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Fat Bear Week is back, and it’s about to get bear-y competitiveThe fur is flying, the salmon are disappearing and Fat Bear Week is officially underway! Our team of meteorologists has studied the contenders, and they have each picked the bear they think has what it takes to go all the way. Before you make your own pick, watch our video above to meet the contestants, then grab our Fat Bear Week bracket and bingo cards and join us for all the bear-y big fun. Bear 132 and familyBear 132 and cubs compete during Fat Bear Week 2026.(C. Loberg)WHO: Caitlin Kaiser, meteorologistWHY: What's better than one fat bear? Four fat bears! This mother bear is known for being one of the biggest and most experienced at Brooks River, meaning she has been around the block a few times. Bear 132 knows how to keep her cubs safe and healthy, including helping them bulk up for the winter ahead. The fact that she could add on the pounds while also making sure her three cubs did too is downright impressive!(MORE: Scout last year's Fat Bear Week champion)Bear 909Bear 909 competes during Fat Bear Week 2026.(T.

There are two different "falls" in the world of meteorology. Meteorological fall begins on Sept. 1, while the autumnal equinox, which people are more familiar with, begins a few weeks later. There is a scientific reason for the different start times, and maybe I can convince you that meteorological fall is better. Let's start with the equinoxFall equinox, astronomical fall or the autumnal equinox. They are all the same. The fall equinox is the moment when the sun's most intense rays are directly located over the equator. This means that there is roughly 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night on that day. (FALL OUTLOOK: Strengthening El Niño is taking charge)It changes slightly every year, and this year it takes place at 8:05 p.m. EDT on Sept. 22. Get More of Our News on GoogleSet The Weather Company as a 'Preferred Source' to get quicker access to the news you value. The fall equinox is the second roughly 12-hour day and night in the year after the spring equinox. They come between the solstices, moments of the greatest discrepancy of day and night, depending on where you live.

An October nor'easter is developing in the Atlantic, where it will bring high surf, rip currents, coastal flooding and winds to parts of the East Coast for several days this week. The National Hurricane Center has highlighted it as an area to watch this week for the potential development of Josephine. However, regardless of whether we call this system a nor'easter or Josephine, the impacts will be the same. The bottom line: This system will bring dangerous conditions to the East Coast for multiple days this week.(MORE: What is a nor'easter?)Fortunately, this nor'easter doesn't look to be as strong as the one in September. But the bad news? It could linger for much of the week, so impacts could have a longer duration. Coastal flood alerts are in effect for parts of coastal North Carolina and Virginia, where anywhere from 1 to 4 feet of inundation is possible. Get More of Our News on GoogleSet The Weather Company as a 'Preferred Source' to get quicker access to the news you value. Key takeawaysWe do not expect this storm to be as strong as the late September nor'easter.

We have the maps you need to track all the systems ongoing in the Pacific and Atlantic below. Tracking the AtlanticTropical development areasSea surface temperatures Wind shear These are areas of strong wind shear, the difference in wind speed and direction with height, which are shown in purple. High wind shear is hostile to mature tropical cyclones and those trying to develop.(MORE: What is wind shear?)Get More of Our News on GoogleSet The Weather Company as a 'Preferred Source' to get quicker access to the news you value. Dry, dusty airAnother nemesis of tropical systems is dry air. In hurricane season, plumes of dust-laden air stream across the basin from Africa's Sahara Desert, as you can see in the map below. This sinking, dry air squelches thunderstorm development, the building blocks of tropical storms and hurricanes. So areas in the brown shading below are generally unfavorable for development. Atlantic tracks so far this seasonThese are the tracks of systems that were at least tropical or subtropical storms so far in the Atlantic Basin.

Winter storm prep checklist: what to do 72, 48 and 24 hours outYou get the warning that a winter storm is coming: When you prepare matters as much as how you prepare. So I asked experts what you should do in the 72 hours, 48 hours and 24 hours before the storm arrives.(MORE: Your first freeze is coming — see average dates by region)Dan Stoneking spent a career in the U. S. Army and 15 years at FEMA. He’s now the founder and owner of Stoneking Strategic Communications. Remy Kennedy is a communications program manager with the American Red Cross. Both say you should create a checklist, and here’s what should be on it.72 hours before a storm: stock up and run errands“At 72 hours out, I like to tell people that’s basically the time you do all the things outside of your house,” Stoneking said. “One of the first things you want to do is evaluate your home situation,” Kennedy said. Who might need extra care in the cold? Kids, pets, older relatives, neighbors living alone.  Then you need to make your errands list.