Weather Blog

• Carbon Dioxide milestone: full day at 400 ppm

  Posted on: 9:57 am, May 9, 2013, by Carrie Rose, updated on: 10:23am, May 9, 2013

  This is the first time in the human record the carbon dioxide concentration is this high.
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• WEATHER ALERT: Dense fog Thursday morning

  Posted on: 5:54 am, May 9, 2013, by Carrie Rose, updated on: 08:40am, May 9, 2013

  Fog is reducing visibilities in central Virginia to a quarter-mile or less.
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• FLOOD WARNING: James River on the rise after heavy rain upstream

  Posted on: 7:17 am, May 8, 2013, by Carrie Rose, updated on: 11:27am, May 8, 2013

  The James River will rise above Flood Stage Wednesday and peak Thursday morning.
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• Phoning home: satellite cell phone project a success

  Posted on: 8:33 am, May 6, 2013, by Carrie Rose, updated on: 06:32am, May 7, 2013

  Rocket launched from Virginia's Wallops Island in April carried smartphones into orbit to send data back to Earth and take pictures.
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• Gear up for wet weather through mid-week

  Posted on: 11:30 pm, May 5, 2013, by Mike Stone, updated on: 12:55am, May 6, 2013

  A slow-moving storm will keep occasional rain in the area from Monday into Thursday.
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• May Almanac

  Posted on: 5:53 pm, May 1, 2013, by Mike Stone, updated on: 05:57pm, May 1, 2013

  Here is what a typical May is like for Richmond
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• A cool end to April

  Posted on: 5:30 pm, May 1, 2013, by Mike Stone

  Although April ended up being a little warmer than normal, the final days of the month were cool
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• Great video of a burst on the sun

  Posted on: 3:18 pm, May 1, 2013, by Mike Stone, updated on: 06:22pm, May 1, 2013

  A coronal mass ejection erupted from just around the edge of the sun on May 1
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• What’s up in the May 2013 night sky

  Posted on: 5:18 am, May 1, 2013, by Carrie Rose

  Spot popular astronomical sights this month including nebulae, a galaxy trio and the site of a recent planetary discovery.
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• Sewage overflows from Hurricane Sandy analyzed

  Posted on: 1:23 pm, April 30, 2013, by Carrie Rose, updated on: 01:26pm, April 30, 2013

  Treatment plants, pumping stations and pipelines were overwhelmed and billions of gallons of untreated sewage flowed into hundreds of rivers, streams, bays, and streets from Virginia to Rhode Island.
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