AccuWeather Daily

A new study examining microwave radiation data from NASA's Juno mission provides some clues as to why the lightning bolts on Jupiter may be up to 10,000 times more powerful. Plus, rain will bring much-needed drought relief to Florida this week, but repeated thunderstorms may lead to localized flooding, while strong onshore winds create dangerous surf and rip current risks along Atlantic beaches. And a sheriff's deputy and an animal services officer in Florida waded into alligator-filled waters to rescue an injured bald eagle last week, officials said. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Following a break from record-smashing heat, warmer weather will return across the West, complicating drought and fire mitigation in the region. Also, Fairbanks, Alaska, just emerged from a record-shattering streak of cold weather that included more than 30 nights with temperatures of 40 degrees below zero. And a third Kona storm in three weeks will bring drenching rain, flooding and mudslide risks to Hawaii, while also helping to ease ongoing drought conditions across the islands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When temperatures threatened one of the world's most prized wine regions, some growers reached for fire — while others turned to a more icy solution. Also, since 2020, 31 privately owned homes have collapsed along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore due to erosion and storm impacts, most in villages near Rodanthe and Buxton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From summerlike warmth to chilly coastal air and rounds of rain, much of the East will face a chaotic stretch of weather through Easter before a quieter, warmer pattern emerges next week. Also, water restrictions on the South Rim are not uncommon due to breaks in the Transcanyon Waterline, which was built in the 1960s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A multi-day storm pattern will trigger shifting zones of severe weather from Texas to the Great Lakes and East, including threats of high winds, hail, a few tornadoes and flooding downpours. Also, a strong earthquake struck offshore early Thursday morning, local time, prompting a tsunami alerts across the region, including parts of Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NASA is targeting a 6:24 p.m. EDT Wednesday liftoff for Artemis II, the first crewed mission around the moon since 1972. Forecasters say clouds and winds are the main concerns. Also, a dust storm spanning more than 1,000 miles made its way across northwest Africa Monday, documented from weather satellites above and residents on the ground. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Heavy thunderstorms this week may bring hail, damaging winds, tornadoes and flooding rain from the Plains to the Great Lakes, disrupting travel and outdoor plans into Easter weekend. Also, rounds of snow and ice will sweep from the Upper Midwest to northern New England later this week, raising the risk of slippery travel and power outages as ice and snow accumulates on trees and power lines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Multiple storms will move into the West through the week bringing a break from the heat and rain and mountain snow. Also, the combination of dry conditions and gusty winds will raise the risk for wildfires to start and spread across the Plains this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Lyrid meteor shower will be the highlight of the night sky in April, and will be followed up by a tight-knit duo shining in tandem after sunset. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More than 2,000 weather stations set new daily heat records during the heat wave, causing 7 entire states to set new March temperature records. A series of storms will bring cooler air, spotty thunderstorms, rain and mountain snow to some regions next week, though drought and wildfire relief may be limited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Preparedness is critical as 3–5 direct U.S. impacts are expected during the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Florida faces one of its driest periods in decades, with severe drought gripping most of the state, fueling wildfires and raising concerns as rainfall remains limited heading into the early stages of the wet season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A western United States heat wave will continue to shatter records with days of triple-digit temperatures this week, but a shift in the jet stream could bring cooler air and relief to the region before the end of March. Plus, a meteorite crashed through a Texas home after a fireball lit up Houston skies—learn how NASA tracked this rare impact event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new Kona storm will bring more rain to Hawaii just days after historic rainfall, increasing the risk of flash flooding, mudslides and travel disruptions across the islands through the weekend. Plus, warm air surging north will clash with cold air and bring the risk of severe thunderstorms, rain and even some snow to the Midwest and Northeast ahead of an early-week cooldown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Storms this winter coated the Northeast and Great Lakes with surplus snow, while the West stayed in a snow drought. Also, the eastern monarch population in Mexico saw a 64% increase while populations in California were the third lowest on record. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Camp leaders are partnering with AccuWeather to improve real-time alerts after the catastrophic 2025 Hill Country flooding. AccuWeather’s new services can help camps and first responders nationwide better prepare and better protect communities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Warm air to again surge into the Midwest and Northeast into this weekend with some cities nearing records, but another push of cooler Canadian air will return by early next week as the temperature ups-and-downs continue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Moisture from a Hawaii-connected atmospheric river will bring periods of heavy rain, rising rivers and flooding concerns across western Washington and southwestern British Columbia into Friday. Also, a bright meteor streaked across the sky over Ohio and Pennsylvania around 9 a.m. Tuesday, producing a loud sonic boom that rattled homes in the Cleveland area. And the National Park Service warned hikers about quicksand in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, especially near shorelines and drainages where ground can look dry but give way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Record-challenging heat will surge across the Southwest this week as a stubborn heat dome sends temperatures into the 90s and even past 100 degrees in some cities, levels more typical of late spring or early summer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The threat for severe thunderstorms packing damaging winds and tornadoes will ramp up Sunday into Monday across the central and eastern US Also, a strengthening heat dome will send temperatures soaring into the 90s and past 100 degrees across the Southwest, threatening records, accelerating snowmelt and raising wildfire risk now, then water supply concerns later. