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Randy Mann
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Forecast calls for 20-year celebration
Press meteorologist begins third decade with newspaper
The fall foliage may be sooner this year
We’re into the early stages of the fall season and the beauty of the Inland Northwest is being enhanced by the annual “fall foliage.”
It's another active tropical storm and hurricane season
We’ve reached the peak of the tropical storm and hurricane season and it’s already going to be another memorable year.
Will the upcoming fall turn wet?
September is here and so was a change in our weather pattern. Much-needed rain returned to the region last week as we entered the “full moon” lunar phase.
El Niño seems to be getting stronger
Sea-surface temperatures along the equatorial regions are still climbing and U.S. forecasters who carefully watch the trends of ocean warming and cooling have …
Fires and hurricanes in the West
Despite the lowest number of total burned acres in the U.S. to date in more than 10 years, three major wildfires broke out that sent air pollution levels into …
More disastrous wildfires in other parts of the world
It’s another season with disastrous wildfires. The latest one occurred in Maui, one of Hawaii’s elite islands that is a popular tourist destination.
August moons and meteors
There has been much discussion about the moon for August as the celestial events for this month are rare.
Asteroids and heat
It’s been a very warm and dry July across the Inland Northwest. The average high for this month is around 89 degrees.
It's been hot, but ground temperatures can be much hotter
The unrelenting heat across the southern U.S. and other parts of the world continues to break records.
Heat, other extreme records continue to fall
Last week, I wrote about the extreme heat that has been reported across the globe.
We could see a strong El Niño later this year
Since early this year, ocean waters along the equatorial regions have been warming up. U.S. forecasters who carefully watch the trends of ocean warming and coo…
All-time record heat for many locations in June
The astronomical summer season has barely begun, and we’ve already had record amounts of heat across parts of the globe.
Types of thunderstorms and thunder
The first half of June was warmer than normal in Coeur d’Alene and the rest of the Inland Northwest. The average temperature was around 80 degrees, compared to…
Summer arrives in just a few days
The first day of summer arrives Wednesday at 7:58 a.m. On that day, the sun angle is the highest in the sky and the Northern Hemisphere will experience the hig…
The 2023 wildfire season is already having a major impact
Out-of-control wildfires in Canada’s eastern province of Quebec sent huge clouds of smoke and haze southward into the northeastern U.S., parts of the Midwest a…