Hacker News with Generative AI: Weather

Artic blast to bring in -50F temperatures breaking records in 27 states (dailymail.co.uk)
More than 60 million Americans are bracing for dangerous cold Wednesday through the weekend, bolstering the impact of a cross-country winter storm.

Weather, Cold Weather, Winter Storm, United States

12 points by LinuxBender 2 days ago | 10 comments

Record January heat: La Niña may be losing its ability to check global warming (theconversation.com)
January 2025 was the hottest on record – a whole 1.7°C above pre-industrial levels. If many climate-watchers expected the world to cool slightly this year thanks to the natural “La Niña” phenomena, the climate itself didn’t seem to get the memo. In fact, January 2025’s record heat highlights how human-driven ocean warming is increasingly overwhelming these natural climate patterns.

Climate Change, La Niña, Global Warming, Weather

9 points by PaulHoule 4 days ago | 0 comments

The San Francisco stadium that fog killed (sfgate.com)
The fervor over San Francisco’s glorious new baseball park was cresting. It didn’t matter that the first game was delayed several weeks by a tough winter. When Opening Day at Ewing Field came on May 16, 1914, thousands of fans traversed up to Lone Mountain and poured into their new baseball home.

Baseball, San Francisco, History, Weather

69 points by PaulHoule 7 days ago | 39 comments

NOAA's public weather data powers the local forecasts on your phone and TV (theconversation.com)
When a hurricane or tornado starts to form, your local weather forecasters can quickly pull up maps tracking its movement and showing where it’s headed. But have you ever wondered where they get all that information?

Weather, Meteorology, Data, Technology, Public Data

188 points by rntn 10 days ago | 113 comments

January smashes heat record, surprising scientists (phys.org)
Last month was the hottest January on record, blitzing the previous high and stunning climate scientists who expected cooler La Niña conditions to finally start quelling a long-running heat streak.

Climate Change, Science, Weather, Record-Breaking Events

13 points by bikenaga 12 days ago | 0 comments

Five winter storms could deliver more snow than the last two winters combined (cnn.com)

Weather, Winter, Snow, Climate

4 points by LinuxBender 13 days ago | 0 comments

NWS Public Weather API (weather.gov)
A Pacific storm will bring strong winds, heavy rain, and mountain snow from the Sierras to Rockies on Friday. The storm will then track east through the Midwest producing heavy snow from the Dakotas to the Great Lakes on Saturday. An icy wintry mix is expected across the northern Mid-Atlantic states Saturday night. Heavy snow will likely impact the Northeast Saturday night into Sunday.

Weather, Forecasts, Meteorology, United States

15 points by mrguyorama 14 days ago | 4 comments

A simple app to make weather easy (howmanylayersidag.se)

Weather, Mobile Apps, User Experience

3 points by garyreckon 15 days ago | 0 comments

Hottest January on record mystifies climate scientists (theguardian.com)
A run of record-breaking global temperatures has continued, even with a La Niña weather pattern cooling the tropical Pacific.

Climate Change, Weather, Science, Global Warming

5 points by ljf 15 days ago | 0 comments

Waymo drives through sinkhole in San Francisco during storm [video] (youtube.com)

Self-Driving Cars, Accidents, Weather, San Francisco, Technology

16 points by lopkeny12ko 17 days ago | 6 comments

Temperatures at North Pole 20C above average and beyond ice melting point (theguardian.com)
Temperatures at the north pole soared more than 20C above average on Sunday, crossing the threshold for ice to melt.

Climate Change, Arctic, Weather, Environment, Science

22 points by howard941 17 days ago | 4 comments

3D scene reconstruction in adverse weather conditions via Gaussian splatting (arxiv.org)
3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) has gained significant attention for 3D scene reconstruction, but still suffers from complex outdoor environments, especially under adverse weather.

3D Reconstruction, Computer Vision, Weather, Artificial Intelligence

53 points by PaulHoule 24 days ago | 14 comments

Watch the path of a raindrop from anywhere in the world (samlearner.com)

Weather, Data Visualization, Technology, Maps

172 points by kawera 26 days ago | 42 comments

Wyoming Braces for Dangerous Windchills Up to -45 Can Cause Frostbite in Minutes (cowboystatedaily.com)
Wyomingites will wake up to some serious cold Monday with windchills hitting anywhere from minus 15 to minus 45 around the state. That’s not only bone-chilling, it’s dangerous, and can cause frostbite in minutes.

Weather, Wyoming, Safety, Health

19 points by LinuxBender 32 days ago | 2 comments

The Floods This Time: In the Mediterranean, Climate Change Is Already Here (nytimes.com)
Short, heavy rainfall is typical of the Mediterranean, but like many of the climate extremes in recent years, including the current fires in Los Angeles, nothing is typical about what has been happening there recently.

