First winter storm of 2016
It's the first major winter storm of 2016. A "Colorado Low" is moving across the Plains and into the MIdwest. Accumulating snow and blizzard conditions are possible in some parts of the country with still more than a month until the official first da
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Hurricane Names 2016
<p>A weather video listing all of the Atlantic hurricane names for the 2016 season. This is the same list used in 2010 with a couple of exceptions since some hurricane names were retired after that season.</p>
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A day at the beach in Wisconsin
The criteria for going to the beach is a little different in the state of Wisconsin. If the sun is shining, it's good enough to hit the sand... on the edge of Lake Michigan where the water temperature is barely over 50 degrees.
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Almost Tropical Storm Bonnie
A disturbance off the Southeast Coast of the United States is becoming more organized and moving into an area ripe with hurricane ingredients. This low pressure system could become Tropical Storm Bonnie before Memorial Day Weekend is finished. There'
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Hurricane Names 2016
A weather video listing all of the Atlantic hurricane names for the 2016 season. This is the same list used in 2010 with a couple of exceptions since some hurricane names were retired after that season.
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HurricanevsTyphoonvsCyclone
What's the difference between a hurricane, a typhoon and a cyclone?
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Tornado sirens are behind the times
Storm Shield alerts you of bad weather as soon as a warning is issued. Tornado sirens and other methods take more time.
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What is climate change?
What is climate change? Global warming? Is it something we should be worried about?
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Why does the National Weather Service exist?
Ever wonder why your taxpayer dollars fund weather forecasts and research across the country? We explain the National Weather Service.
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Wild Weather Weekend for June 3-5, 2016
There's a wide variety of extreme weather across the United States getting packed into this weekend. There's everything from severe storms in the Plains, Midwest and East Coast to flooding in Texas, extreme heat in the Southwest and we could even see
Wild Weather Weekend for June 3-5, 2016
There's a wide variety of extreme weather across the United States getting packed into this weekend. There's everything from severe storms in the Plains, Midwest and East Coast to flooding in Texas, extreme heat in the Southwest and we could even see
Tropical Storm Colin is headed for Florida
Tropical Storm Colin formed in the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend, and now it's moving to the northeast toward Florida. Gusty winds and heavy rains are expected across the Sunshine State over the next couple of days. Flooding is a serious risk at th
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Tropical Storm Colin caused widespread flooding
Tropical Storm Colin made landfall late Monday night into Tuesday morning, and it brought plentiful rain to the so-called Sunshine State. Florida has been dealing with copious amounts of rain, which have lead to varying degrees of flooding across var
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Las Vegas typical summer weather
What's it like spending a week in Las Vegas in the summer time? If you venture outside of the casinos, it can get pretty toasty, especially as of late while some seriously hot air has settled over the city.
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Las Vegas typical summer weather
What's it like spending a week in Las Vegas in the summer time? If you venture outside of the casinos, it can get pretty toasty, especially as of late while some seriously hot air has settled over the city.
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Severe storms are back again this week
Severe weather is going to march its way across the United States again this week. Severe thunderstorms will be possible all the way from the Rocky Mountains and through the Plains into the Midwest within the first half of the week as a large low pre
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More severe storms the rest of the week
More severe thunderstorms are possible through the end of the week thanks to a large low pressure system continuing to track across the Plains, Midwest and eventually the Mid-Atlantic. The greatest threats will likely be strong, damaging winds and la
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Year without Summer: Summer of 1816
In 1816 folks had a good excuse to complain about the weather, thanks to a huge volcanic eruption from Mount Tambora in Indonesia the previous year, making it the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history. Worldwide famine, floods & disease - all thanks to enough toxic ash in the sky to turn summer into winter.
Exactly 200 years ago, we had a year that is actually known as “the year without a summer". In 1815, Mount Tambora (located in Indonesia) blew its top. But just how large was this event?
Volcano eruptions are measured on a scale called the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI), measuring explosivity, volume of ash and the height ash reaches into the atmosphere. For comparison, the eruptions of Mount St. Helens and Vesuvius were only ranked as 5’s on the index. The eruption of Mount Tambora was a 7, making it the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history.
While the immediate area surrounding the volcano was burned and crops further away were covered in ash, the eruption caused a disruption in monsoon season in south-east Asia. In other parts of the world, the cloud caused a sudden and prolonged drop in temperatures, which led to perfect condition for the outbreak of cholera.
Not everything was as black and white, though. While the volcano was “throwing shade", we started paving the road towards modern medicine, we got fantastic literature and Baron Karl Drais invented what is now known as the predecessor of the bicycle. See, something good can come out of bad things.
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The Central U.S. is heating up
Less than a week before summer, and we're already seeing widespread heat advisories and excessive heat warnings. From Texas and Louisiana up to Nebraska and Iowa, dangerously hot, humid conditions will build through the end of the week and into the w
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Record breaking heat in the Southwest
Temperatures are rising quickly in the Southwest. Parts of Southern California, southern Nevada and all of southwest Arizona are going to see high temperatures well into the triple digits over the weekend and into early next week. Excessive heat warn
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Why do we name hurricanes?
Why do hurricanes have names?
Storm Shield Meteorologist Jason Meyers answers this question.
The short answer is this - it's a whole lot easier and less confusing to name these big hurricanes.
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HOT start to the summer
Summer begins on Monday, but some dangerously hot weather has already been making the rounds across the country.
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Severe weather damages: June 22, 2016
Severe thunderstorms quickly moved across the Great Lakes Region, covering a number of Midwest states: Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina.
Most of the storm damage was from straight line winds, but a numb
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