In an official public forecast discussion, the Anchorage National Weather Service office – whose employees are working without knowledge of when they will be paid during the ongoing Federal shutdown - encoded this secret message: “Please pay us.”

A huge storm system over the central U.S. is producing heavy snow and high winds in the Rockies and western Plains, a unusual wintry blast for early autumn. Weather Channel winter weather expert Tom Niziol said the blizzard-type conditions were “ridiculous” for this  time of year.

People have long claimed that animals can predict the weather, for examply by curtailing their activity when rain threatens. Such theories have had little evidence to support them, but now, a team of scientists has found a concrete example: insects shy away from sex in response to the drop in atmospheric pressure that presages rain.

The first cyclone to threaten the U.S. coast this year formed over the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday and was forecast to sweep through offshore oil installations before hitting the mainland between Louisiana and the Florida Panhandle, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

A tornado touched down in Washington, causing building damage and lifting a car off the ground.

Sunday September 29, 2013 — Wheat Ridge, CO

But "those hoping that the sun could save us from climate change look set for disappointment"

A landmark report says scientists are 95% certain that humans are the "dominant cause" of global warming since the 1950s.

At least 25 people were killed as the year's most powerful typhoon crashed into Hong Kong and southern China on Sunday evening, canceling hundreds of flights, crippling power lines, and causing significant flooding.

Lightning strikes the Grand Canyon on Aug. 30, 2013.

This incredible supercell formed as soon as this thunderstorm crossed the Rocky mountains and moved over the Great Plains in Montana. After nightfall this storm went on to produce a tornado near the town of Great Falls.

Manuel, a Category 1 hurricane, made landfall Thursday in the northern part of the Mexican state of Sinaloa.

Tropical Storm Ingrid has become Hurricane Ingrid, and is heading for Mexico, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

Mexico is being battered by two severe storms - one on its eastern coast and another on its west, officials say.

Colorado residents kept a wary eye on the sky as more rain is forecast for Sunday, and with it more fears of gushing rivers and cascading mudslides.

With rain still falling and flooding and the threat of more still real, rescuers were struggling to reach dozens of people cut off by flooding in Colorado mountain communities, while residents in the Denver area and other downstream communities were warned to stay off flooded streets.

Flash flooding along Colorado's Front Range killed at least three people, washed out homes and roads and threatened dams Thursday.

After further review, official says the July 30 record high of 78.6 F set in Greenland - the warmest temperature since modern records began in 1958 - stands.

This is from Sept 10, 2013 at 3:06 pm in North Jackson TN.

We've passed the midpoint of the Atlantic hurricane season, and there's been not a storm to see. What does a hurricane drought tell us about how climate change will impact tropical cyclones?