If Flossie hits the Big Island as a tropical storm, it will be the first tropical storm to strike Hawaii directly since 1958. Heavy rains, gusty winds, mudslides, dangerous surf.
We still have plenty of time to monitor Tropical Storm Dorian before it hits any land areas. It is definitely a storm everyone should pay close attention to.
Last below-average temps for month of June were in 1976. If you're younger than 28, you've never experienced a June with global temps below the 20th century average.
U.S. temps in June 2013 were 2 degrees above 20th Century average. U.S. West was fighting wildfires while the U.S. East saw below average temps and rain, rain, rain.
Typhoon Soulik is hitting parts of Taiwan today. It'll continue to push northwest and affect parts of China's provinces of Fujian and Zhejiang on Saturday.
Matt Daniel is Meteorologist for WBRC in Birmingham, Alabama. A self-described "big weather and music geek," Matt has a passion for helping to keep people safe when severe weather strikes and says if you don't have a NOAA Weather Radio ... you should get one.
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