Rockies
-
NASA
Heat Dome Broils the Western U.S.
It’s still relatively early in the summer season in the Northern Hemisphere, but several parts of North America were sweltering in mid-July. The latest purveyor of heat was a strong ridge of high pressure that lingered in the upper atmosphere over the northern Rockies on the weekend of July 11-12, 2026. This pushed hot air toward the surface and trapped it there—a weather phenomenon meteorologists call…
Read More » -
NASA
Cottonwood Fire Chars Utah
After a winter of below-average snowpack and an unusually warm and dry start to summer, the National Interagency Fire Center warned that the Great Basin and parts of the Rockies faced an elevated risk of wildfires in July 2026. The warning proved accurate. By July 7, firefighters labored to contain nearly three dozen large, early-season wildland fires that raced through forests in several parts…
Read More »