Weather in America: February 29, 2024
FOX Weather has you lined with the breaking forecasts and climate information headlines in your Weather in America on Thursday, February 29, 2024. Get the latest from FOX Weather Meteorologist Britta Merwin.
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Deadly wildfires rage in Texas, Oklahoma
Historic wildfires in Texas and Oklahoma have torched greater than 1 million acres, however some snow and fewer windy situations may assist present firefighters with a little bit of assistance on Thursday.
While snow accumulations will not quantity to way more than an inch, the wind will die down, forecast to be round 10-15 mph all through the day. This may present some aid, however stronger winds and hotter temperatures are anticipated to return on Friday.
As of the final report, the Smokehouse Creek Fire, positioned within the Texas Panhandle, is the second-largest wildfire within the state’s historical past, burning greater than 850,000 acres with solely 3% containment and prompting evacuations in its path. Hutchinson County officers mentioned one person was killed and dozens of buildings have been broken after flames erupted Monday.
California mountains put together for as much as 12 toes of snow
A crippling snowstorm begins Thursday in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains, with as much as 12 toes of snow attainable at a few of the highest peaks by the point the system strikes out.
And whereas the snowfall totals could also be threatening, winds of greater than 100 mph are anticipated in some places, resulting in intense blizzard situations.
One small step for … Moon landers
Intuitive Machine’s Nova-C Moon lander Odysseus will fall asleep after working on the lunar floor almost per week after the non-public firm returned the U.S. to the Moon for the primary time since 1972. A photograph taken on Tuesday confirmed Odysseus on the floor of the Moon.
This picture taken on February 27, 2024 when flight controllers commanded Odysseus to seize a brand new picture utilizing its narrow-field-of-view digicam. (Image: Intuitive Machines) (Intuitive Machines)
Japan’s official house company made a shock announcement Tuesday that its moon lander survived a lunar night time and is once more speaking with operators. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon mission, or SLIM for brief, landed the other way up on the Moon on Jan. 19 and, inside a couple of weeks, entered a interval with out sunshine, the place temperatures dropped to greater than -200 levels.
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