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Dec 25, 2024 | 
mercedsunstar.com | Jack Lee
The snowiest place in California is not at a ski resort in Lake Tahoe. And it's not close to Mount Whitney in the Sierra Nevada, the highest point in the contiguous United States. According to a Chronicle analysis of snowfall data over the past 16 seasons, it's actually located just south of Lassen Peak in Shasta County, around Bumpass Mountain. An average of about 45 feet of snow falls there each year. No other area is even close. Only other locations near Lassen Peak reach over 40 feet.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
mercedsunstar.com | Anthony Edwards |Jack Lee
Before dawn Saturday, more than a million people in and around San Francisco were awakened by a blaring notification more typical of Kansas than California: a tornado warning. Coming on the heels of a tsunami warning nine days earlier, some San Franciscans simply went back to sleep. But for those who stayed awake, waiting for the sun to rise, the powerful storm quickly unleashed damage.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
dailyexpress.com.my | Jack Lee
Sabah’s coastline is a treasure boxSABAH boasts Malaysia’s longest coastline, around 1,700 km. If we add the coastlines of its hundreds of islands, the total length exceeds 4,000 km. Our coastline landscape is amazingly diverse and beautiful, from world class sandy beach to mangroves, from headland forest to cliff, from mudflat to mangroves.
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
fresnobee.com | Jack Lee
Vivid streaks of red, magenta and green illuminated night skies in recent months, when the northern lights made it all the way down to California. Aurora chasers will be excited to hear that additional viewing chances could come in the near future due to heightened solar activity. In October, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced the sun has reached the maximum phase of the solar cycle and that this peak could continue for the next year.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
modbee.com | Jack Lee
A historic drought brought devastating impacts across California from 2020 to 2022. Water levels plummeted in surface reservoirs across the state, with Lake Oroville hitting an all-time low. California's agriculture industry lost billions of dollars and thousands of farmworkers lost their jobs.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
fresnobee.com | Jack Lee
Recent bursts of solar activity could mean the northern lights are visible from Northern California as early as Thursday night, experts say. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center has issued watches for strong geomagnetic storms Friday through Sunday, with a severity of 3 out of 5. This means Californians could have additional viewing opportunities throughout the weekend.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
fresnobee.com | Jack Lee
California wildfires have burned more than 1 million acres this year, according to Cal Fire data. Since 1987 there have been just seven other years when California wildfires consumed over a million acres. Across California, 1,000,181 acres have burned, according to a Sept. 30 update by Cal Fire. Scientists were wary of the potential for an active California fire season.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
houstonchronicle.com | Jack Lee |Janie Haseman |Mary Wasson
Houston’s climate is expected to radically change by the 2080s: New research finds it could resemble that of northern Mexico. San Antonio could have weather more like Paras, south of Laredo. Laredo is forecast to feel like western Australia. This interactive map shows climate analogs for the biggest U.S. cities, based on projections of future temperature and precipitation. The analysis comes from Matt Fitzpatrick, an ecologist at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
mercedsunstar.com | Jack Lee
Even though meteorological fall has begun, more hot weather is on tap this week. The National Weather Service has issued heat advisories and warnings across the state due to potential health impacts. San Francisco is under a heat advisory until 7 p.m. Wednesday, with the potential for the highest temperatures so far this year. Temperatures of 80 to 85 are expected, particularly in the Mission District and places along the bay shore.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
ctinsider.com | Jack Lee |Janie Haseman
Connecticut’s climate is expected to radically change by the 2080s: New research finds it could resemble that of Arkansas. Bridgeport could have weather more like White Hall, located near Little Rock. Hartford is forecast to feel like Oppelo, also in central Arkansas. This interactive map shows climate analogs for the biggest U.S. cities, based on projections of future temperature and precipitation.
