Tag: storm forecast
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Wintry Weather Returns to Mount Hermon: Rain, Snow, and Flood Risks Across Northern Israel
Overview: A Wintry Return to Mount Hermon and Northern Israel A wintry mix is moving back into northern Israel, bringing intermittent rain, isolated thunderstorms, and a potential for snow on Mount Hermon. Forecasters warn of rising flood risk in low-lying areas and in valleys that funnel runoff from the mountains. While Mount Hermon is renowned…
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California Atmospheric River Intensifies: Latest Forecast
Overview: California’s Atmospheric River Deepens The atmospheric river storm sweeping through Southern California has intensified, bringing heavy rainfall, strong winds, and a growing threat of flooding. Forecasters say the system will reach its peak this weekend, with the greatest impacts expected across urban and wildfire-burned areas where soils are vulnerable to saturation and landslides. Residents…
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Predicted Doom? Alaska Storm Exposed by Weather Balloon Cuts
Overview: A Storm Forecast Undermined by Data Gaps The deadly storm that battered western Alaska over the weekend exposed a troubling weakness in weather forecasting: a shortage of weather balloon data. Officials say that budget-driven cuts and staffing reductions have reduced the frequency of balloon launches, leaving forecasters with less information to feed into computer…
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Predictions for deadly Alaska storm may have suffered due to DOGE cuts
Overview: A storm and the data gaps that followed The powerful weekend storm that battered western Alaska exposed a troubling flaw in the forecasting system: significant gaps in weather balloon data. Officials and meteorologists point to funding-driven reductions as a contributing factor to these gaps, which hampered the ability of computer models to predict the…
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UK Weather Alert: Violent Thunderstorms and 45mph Gales Set to Batter the Country
Overview: A volatile weather front approaching the UK Recent mild conditions are giving way to a markedly unstable spell as a band of low pressure moves in from the south. Forecast models indicate a surge of heavy rain and gusts up to 45mph, intensifying the risk of disruptive weather across southern and eastern England before…
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Isolated Storms Forecast for Queensland After Weekend Hail Storm
Queensland is set to enjoy more sunny weather this week, but the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) warns that scattered thunderstorms could interrupt the calm in parts of the state. After a weekend of damaging hail, forecasters say the chance of storms remains widespread but uneven, with some regions experiencing dry, warm conditions rather than rainfall.…