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A very active Pacific hurricane season
It’s been a “tale of two oceans” this summer and early fall season. As of the weekend, there have now been 20 name…
No hurricanes yet in the Atlantic Ocean
Over the last 20 years, it seemed that some type of record was broken when referring to the Atlantic and Caribbean tropical storm and hurricane seasons. From 2…
No hurricanes thus far in the Atlantic and Carribean waters
As I’ve mentioned in previous articles, we currently have a warmer than normal sea-surface temperature event, El Nino, in the south-central Pacific Ocean. Acco…
Dangers of flash floods
World rivers are getting drier
As mentioned last week, the summer of 2026 has been one of wide extremes with drought, heat, wildfires and floods across the Northern Hemisphere. The long-term…
More global extremes in July
July 2026 will be remembered as another month of wild weather extremes across the United States and around the world. During the month, record-breaking heat wa…
Spokane’s fire history
It’s been a tough and disastrous wildfire season for the U.S. and other parts of the world. The recent wildfire outbreak in Spokane is now the worst disaster f…
Warmer oceans likely prevent global droughts
As I’ve reported in many articles, sea-surface temperatures have been warming in recent decades. This warming may be linked to extreme weather conditions acros…
The history of El Niño and La Niña
As I’ve been stating in previous articles, ocean temperatures near the West Coast of South America and the Equatorial regions are warming up. A new El Nino eve…
Wildfires and El Nino
It’s turning out to be another tough fire season in Canada. As of late last week, there were about 900 fires burning across Canada with around 110 of them “out…
A new picture of Earth’s ‘mini moon’
For centuries, people believed that the Moon was Earth’s only natural satellite. While this remains true for permanent moons, such as ours, astronomers have di…
Thomas Jefferson and weather
It was a warm and pleasant 4th of July weekend across the Inland Northwest as many enjoyed celebrating our nation’s 250th anniversary.
'Doublet' earthquakes
Last week, earthquake activity made international headlines as two major earthquakes struck Venezuela on June 23. There was also one that measured 6.9 in easte…
Fire watches and warnings
Conditions across the Inland Northwest continue to be drier than normal. For the first half of June, only 0.15 inches of rain has fallen at Cliff Harris’s stat…
El Niño has been declared