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A fairly typical summer-time weather pattern is setting up for Texas this week. This week, an upper-level ridge, or high pressure, will sit its happy self over much of the state. The result will be subsidence or sinking air, shutting down most rain chances. An exception will be in the Borderland, Panhandle, and perhaps the […]
Start your day with the latest weather news. Potential Tropical Cyclone Five is threatening some of the Caribbean islands this week. It's expected to become Tropical Storm Ernesto in the days ahead.
Temperatures are forecast to climb this week, reaching as high as 102 later this week.
No watches are valid as of Mon Aug 12 03:02:02 UTC 2024.
Weâre nearing the peak of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, and right on schedule, the tropics are becoming more active with the National Hurricane Center initiating advisories on Potential Tropical Cyclone Five, which is slowly becoming organized east of the Leeward Islands.
WW 619 SEVERE TSTM CO KS NE 112040Z – 120300Z 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 619 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 240 PM MDT Sun Aug 11 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Northeast Colorado Northwest Kansas Western Nebraska * Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 240 PM until 900 PM MDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are strengthening across the Nebraska panhandle and northeast Colorado. This activity will spread eastward through the afternoon, posing a risk of large hail and damaging wind gusts. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50 statute miles east and west of a line from 75 miles north northwest of Mullen NE to 40 miles south of Burlington CO. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce tornadoes. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 618... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 29025. ...Hart
WW 618 SEVERE TSTM SD WY 111830Z – 120100Z 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 618 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1230 PM MDT Sun Aug 11 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Southwest South Dakota Northeast Wyoming * Effective this Sunday afternoon and evening from 1230 PM until 700 PM MDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will increase in coverage and intensity through the afternoon across the watch area. A few severe storms are expected, capable of large hail and damaging wind gusts. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 40 statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles west of Rapid City SD to 65 miles southeast of Philip SD. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce tornadoes. && AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 28030. ...Hart
Air Maui Helicopters Director of Operations Richard Olsten was in the air over Maui in August 2023 when wind-whipped fires were raging across the island. He took to the sky once again last week to see the community forever changed by the natural disaster.