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Stories by Tim Wagner

Nighttime Tornado in Los Angeles

Early this morning at around 3:15 AM local time, an EF-0 tornado touched down in Pico Rivera, a community in Los Angeles County, California. It damaged several homes and knocked down numerous trees over the course of its mile-long path. Numerous instances of damaging winds were also reported, as seen... Read More

Alfred and a Parade of Tropical Cyclones

It has been an active period of impactful weather in and near Australia, and today is no exception. Severe Tropical Cyclone Alfred continues to spin northeast of Queensland. The latest update from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology indicates a central pressure of 956 mb. Over the last day, it was downgraded from... Read More

Interpreting IR imagery in bitter cold

The dominant story in the continental United States on February 18 is the significant winter weather that is impacting nearly every state east of the Rocky Mountains. A glance at this morning’s National Weather Service alert map shows a continuous band of cold weather warnings from the Canadian border down... Read More