Wow...Indiana is destroying Oregon in the first half. Oregon is it's own worst enemy tonight.

The Truth about Venezuela.

2025 was the second driest year on record in Champaign-Urbana, IL with a total of 24.43" of precipitation. The driest year was 1894 with 23.95". Precipitation was below normal every month in 2025. Here is our drought status as of 12/30/2025.

ILX upgrades Winter Weather Advisory to Winter Storm Warning for Champaign, De Witt, Douglas, Edgar, McLean, Piatt, Vermilion [IL] till Dec 13, 8:00 PM CST at Sat, 13 Dec 2025 18:40:46 +0000 via IEMbot Additional Details Here.

9:34 pm in east- central IL. Not visible withe naked eye.

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Planting the seed of fire safety as we head into #Harvest2025 at Nutrien with this Weather Safety Update - consider sharing with your crews ahead of what could be a season of dangerous fire weather conditions from the Midwest into the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.

EXCLUSIVE: Not only does an Excel spreadsheet of Trump mentions in the Epstein files exist, but so do training videos explaining how to flag the files for Trump mentions. Plus, the number of people who had access is larger than previously known. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-epstei...

fwiw - i am a met, worked for the world's largest airline, worked in broadcast, did litigation, gave presentations to committees/sub committees, directors in nws family, i still USE THIS. if the resume was different, would still USE THIS.

Blue states need to immediately pass a law directing state law enforcement officers to detain anyone performing an arrest or detention in public while masked or failing to visibly display identifying credentials, for the purpose of protecting public safety. And yes, they can do so.

Via @stormchasertang.bsky.social on Twitter… Gateway Arch webcam captured this tornado as it moved over the west suburbs of St. Louis

Great news! The Regional Climate Centers are back online.

Howdy folks, As the most of the data and tools used by the office are currently no longer available, services provided by the Office of the Texas State Climatologist will be drastically impacted to discontinued due to the laps of federal funding for the NOAA Regional Climate Centers.

Oh no! Several of the Regional Climate Centers have had their funding lapse through DOC/NOAA. These institutes are critical for connecting weather and climate data and services to local communities across the United States. Spread the word to drive attention and support!

The Midwestern Regional Climate Center is offline. No idea when or if a new contract will be approved.

We often (rightly) see maps like these showing how good SPC convective outlooks are; let's also give some kudos to WPC for some outstanding excessive rainfall outlooks for this event. Especially impressive are the day 5 outlooks, giving advance notice of prolonged excessive rainfall and flood risk.

The area around Mobile, AL received from 5 to more than 10 inches of rain in the past 24 hours, with the highest amounts south and west of the city. Hats off to our #CoCoRaHS observers for their reports!

This is a United States Senator MACK: I was laid off from HHS and now people aren’t getting social services, especially people with disabilities BANKS: You probably deserved it MACK: Why did I deserve it? BANKS: Because you look like a clown

Thunderstorm season is ramping up. If you're outside and a thunderstorm approaches, quickly move to a safe place! The lightning crouch hasn't been recommended in 17 years, so don't use it...just keep heading towards your safe place! #LightningSafety www.einpresswire.com/article/7988...

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Large dangerous tornado on the ground in western Mississippi.

Fired federal workers in Alaska speak out about chaos of losing jobs, housing, research and more, reports Corinne Smith, @corinne-smith.bsky.social, of @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2025/03/07/f...

What he said!!

As the daughter of a meteorologist, seeing the gutting of NOAA is one of the most infuriating things to watch. There's literally no downside to have an organization that prevents wide-scale human (and economic!) damage.

An open letter to our fellow meteorologists and climate scientists from our Department Head, Steve Nesbitt

It is February 28 tomorrow. This means a total and complete economic blackout. This means buying nothing. AT ALL Not even your coffee!

What an incredible tournament. Loved it #4NationsFaceoff

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

Under oath, Kash Patel said he was unaware of plans to dismiss FBI agents before he was confirmed. Today, whistleblowers revealed Patel was reportedly directing those dismissals. Covertly. Yet another reason he must be rejected.

Normalize being nice.

Garrett is full of good takes. Another one here. Pretty evident what is happening.

Here's your lede: With bodies still being fished out of the Potomac River, Donald Trump went on a partisan, racist and entirely unsubstantiated rant today, blaming diversity hiring and Democrats for Monday’s calamitous collision between a passenger jet and a military aircraft..

From Hains Point, I can see what looks like the top of the jet in the Potomac River.

You can read the letter for yourself 👉

Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."

Something to smile about today.

I knew it was dry this month in the Midwest but didn't realize it was -this- dry.

Here is the 24-hour snowfall map from #CoCoRaHS for southern MS through the FL panhandle. to view the full interactive map, go to maps.cocorahs.org?maptype=snow...

Here is the Lake Charles, LA radar, showing mPing reports, LSRs, and surface obs. Yes, I know I have the precip type enabled. Humor me. Looks like winds are picking up along the coastline, but nowhere near blizzard criteria yet. #Gulfsnow

The world is ending. #winter

This band of snow has been on the ground for two weeks. While the snow cover is getting a little thin, it will hang around for a few more days with the frigid weather. More notable is the lack of snow cover across the remainder of the Midwest and central Plains. A weird winter so far.

Watch this, and tell me again that what happened last week in Pacific Palisades and Altadena was unprecedented… if uou watch and listen closely, you’ll even hear familiar places from the Palisades fire. youtu.be/UxnC1WW95XE?...

Some big changes in the Accumulated Winter Season Severity Index (AWSSI), especially in the southeastern quarter of the country. Not much of a winter yet in the central and northern Plains and upper Midwest. #AWSSI

It will be interesting to see how much this Accumulated Winter Season Severity Index ( #AWSSI ) map changes next week at this time.

Based on preliminary data, 2024 was the third warmest year on record (1888-2024) in Champaign-Urbana, IL, behind 2012 and 1931. #ilwx

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