CWS Weather Blogs


Weather in the News Featuring newsworthy weather events, The Weather in the News Blog will be updated several times a week by members of our own Newspaper Branch. Stories will focus on weather records and extremes, a look back into weather history, and current weather events that are making headlines locally or around the globe. - Bright Lights at Night
11/18/2009 - As predicted, the 2009 Leonid Meteor Shower peaked during the late hours of November 17th and into the next morning. Just after midnight this morning, on November 18th, there was a very bright fireball that was seen in many Western states including Utah, Nevada, Idaho, California, and Colorado. Many...


Fact or Friction? So many times you see a forecast for the next day and something very different happens. In this blog, Seth Kutikoff will give his take on a current forecast and on the next day analyze what really happened and why. - Winter weather outside the lower 48
11/10/2009 - With the weather pattern over much of the country (more September-like than November-like) being free of arctic or even polar air, the snowstorms of October have been shut off. The tropical weather was discussed nicely by the Weather in the News folks, so I'll cover the forecasts for big snow...


Severe Weather Campus Weather Service's Severe Weather Team provides helpful insight into the many aspects of severe weather, past, present, and future. The Severe Weather Blog analyzes events which have shaped our world of weather in the most dynamic and interesting ways, and looks for ways to better predict for the next storm. -
10/24/2009 - Hi all! My name is Tyler Roys, I am a sophomore here at Penn State and I am the Severe Weather Branch Friday Manager. Today I would like to talk about what has occurred over the past 2 weeks. Over these 2 weeks a lot has occurred, Atlanta and...