Weather

High winds propelled a fire in Okanogan County that forced evacuations Monday afternoon.

Before dawn Friday morning, city manager Dalton Rice went for a jog along the Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas. He finished his run around 4 a.m. as a light rain set in. An hour later, he began receiving emergency calls: The river had flooded out of control.

ORLANDO, Fla. — A tropical depression formed in the Atlantic off the coast of Florida on Friday headed for the Carolinas and expected to become a tropical storm, according to the National Hurricane Center. In the NHC’s initial 5 p.m. advisory for Tropical Depression Three, its center was located about 100 miles east-northeast of Jacksonville, 150 miles south-southeast of Charleston, S.C. and ...

In Paris, blistering heat led the Eiffel Tower to close its summit and remind prospective visitors to take precautions. In London, the Wimbledon tennis tournament saw its hottest opening day on record, with temperatures climbing above 90 degrees Fahrenheit.

High temperatures ranging from upper 90s to low 100s are projected to hit Eastern Washington and North Idaho this week.

Hurricane forecasters will soon lose access to government satellite data vital to tracking hurricanes overnight - and to preventing what meteorologists once called a “sunrise surprise,” when a storm unexpectedly strengthens or shifts in the darkness. The Pentagon said Monday that it would wait until the end of July before it stops sharing the data - a month later than initially planned - in response to the high level of concern after the move was first announced last week.

Puffy, wispy, white and gray, we’ve seen them all this spring. Clouds come in a variety of types, and each type comes with critical information about incoming weather patterns. If you’re a local hiker, boater, pilot or otherwise outdoor-enjoyer, you can understand the value of eyeing a storm before it arrives.

With rain on the way this weekend, Spokane is looking at a cooldown.

For the first time ever, Alaska, the state known for glaciers, dogsleding and northern lights issued a heat advisory, as temperatures in Fairbanks, its second largest city, were slated to top 86 degrees over the weekend. It’s not the first time temperatures have climbed that high, but it’s the first time the state has ever put out such a warning about heat.

Stifling conditions are settling into the Pacific Northwest and Columbia River Basin to start the week, with triple-digit temperatures and readings flirting with records. The brief but intense heat wave will last through the middle of the week, replaced with near- or below-typical warmth.

This weekend is lining up to be a hot one.

A short-lived but punishing blast of intense heat will spread over the western United States through Saturday, pushing temperatures 10 to 20 degrees above normal for this time of year across California, Nevada and as far north as Montana.

Whether the recent warm temperatures compelled you to revel in the great outdoors or retreat into your trusty air-conditioned house, it looks like the sunny weather is here to stay – at least for the next few days.

A tenth-consecutive above-average hurricane season is forecast in the Atlantic basin this year, with warm waters and potentially storm-friendly climate patterns expected to produce as many as 19 tropical storms, including 6 to 10 hurricanes, government scientists said Thursday.

The clouds in Antarctica might be fueled by penguin poop. Penguin poop - sorry, penguin guano - is creating clouds in Antarctica that could be affecting local temperatures, according to new research published Thursday in Communications Earth & Environment.