• Massive tornado slammed Minglanilla, Cebu, Philippines

    A massive tornado slammed the towns of Minglanilla and Talisay in Cebu, Philippines on June 17, 2013. Twister caused significant infrastructural damage and downing trees. The tornado originally started off as a waterspout before coming ashore and inflicting damage

  • Tropical Storm Leepi (Emong) moves toward Japan

    Tropical depression east of Philippines gained more strength and became Tropical Storm Leepi (Emong) on June 18, 2013. After moving offshore of the Philippines, Tropical Storm Leepi is headed north towards Taiwan. It is forecast to continue northeast toward

  • New tropical depression developed east of Philippines

    Low pressure system 91W became Tropical Depression Four (TD 04W) late on June 17, 2013 as it continues moving north and parallels the east coast of the Philippines. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) named the

  • Mid-June East Coast low-end derecho satellite imagery by GOES-14

    For the past week, forecast models showed unstable conditions that could lead to significant severe weather events. NOAA put the GOES-14 satellite in Super Rapid Scan Operations mode on June 12 and 13, 2013 to monitor the ongoing severe bow echo/low-end

  • Mid-Atlantic US hit by severe weather outbreak

    A massive storm system swept across the Midwestern U.S. late on June 12, 2012 and is continuing to move across the Mid-Atlantic. It was expected that the system becomes derecho, however that didn't realize. The most intense areas were along the Ohio-West

  • Yagi has weakened into a tropical depression

    Tropical Storm Yagi lost its tropical characteristics. The system has weakened into a tropical depression and has slowed down in its northward movement south of Japan. Yagi no longer poses any direct threat to Japan. An upper-level low pressure area from the

  • Tropical Storm Yagi nears southern coast of Japan

    Tropical Storm Yagi is moving northward towards the southern coast of Japan and that general motion is expected to continue for the next few days. The center of the early season Tropical Storm Yagi could approach and reach the coast between Tokyo and the

  • Unusually good season of Noctilucent Clouds ahead

    Every summer, above the North pole, icy crystals begin to cling to the smoky remains of the meteors, forming hypnotic electric-blue clouds known as noctilucent clouds (NLC`s). These clouds are especially of interest to high latitude skywatchers, and around the Arctic

  • Tropical Storm Yagi (Dante) aims Japan

    Tropical Storm Yagi is forecasted to dramatically weaken by mid-week. Impacts will not be widespread across Japan. Even the risk of flooding across Japan should remain limited and local but the threat will still be there as moisture onflow pushes across the Kinki and