With an official high temperature in Denver today of 94 degrees, the Mile High City has tied the record for most 90 degree seasonal days. With weather forecasts calling for continued hot weather through the first part of this week, the record is sure to be broken. Read the rest of this story on Examiner.com
Rains from Tropical Storm Isaac have been lashing Puerto Rico and forecasters are expecting the storm to become a hurricane before hitting Hispaniola. Trailing Isaac is another storm system that has just been named Tropical Storm Joyce. Read the rest of this story on Examiner.com including the latest satellite imagery and forecast tracks.
Colorado’s central mountains experienced an earthquake Tuesday afternoon that rattled towns in the area. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS) the magnitude 3.3 temblor occurred at 3:21pm MDT. The epicenter was in Eagle County 10 miles north of Basalt or 16 miles east of Glenwood Springs. It occurred at a shallow depth of 3.1 miles. Read the rest of this story on Examiner.com including details on Colorado’s ‘shaky’ past.
The eighth typhoon of the year has developed extremely rapidly and while passing offshore brought landslides and flooding to the Philippines. Typhoon Tembin now appears intent on heading toward Taiwan while yet another typhoon, Bolaven, looks to do the same soon after. Read the rest of this story on Examiner.com with satellite imagery and forecast tracks for these two major storms.
The devastating 2012 wildfire season continues to expand and shift west as fires rage out of control in the northwestern United States. In northern California tinder dry conditions have allowed fires to grow quickly and prompted thousands to evacuate in recent days. Read the rest of this story on Examiner.com including photos and satellite imagery.
A solicitation on a United States government website seeking hollow point bullets and targets for the National Weather Service caused an online stir today. NOAA was forced to quickly deal with the controversy saying it was a ‘clerical error.’ Read the rest of this story on Examiner.com
While on a routine patrol late last week a New Zealand Defense Force patrol craft spotted a massive area of pumice floating in the South Pacific from an unknown source. Teaming up with NASA, volcanologists today pinpointed the source of a raft of debris covering thousands of square miles. Read the rest of this story on Examiner.com including satellite imagery of the undersea eruption.
Without a doubt the Mile High City – and much of the nation – has had an unusually warm summer. Records have tumbled regularly over the past couple of months and yet another is on the brink as we approach a record number of 90 degree days. Read the rest of this story on Examiner.com to find out how close to the record we are.
The 2012 Atlantic hurricane season has been a relatively active one although not particularly notable. NOAA forecasters have updated their outlook for the season though and are cautioning that hurricane activity may soon increase in the basin. Read the rest of this story on Examiner.com
To listen to the United States’ primary agency responsible for monitoring the climate, one would think the end is near as global temperatures continue to rise at an alarming rate. However, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) own monitoring network specifically designed to monitor global warming contradicts these claims. Read the rest of this story on Examiner.com to find out why we should be skeptical when we hear claims of record-setting heat.
