I’ve long mused that the single biggest factor differentiating severe storms in the Northeast from those in the Central Plains is the latter’s proximity to the source of a seemingly …

As summer turns to fall, the descent of the midlevel jet creates something of a secondary severe season across the northern third of the US. This climatology will likely be …

Ida made a catastrophic category four landfall yesterday afternoon southwest of New Orleans, bringing regionwide power grid failure, substantial surge, and sporadically disastrous freshwater flooding to the metro. As the …

It’s August 25th, which means we’d be wise to expect intense tropical cyclones that could threaten population centers in the US. Still, forecasters have grown concerned by increasingly potent suggestions …