Weather

StormTRACKER Meteorologist John Wheeler looks at the mild fall weather.

Nature's beauty from a weather perspective

The two main factors of these changes are warming oceans and warming air in the polar region.

A wind report is measured by an anemometer at a location free of obstructions at 10 meters (about 33 feet) above the ground.

Residents across the state emptied store shelves of water and household items, as schools and colleges in the Tampa area and northwest Florida canceled classes through at least Thursday. The approaching storm also forced NASA to roll its giant Artemis 1 moon rocket off its Cape Canaveral lauchpad after postponing the mission for a third time.

It is estimated from tree ring data that this may be the worst drought in this region is 1,200 years.

It is not unusual for any location in the Dakotas or Minnesota to get a little snow in October, but big October snows are far more likely out west.

During the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season — one of the most active on record — climate change boosted hourly rainfall rates in hurricane-force storms by 8%-11%, according to an April 2022 study in the journal Nature Communications.

The powerful storm created an inland storm surge that killed an estimated 1800 people in Florida.