season forecast

Satellite imagery of three tropical waves identified on June 28th, 2024. The rightmost tropical wave became Tropical Storm Beryl a few hours later, while the leftmost tropical wave became Tropical Storm Chris on June 30th. Satellite image courtesy of NOAA

‘Big leap forward’: How AI is already shaping your hurricane forecasts

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Weather

First freeze of the season expected tonight for parts of Florida

Megan Borowski

Temperatures could fall below freezing over the interior peninsula on Tuesday night. Below average temperatures to occur over the state through the rest of the week.

A person runs in the snow on Saturday on the University of Washington campus in Seattle. Winter weather was expected to continue through the weekend in the region. Winter conditions are forecast to extend through much of the U.S. early into the week.

Wintry Conditions Are Expected For Large Swaths Of U.S. Early Into The Week

Jason Slotkin

More than 150 million are under warnings and advisories stretching from the South and Northwest and into the Northeast. The entire state of Texas was under winter advisories on Sunday.

Environment

2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season Now Expected To Be 'Extremely Busy'

Jenny Staletovich

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration upped the forecast number of storms for the 2020 season to 25, on Thursday the first time on record…