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A rapidly strengthening storm could evolve into a bomb cyclone, unleashing blizzard conditions in the Midwest and severe thunderstorms, flooding rain and damaging winds in much of the central and eastern United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An El Niño watch has been issued, and AccuWeather long-range forecasters say there is a chance it becomes just the third “super El Niño” in the past 30 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Potentially damaging winds will sweep from the Rockies to the Northeast as a fast-moving clipper storm spreads snow across the northern tier and heightens wildfire risk across parts of the Plains. Also, in addition to a lack of snowfall compared to the historical average, nine states had their warmest year on record. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nighttime tornadoes are nearly twice as deadly as daytime storms, with the Southeast facing the highest risk and manufactured homes accounting for a disproportionate share of fatalities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A rare, early-season tornado in Michigan was the strongest to hit the state since 1977, and left four dead, including a 6th grader. Also, meteorological winter runs from the start of December through the end of February, but that's not true for the coldest part of the year in many places. Plus, NASA on Thursday walked back a prediction that an asteroid had a "small, but notable" chance of impacting Earth or the moon in 2032 based on newly analyzed data. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Severe storms with damaging wind gusts, hail and tornadoes, will take hold across portions of the central United States toward the middle of the week. Also, warmer air will push out the Northeast chill as much of the eastern U.S. turns 15-25 degrees above average, with some communities from Florida to the Ohio Valley challenging record highs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Record levels of seaweed in the Atlantic are piling up in the Caribbean, just in time for spring break. This year is expected to be another record year for the stinky seaweed. Also, National Park Service released its official peak bloom forecast for Washington, D.C.’s iconic Yoshino cherry trees. Experts say weather patterns in late winter and early spring determine when 70% of blossoms open around the Tidal Basin. And, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said the 47-year-old mother and her 13-year-old daughter were found near U.S. Highway 60 after a suspected tornado touched down near Fairview. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A storm forming high in the atmosphere over the Southwest will bring Santa Ana winds to Southern California from Friday into Saturday. Spotty power outages are possible with some wildfire risk. Also, a magnitude 4.9 earthquake on Thursday morning was the strongest to strike Louisiana of the United States in nearly 14 years, according to the USGS. Plus, AccuWeather Meteorologists say that Saharan dust from Africa is moving northward across Spain and Portugal late this week, and it could cause a phenomenon known as "blood rain" in Spain, France and the United Kingdom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The National Park Service said the colorful display is being fueled by multiple rounds of rain since autumn, with blooms expected to continue at low elevations into mid-late March. Also, the warmest weather since October is predicted for some parts of the Midwest and Northeast with temperatures as much as 25 degrees above the historical average. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pollen is already ramping up in parts of the South and West. Here’s when tree, grass and weed pollen will spike — and which regions will have the highest levels this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wyoming’s snow fences don’t just stop drifts, they cut snow-removal costs by up to 50% and improve visibility during blowing snow, according to transportation officials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Daylight saving time begins March 8, but March’s biggest change is the rapid increase in daylight, with some cities adding more than 100 minutes by month’s end. Also, severe storms and flooding risks will ramp up in the Plains, Ohio Valley. Multiple storms moving across the Plains and Ohio Valley in the upcoming week will set the stage for a multiday severe weather risk and flooding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Multiple storms will bring rounds of snow, ice and rain from the Midwest to the Northeast as Arctic air briefly surges south, raising risks of slick travel, ice jams and urban flooding into midweek. Also, two dogs rescued on Monday during a blizzard in Babylon, New York have been returned home. The man who rescued them said, “it could have been a tragedy. The number of people who stopped to help, it shows that people do care.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A shifting jet stream will send multiple storms from the southern Plains to the Great Lakes, unleashing severe weather, heavy rain and rising stream and river levels in some areas, while drought persists in others. Also, smoke from the National Fire burning in Big Cypress National Preserve is obstructing visibility on I-75 as 67% of Florida is in extreme drought. