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A Red Flag Warning is now taking grip over portions of northern California because of the potential for explosive fire growth. The warning remains in effect until Monday night.

A system centered over California is kicking up instability in our atmosphere. That along with a moist flow and hot temperatures are creating the threat for thunderstorms.

It's been more than two weeks since we've had measurable rain in our area, so you can only imagine how parched the ...]]> Sun, 05 May 2013 15:20:00 -0400 http://www.ktvl.com/blogs/weather/#55 http://www.ktvl.com/blogs/weather/#54
Saturn makes its closest pass near Earth on the night of Sunday April 28, at a distance of only 800 million miles!

Even that far away, experts say it will appear brighter than the stars. You should also be able to see its rings, even with a regular telescope.

To view the ringed planet with your naked eye or through a telescope, you should look halfway up the southern sky at around midnight.

If you check it out, see if you can find the mysterious storm ...]]> Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:30:00 -0400 http://www.ktvl.com/blogs/weather/#54 http://www.ktvl.com/blogs/weather/#48 I'll have more information on Your Weather tonight on News10 at 5, 6 and 11pm.
Have a good one!
Kevin]]> Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:35:00 -0400 http://www.ktvl.com/blogs/weather/#48 http://www.ktvl.com/blogs/weather/#47
We wrapped up March with a giant bow! The last day of March brought more rain than almost the entire month put together!

We wound up with 0.56" of rain in the gauge by the end of the month, 0.26" of that fell on March 31. The normal for the month is 1.71".

Not just a dry March but also a dry start to 2013. January, February and March totaled up 2.01" of rain. Normal by now would be 6.15". Compare those numbers to 2012 when we had 8.67" in the rain bucket by ...]]> Mon, 01 Apr 2013 08:00:00 -0400 http://www.ktvl.com/blogs/weather/#47 http://www.ktvl.com/blogs/weather/#46
The comet PANSTARRS is making its appearance in our skies just after twilight now through mid-to-late March.

Look west just after sunset to catch a glimpse of the comet, which at first will be seen low on the horizon. On March 12, it'll be easy to spot as it makes its way up in the sky near the crescent moon.

NASA says the comet looks somewhat like an exclamation point, with a bright spot and a tail pointing straight up from the horizon.

As each day ...]]> Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:00:00 -0400 http://www.ktvl.com/blogs/weather/#46 http://www.ktvl.com/blogs/weather/#45
Check out this awesome satellite image from this weekend! The clouds are forming what's known as a mountain wave pattern.

What's happening is strong winds aloft are encountering turbulence as they're forced up and over the mountain ridges.

When the air rises it condenses and forms a cloud. The air then sinks leaving an absence of clouds, and then rises again forming another cloud as it moves along.

It keeps going up and down trying to find equilibrium ...]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.ktvl.com/blogs/weather/#45 http://www.ktvl.com/blogs/weather/#44
If you're like me, you've probably had enough of these cold temperatures already! But cold isn't simply an inconvenience, for some.

Did you know some people are allergic to the cold? Really! It's a condition called cold urticaria.

Researchers still aren't sure how it develops or how widespread it is, but it's real.

Like a typical pollen allergy, doctors say cold urticaria can cause symptoms such as redness, itching, swelling and hives when skin is exposed ...]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:20:00 -0500 http://www.ktvl.com/blogs/weather/#44 http://www.ktvl.com/blogs/weather/#43
We wrapped up one of the top ten wettest years on record. 2012 is going down in the record books as the 7th wettest year on record with 26.87" of precipitation.

The number six spot is safe for at least another year with 28.62" in the books for the year 1950.

The wettest year on record was 1996 with 31.41" of rain.

Records in Medford go back to the year 1911.

Have a very happy New Year! What records will we break this time around?]]> Mon, 31 Dec 2012 22:00:00 -0500 http://www.ktvl.com/blogs/weather/#43 http://www.ktvl.com/blogs/weather/#42
With a clear sky about a year from now, we may be able to see something really spectacular. There's a new comet recently discovered by a couple of Russian astronomers called Comet ISON.

They came up with that name because they were at the International Scientific Optical Network (ISON) where they discovered this comet.

The cool thing about this comet is it's what's called a "sun diver," which means it's going to meet its fiery end as it dives into the gravitational ...]]> Sat, 17 Nov 2012 22:20:00 -0500 http://www.ktvl.com/blogs/weather/#42 http://www.ktvl.com/blogs/weather/#41
Talk about perfect timing! The National Weather Service's annual Winter Weather Awareness Week comes just as we're tracking the first mountain snow of the season.

Sunday October 21 kicks the special week off. During the week, meteorologists will post information about the hazards of winter weather in the Pacific Northwest and give tips on how to protect life and property by preparing and knowing what to do when winter weather strikes.

Our weather ranges from ...]]> Sat, 20 Oct 2012 19:30:00 -0400 http://www.ktvl.com/blogs/weather/#41