• The Weather Channel will start naming winter storms names

    The Weather Channel announced that they plan to begin naming “noteworthy” winter storms in the 2012-2013 season. The Weather Channel says naming will occur no more than three days before a winter storm’s expected impact with high chances of significant effect on large

  • NOAA increases predicted number of named storms

    The following is a release from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA) on Aug. 4, 2011.”NOAA issued its updated 2011 Atlantic hurricane season outlook today, raising the number of expected named storms from its pre-season outlook issued in May.

  • Ranked: The Worst Snowstorms in US History

    Arguing over which snowstorm was the biggest ever is a favorite pastime for weather buffs across the country. Now scientists have developed a new ranking system that could silence those debates.After storms such as the Groundhog Day blizzard of 2011, people tend