NASA commercial cargo provider Northrop Grumman is targeting Thursday, Oct. 1, for the launch of its 14th resupply mission to the International Space Station.
There are more than one hundred of these specially trained meteorologists around the country and one of those just happens to be based at the National Weather Service office in Blacksburg.
We have all seen how quickly natural disasters can unfold. Hurricanes, tornado outbreaks, flooding and even pandemics. Some give a little more warning they are coming than others. September is designated National Preparedness Month and WDBJ7 is joining forces with the City of Roanoke and Virginia Department of Emergency Management to keep the conversation of preparedness going all month long.
The storm struck Savannah, Georgia as a Category 2 hurricane on August 12th, then moved inland and slowed down days after landfall. The end result was a stalled tropical system over mountainous terrain.
So far we have seen 9 named tropical storms, and two of those strengthened to a CAT 1 hurricane. But how does this year compare to the same time in 2019?
While it would be extremely rare, and even unheard of in the history books, there’s a small chance Roanoke could have a high of 90°+ every single day in July.
A newly-discovered comet known as C/2020 NEOWISE is now nearing its closest approach to Earth over the next week and visible to the naked eye, but you’ll have to get up early.
Remember our historic flooding back in May? It too was caused by a stalled out low pressure system that just didn’t want to budge. Like the last event, our cutoff low pressure brought several month’s worth of rain in a short amount of time. Could we see a repeat of 2018's record rain.
Whether it’s a stalled tropical system, a slow-moving thunderstorm or a stationary front; any stagnant weather pattern often turns into a dangerous situation. The same can be said about a cutoff low.
Hail forms when thunderstorm updrafts are strong enough to carry water droplets well above the freezing level. This level can change based on time of year and location.
When it comes to showers and storms, we use probability of precipitation to develop the rain or snow "chances" (ex: 20%, 50%). However, the terms isolated, scattered and numerous are based off of those chances.
