A stunning but temporary lake has formed in California’s Death Valley : NPR
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When the driest place in North America and one of the hottest places on Earth becomes a desert oasis complete with a lake, it's impossible not to take note.
Weather
Tropical Storm Ophelia – September 23, 2023
Clouds and rain to start out our autumn on Saturday.
Hurricane Lee is charting a new course in weather and could signal more monster storms | AP News
The 100 Year Flood Is Not What You Think It Is (Maybe)
El Niño will likely continue into early 2024, driving even more hot weather
More hot weather is expected for much of the United States in the coming months, federal forecasters warn, driven by a combination of human-caused climate change and the El Ni?o climate pattern.
El Ni?o is a cyclic climate phenomenon that brings warm water to the equatorial Pacific Ocean, and leads to higher average global temperatures. El Ni?o started in June. Today, officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that El Ni?o will continue through March 2024.
"We do expect the El Ni?o to at least continue through the northern hemisphere winter. There's a 90% chance or greater of that," explains NOAA meteorologist Matthew Rosencrans.
Terra – July 22, 2021
I was surprised how many clouds were on Terra today. While not as smokey as early in the week, you can see the dull skies, and the western wildfire smoke in upper atmosphere on Terra.
A ‘perfect storm’ is unfolding this summer and it’s ‘supercharging’ the weather, scientist says | CNN
CNN ?—? A “perfect storm” is unfolding this summer, one climate scientist told CNN, as atmospheric ingredients combine to create deadly flooding in the Northeast US and record-breaking heat in the Southwest US and around the world.
Deadly flooding inundated parts of the Northeast, trapping people in their homes and killing at least one woman who was swept away by the fast-moving water. Rivers in Vermont rose quickly in the torrential rain on Monday to levels not seen since Hurricane Irene in 2011.
On Sunday, more than 7.5 inches of rain fell at West Point, New York, in just six hours — a 1,000-year rainfall event for the area, according to a CNN analysis of data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. A 1,000-year rainfall event is one that is so intense, it only happens on average once every 1,000 years.