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The Associated Press reports: With massive job cuts, the National Weather Service is eliminating or reducing vital weather balloon launches in eight more northern locations, which meteorologists and former agency leaders said will degrade the accuracy of forecasts just as severe weather season kicks in. The normally twice-daily launches of weather balloons provide information that forecasters and computer models use …

The Associated Press reports: Hundreds of weather forecasters and other federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration employees on probationary status were fired Thursday, lawmakers and weather experts said. Federal workers who were not let go said the afternoon layoffs included meteorologists who do crucial local forecasts in National Weather Service offices across the country. Cuts at NOAA appeared to be …

ABC News reports: Punxsutawney Phil woke up on Sunday and saw his shadow, meaning we are destined for six more weeks of winter, according to legend. Legend has it that if Punxsutawney Phil, perhaps the world’s most famous groundhog, sees his shadow then winter will continue for another six weeks, but if he doesn’t see his shadow spring will come …

Newsweek reports: Florida’s 24-hour snowfall record has been surpassed as a “historic” winter storm swept along the Gulf Coast. According to The National Centers for Environmental Information, the previous Florida record for the most snow in 24 hours was set in Milton, Santa Rosa County, on March 6, 1954, when four inches was recorded. This record was smashed after more …

The Associated Press reports: A powerful winter storm that dumped heavy snow and glazed roads with ice across much of Texas and Oklahoma lumbered eastward into southern U.S. states overnight, prompting governors to declare states of emergency and shuttering schools across the region. School was canceled Friday for millions of children across a wide tract of southern states from Texas …

ABC News reports: A major winter storm that broke snowfall records in the Midwest is now slamming the mid-Atlantic and causing the cancellation of more than 1,900 flights across the U.S. More than 50 million Americans from Kentucky to Washington, D.C., remain under winter alerts as the last of the storm pushes through Monday afternoon. Heavy sleet and freezing rain …

ABC News reports: As a deep winter chill begins to take over the northern half of the country, a new major winter storm will move across the U.S. this weekend into early next week. Around 47 million Americans across 14 states were under winter weather alerts as of early Saturday morning, with many expecting the storm to be sustained into …

AccuWeather reports: A massive storm is expected to bring both wintry and severe weather to millions of Americans as early as this weekend, AccuWeather meteorologists warn. “Over a dozen states are forecast to be impacted by one or more aspects of this storm,” said AccuWeather Meteorologist Brandon Buckingham. The storm emerging from the Rockies late on Saturday is forecast to …

CNN reports: Holiday travelers returning home this weekend could contend with more delays at airports as severe thunderstorms intensify in the South and a parade of atmospheric river-fueled storms slams the West. More flight delays and cancellations could be on the horizon this busy holiday weekend after over 18,000 flights into, out of, or within the United States were delayed …

USA Today reports: A massive sinkhole formed Thursday off the shoulder of a heavily trafficked interstate highway in New Jersey, forcing motorists to take detours to avoid the area. The sinkhole formed after a section of the right lane and shoulder collapsed near the Wharton exit on Interstate 80 eastbound, about 40 miles west of New York City. Officials estimated …

CNN reports: Post-Thanksgiving travel will be treacherous in parts of the Great Lakes region on Sunday due to heavy lake-effect snow, while biting cold temperatures sweep across a large swath of the United States. People in parts of New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio faced low temperatures and several feet of snow over the weekend, and nearly 70% of the continental …

Newsweek reports: An Arctic blast is set to plunge much of the U.S. into a deep freeze over the holidays, with wind chill in some regions dropping as a low as – 40 degrees F. The cold air will arrive in the Midwest and northern Plains by Thanksgiving, dropping the mercury below zero, before moving into the South and East …

The Pensacola News-Journal reports: AccuWeather predicts that Hurricane Sara could form as early as Friday morning, shortly after it becomes a tropical storm. From there, it’s expected to take less than 24 hours for the storm to become a major hurricane. Where could Hurricane Sara ultimately end up? Florida, of course. Sara will likely be a major Category 3 hurricane …

The Washington Post reports: There’s a growing chance that a new storm will form in the Caribbean late this week. And, while uncertainty remains, the system could strengthen into a hurricane by this weekend and emerge in the Gulf of Mexico next week. It’s an ominous sign for this late in the hurricane season, which has already featured five U.S. …

USA Today reports: A storm system in the Caribbean rapidly escalated Saturday from a tropical storm into Hurricane Oscar, the 10th hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. Forecasters said Oscar’s winds were much stronger than previously thought and declared the system a hurricane at 2 p.m. ET. Oscar’s maximum sustained winds were about 80 mph with stronger gusts, which …

The Weather Channel reports: Hurricane Francine in the Gulf of Mexico is bearing down on Louisiana with a landfall expected later today. Dangerous storm surge, flooding rainfall, damaging winds and tornadoes will impact Louisiana and other parts of the Gulf Coast and South. Francine is centered about 95 miles southwest of Morgan City, Louisiana, and is moving northeast. Maximum sustained …

ABC News reports: A tropical system churning in the southern Gulf of Mexico is forecast on Monday to become Tropical Storm Francine as it moves toward a Wednesday landfall in Louisiana, the National Hurricane Center said. A Tropical Storm Watch has been issued for parts of Texas, with the expectation that hurricane watches could be issued later today for parts …

CNN reports: Hurricane Debby has made landfall in Florida near Steinhatchee with winds of 80 miles per hour, according to the National Hurricane Center at 7 a.m. EDT. The landfall is within 20 miles of Hurricane Idalia’s landfall, which also came ashore in the Big Bend of Florida in August 2023 as a Category 3 hurricane with 125 mph winds. …

Reuters reports: Tropical Storm Debby is expected to gather strength and become a hurricane on Sunday night, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said, rather than Monday, as it had forecast just hours before. Forecasters expect a large number of Atlantic hurricanes in the 2024 season, which began on June 1, with four to seven seen as major, among 25 …

The Weather Channel reports: T​he latest National Hurricane Center forecast shows this system becoming Tropical Storm Debby on Saturday or Saturday night. It will then head toward a landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region on Sunday night or Monday morning as either a strong tropical storm or possibly a Category 1 hurricane. It’s important to note that impacts from this …