Mar 19

It’s Thundersnowing

Thundersnow, folks. It’s happening. As Wednesday’s nor’easter cranked up and pushed into the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast, rumbles of thunder rang out as flakes flew. It’s one of the most wonderful meteorological phenomena out there, and you should count yourself lucky if you got to experience it Wednesday afternoon (I know I did). Meteorologists have…

Earth Science Brian Kahn Mar 7

wild weather

Paraglider Defies Death After Freak Updraft Sucks Him 28,000 Feet Into Sky

Record-Breaking Winds and Shocking Damage: What Made 2024’s Hurricanes Unforgettable

Satellite Image Reveals Staggering ‘Bomb Cyclone’ Hammering the Pacific Northwest

Satellite Images Capture Huge Atmospheric River Sweeping Over Alaska and Canada

Hurricane Bud Could Dump Some Serious Rain on the Drought-Stricken Southwest

The First Eastern Pacific Hurricane of 2018 Is Now a Category 4 Beast

Lake Michigan May Get Its First-Ever Tropical Cyclone Tonight

What’s This Subtropical Storm Thing Headed Toward the Gulf Coast?

Hurricane Season May Start Early to Ruin Your Memorial Day Weekend

There’s Another Weird Tropical Cyclone Headed to the Middle East

A Rare Cyclone Is About to Hit Somalia

Did New York Just Get Hit By a Derecho?

Deadly Dust Storms Are Smothering India

We Finally Know What ‘Hot As Balls’ Really Means

Pakistan May Have Just Set a World Heat Record

It Could Snow Again This Weekend

People Are Already Evacuating as California’s Storm of the Year Approaches

There’s Another Nor’easter Coming Because This Is Our Life Now

Australia Had Itself a Weekend of Wild Weather

It’s Thundersnowing

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