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fresh Arctic air will set the stage for a storm early next week that could bring disruptive snow, ice and travel impacts from the Midwest to the Northeast, following several minor rounds of wintry weather. Also, two snowmobilers were killed in separate Idaho and Utah avalanches as dangerous conditions push US avalanche deaths to 16 this year. Plus, a new report by the National Hurricane Center has pegged Hurricane Melissa with 190 mph winds, tied for the strongest ever measured in the Atlantic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Spring is severe weather season across the United States, and here's where AccuWeather long-rage forecasters are predicting damaging thunderstorms and tornadoes to erupt. Also, the only total lunar eclipse is on the way next week (March 2 and 3). Worldwide, over 3.3 billion people live in areas where the total eclipse will be visible, weather permitting. In the U.S., the best views will be along the West Coast, from Washington state down to the California–Mexico border. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A strong cold has ended Florida’s run of 80-degree heat, and will bring a freeze threat to parts of the state and fueling heightened wildfire danger amid dry, windy conditions. Also, since mid-January, South Carolina has been rattled by nine small earthquakes, according to the USGS. Here's a look at why earthquakes happen in South Carolina. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A rapidly strengthening storm will shut down much of the northeastern United States from Sunday to Monday as snow is forecast to pile up with blizzard conditions in coastal areas. Also, a series of Pacific storms will bring renewed flooding downpours, gusty winds and heavy snow to the Northwest and Northern California into Tuesday. The snow levels will be much higher than with the storm last week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A snowmobiler died near Snake Creek, southeast of Salt Lake City, and a skier died after a slide in Big Cottonwood Canyon the next day, according to officials. Over 60 slides were reported in two days across Utah. Also, suspected tornadoes and severe storms devastated communities in Indiana and Illinois on Thursday, damaging homes and facilities and causing multiple injuries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Northeast faces the 5th weekend in a row with snow as a strengthening storm will deliver heavy snow, travel shutdowns and power outages from Delmarva to New York City and southern New England. Also, explosive wildfire growth fueled by 60+ mph wind gusts, low humidity and drought conditions has scorched more than 312,000 acres across Oklahoma and Kansas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Northeast cities face the 5th weekend in a row with snow as a strengthening storm will deliver accumulating snow and slippery travel from West Virginia to southern New England. There is potential for it to rapidly strengthen along the coast. Also, California's Sierra Nevada have measured over 90 inches of snow from the ongoing onslaught of storms, and more heavy snow is on the Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The spring weather pattern is lining up to dry fuels faster than usual in key areas, causing the wildfire risk to escalate early. Here’s where the risk is highest and what could make it spike. Also, eight of nine skiers buried in an avalanche near Lake Tahoe in northern California’s Sierra Nevada mountains amid heavy snow and “extreme weather conditions” have died, the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Blowing dust created near-zero visibility on I-25 near Pueblo, killing 4 people, while the same powerful windstorm fueled fast-moving wildfires and triggered additional crashes across the Plains. Flooding rain shuts down roads in Los Angeles as Sierra travel turns dangerous with whiteout conditions and spinouts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Video shows a windmill burning in Stephens County, Texas after storms moved through the area Saturday. Local firefighters say lightning likely caused the fire. Plus, the Lac La Belle sank during a storm in 1872 and was lost to the lake for more than a century. Now a shipwreck hunter says the wreck has finally been found. And, powerful storms and pounding waves eroded the iconic rock formation along Puglia’s Salento coast, toppling the beloved romantic landmark over Valentine’s Day weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Florida is experiencing its most widespread February drought on record since tracking began in 2000. Here’s why it’s happening and when rain may return. Also, many areas in the mid-Atlantic will see the most sustained stretch of warmer weather since a string of abnormally warm days in early January. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Local leaders are hopeful that Lake Lure could be ready for public access, boating and swimming by Memorial Day Weekend. Also, a 3-year-old female gray wolf fitted with a GPS collar has traveled nearly the length of the Sierra Nevada, marking the farthest south the species has been tracked since returning to California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the extended holiday weekend for some unfolds, a rainstorm threatens to soak some outdoor plans in the southern United States. Thunderstorms will erupt as well and some may be severe. Also, multiple storms will spin southward along the Pacific Coast of the United States next week. Each storm will bring abundant rain and mountain snow and cause significant impacts on travel and the potential for flooding and mudslides. Parts of the West are in desperate need of moisture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ice boats have no brakes and can reach speeds up to 75 miles per hour. The prize is a Tiffany silver trophy first crafted in 1886. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The National Park Service says the hottest place in North America may soon be covered in wildflowers due to the weather, marking the first superbloom in 10 years. And even as the harshest cold begins to fade from the Northeast this week, AccuWeather forecasters warn that the stormy pattern is not quite finished. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Strong winds and Arctic air helped fracture the frozen surface over the weekend. Lake Erie is about 95% ice-covered — and the next few days could decide whether it fully freezes. Also, tens of millions in the south-central and southeastern United States may "love" the fact that the next big storm will bring rain and not snow or ice to the region over Valentine's Day weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices