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Start your day with the latest weather news. Tropical activity is heating up in the Eastern and Central Pacific, but will the systems impact Hawaii?
Temperatures peaked at 105 on Tuesday and likely go up a degree or two today. Not only that, humidity will push heat index values to near 110. Late in the day, a brief, stray storm is possible.
No watches are valid as of Wed Aug 21 04:02:02 UTC 2024.
The FOX Forecast Center expects the first flakes of the season to fall over higher elevations of the West including Yosemite and Yellowstone. In most areas, frozen precipitation will stay above 9,500 feet, meaning only mountain climbers will likely encounter the snowfall.
A mastodon tusk, skull and other bones were recently discovered in Wayne County in southern Iowa, University of Iowa officials said. The skull is the first well-preserved mastodon skull scientifically excavated in Iowa.
The National Hurricane Center is tracking three features in the Eastern and Central Pacific that are expected to make their way westbound during the next couple of weeks. The largest of the systems is Gilma, which is expected become a hurricane during the workweek.
While lightning deaths have dropped significantly over the past 20 years there are still preventable tragedies that occur every year highlighting the need for continued awareness, especially as school starts and fall sports mean more time outdoors for student athletes.
It’s similar to the heat index, but factors in a few other parameters such as wind and sunlight
Two student athletes and a coach of the Glacier High School soccer team in Kalispell, Montana, were struck by lightning on Monday night.
