The Weather Retort

The Weather Retort

Forecasting journalist Ian Livingston brings you global weather and climate intelligence every weekday morning.

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Weekend heat to blast the Southwest U.S. (and Alaska)

Weekend heat to blast the Southwest U.S. (and Alaska)

The fourth named storm of the Pacific hurricane season is also imminent.

Ian Livingston
Ian Livingston
Houston flood risk as heat builds in Desert Southwest

Houston flood risk as heat builds in Desert Southwest

Hurricane season is off to a fast start ... in the Pacific.

Ian Livingston
Ian Livingston
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Fresh plume of Canadian wildfire smoke enters U.S.

Fresh plume of Canadian wildfire smoke enters U.S.

Canada has raced past average acreage burned for a whole year.

Ian Livingston
Ian Livingston
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A year's worth of land has already burned in Canada

A year's worth of land has already burned in Canada

The Eastern Pacific is a cyclone printer lately.

Ian Livingston
Ian Livingston
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A pair of Pacific storms as heat surges in Lower 48

A pair of Pacific storms as heat surges in Lower 48

It's getting hot in here.

Ian Livingston
Ian Livingston
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Stagnant U.S. pattern: more rain and storms along frontal zone

Stagnant U.S. pattern: more rain and storms along frontal zone

It was weather déjà vu in west Texas Thursday.

Ian Livingston
Ian Livingston
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Daily flood threat in the south-central U.S. as smoke lingers

Daily flood threat in the south-central U.S. as smoke lingers

It appears May managed a near average tornado count.

Ian Livingston
Ian Livingston
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Turning up the heat in the Northeast

Turning up the heat in the Northeast

Plus, more rain in the Plains and a swirly thing off the Southeast.

Ian Livingston
Ian Livingston
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Summerlike conditions overtake Eastern U.S.

Summerlike conditions overtake Eastern U.S.

There will be areas of rain, storms and a tropical thingy to watch.

Ian Livingston
Ian Livingston
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Hurricane season starts, plus daily rain in the plains

Hurricane season starts, plus daily rain in the plains

I've created a new series of interactive maps and data for past seasons.

Ian Livingston
Ian Livingston
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Weather threats on all ends of North America heading into weekend

Weather threats on all ends of North America heading into weekend

And a Swiss village is buried beneath a slurry of rock and ice.

Ian Livingston
Ian Livingston
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Focus shifts to western U.S. heat and eastern Pacific tropics

Focus shifts to western U.S. heat and eastern Pacific tropics

City analyses coming to ClimoSpot.

Ian Livingston
Ian Livingston
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