Climate Change, Mediterranean, Weather, Natural Disasters

16 points by whack 37 days ago | 1 comments

Global Climate Highlights 2024 (copernicus.eu)
2024 saw unprecedented global temperatures, following on from the remarkable warmth of 2023. It also became the first year with an average temperature clearly exceeding 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level – a threshold set by the Paris Agreement to significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change. Multiple global records were broken, for greenhouse gas levels, and for both air temperature and sea surface temperature, contributing to extreme events, including floods, heatwaves and wildfires.

Climate Change, Global Warming, Environment, Science, Weather

3 points by bryanrasmussen 42 days ago | 0 comments

When a winter storm trapped a luxury passenger train near Donner Pass (smithsonianmag.com)
High inside locomotive 6019, engineer Tom Sapunor notched the throttle forward and squinted at the track ahead—not that he could see much of it. The blizzard that had barreled into the Sierra Nevada mountain range three days earlier had blanketed most everything, its 90-mile-per-hour gusts sweeping the snow into 25-foot drifts.

Weather, Trains, History

146 points by pseudolus 42 days ago | 117 comments

Hottest year on record sent planet past 1.5C of heating for first time in 2024 (theguardian.com)
Climate breakdown drove the annual global temperature above the internationally agreed 1.5C target for the first time last year, supercharging extreme weather and causing “misery to millions of people”.

Climate Change, Global Warming, Environment, Weather, Science

10 points by shadow28 42 days ago | 1 comments

Goes-West – Sector View: Pacific Southwest – Fire Temperature (noaa.gov)
Fire Temperature - RGB used to highlight fires - 07 Jan 2025 - 1911 UTC

Weather, Fire, Satellite Imagery, Pacific Southwest, NOAA

10 points by hnburnsy 45 days ago | 0 comments

How to decode METAR and TAF reports (met.nps.edu)
A METAR is a codified observation message indicating an airfield weather conditions observed at a given time.

Weather, Aviation, Meteorology

14 points by walrus01 47 days ago | 1 comments

Seagulls were a factor in collapse of California's iconic Santa Cruz wharf (sfgate.com)

Weather, Wildlife, Infrastructure, California

9 points by bryan0 55 days ago | 1 comments

Springfield, KS (unworld.neocities.org)
SUNNY SKIES AND WARM TEMPERATURES PREDICTED ALL THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND ALONG WITH MODERATE HUMIDITY. CLARK ST. POOL BACK OPEN, COME ON DOWN!

Weather, Local News, Community

7 points by joebig 67 days ago | 6 comments

Colorado Mountain Wave in a Cessna 206 Turbo (markmaunder.com)
I thought I’d document my experience in Colorado Mountain Wave in my 206 on a recent flight from Idaho to Centennial, CO. The details are as follows:

Aviation, Flight, Colorado, Weather, Cessna

11 points by mmaunder 68 days ago | 0 comments

E-Paper weather display powered by ESP32 microcontroller (github.com/lmarzen)
This is a weather display powered by a wifi-enabled ESP32 microcontroller and a 7.5in E-Paper (aka E-ink) display. Current and forecasted weather data is obtained from the OpenWeatherMap API. A sensor provides the display with accurate indoor temperature and humidity.

Microcontrollers, Weather, ESP32, E-Paper Displays, DIY Projects

47 points by walterbell 72 days ago | 4 comments

Google DeepMind predicts weather more accurately than leading system (theguardian.com)
For those who keep an eye on the elements, the outlook is bright: researchers have built an artificial intelligence-based weather forecast that makes faster and more accurate predictions than the best system available today.

Artificial Intelligence, Weather, Technology, Science

11 points by beardyw 77 days ago | 2 comments

GenCast Predicts Weather with Accuracy (deepmind.google)
New AI model advances the prediction of weather uncertainties and risks, delivering faster, more accurate forecasts up to 15 days ahead

Artificial Intelligence, Weather, Forecasting

23 points by xnx 79 days ago | 1 comments

5-plus feet of snow and counting: More snow is coming to the Great Lakes (cnn.com)

Weather, Great Lakes, Snow

6 points by LinuxBender 80 days ago | 1 comments

Show HN: High School Student's First App – NWS Weather Report (weatherreportnow.com)
Stay ahead of the weather with precise 48-hour radar, forecasts, and real-time updates from the National Weather Service. Now with Hurricane Outlooks and Mesoscale Discussions!

Weather, Mobile Apps, Programming, High School, Technology

62 points by Orcazephyr 81 days ago | 28 comments

South-west France swelters in 'staggering' 26.9C November night heat (theguardian.com)
Towns in south-west France roasted in “completely extreme” heat in the early hours of Tuesday, with overnight temperatures hitting 26.9C (80.42F).

Weather, Climate Change, France, Europe

11 points by croes 84 days ago | 4 comments

Seoul blanketed by heaviest November snow on record (bbc.com)
Seoul has recorded its heaviest November snowfall since records began over a century ago in 1907.

Weather, South Korea, Climate, Records

39 points by Brajeshwar 85 days ago | 11 comments