Tired of the clouds, rain and dreary weather of the past few months? Hang in their as better weather is on its way and should begin today and last at least until the middle of the coming week.Temperatures are expected to climb to around 80 degrees and for early October that is pretty nice. ...
When air meets mountains it has nowhere to go but up.Rain is abundant where air rises, lightest where air sinks. The rainiest places are usually found on the windward side of mountains, and the driest on the leeward slopes. The most extreme rainfall in the united States is on Hawaii鈥檚 Mount ...
In 1900, the United States Weather Bureau was moved from the War Department to the Department of Agriculture. The first radio weather broadcast was from the University of St. Louis on April, 27, 1921. In 1941, Wooly Lamb began experimenting with television weather reporting in New York for ...
Today鈥檚 four-day rain outlook is as accurate as the one day forecast 30 years ago. The remnants of tropical storm Gordon were forecast to bring heavy rain to Southwestern Pennsylvania and the forecast was spot on with 4 to 7 inches of rain falling across a wide area and causing widespread ...
One of my favorite places besides the mountains of Southwestern Pennsylvania is Grand Canyon National Park. It truly is majestic and once visited it keeps drawing you back for more. Since that first visit of the South Rim with its hiking trails, bighorn sheep and sweeping vistas of rocks and ...
A late summer snowfall blanketed the mountains of Montana and Wyoming with several inches of snow this past week. While it did create a few problems for visitors to Yellowstone, Glacier and the Tetons, the snow helped to dampen the smoke from recent forest fires.The cooler air associated with ...
