Hometown Forecast Services

07/07/2026

New Blog Post: Super Typhoon Bavi Threatens Taiwan and China

While the United States was celebrating its 250th birthday on the 4th, the Northern Mariana Islands were ravaged by Super Typhoon Bavi, which crossed the tiny island of Rota with the strength of a Category 5 hurricane on July 5th. While storms of this strength might be devastating for the United Sta...

06/01/2026

New Blog Post: Atlantic Hurricane Season Starts Monday

Atlantic hurricane season officially starts on Monday June 1 and runs through November 30, and most forecasts are showing the potential for a less active season, thanks to a developing El Nino in the Pacific. The 2025 season was a near normal season by the numbers, with 13 named storms, 5 hurricanes...

05/27/2026

New Blog Post: Drought and Wildfire Risk in the West

Winter of 2025-2026 left the snowpacks of the Rockies in a dire state. Combined with one of the warmest winters on record and a looming El Nino, most Western states are looking at a worsening drought for the summer. Cities across the West saw record low snowfall and record high temperatures this pas...

05/19/2026

New Blog Post: Droughts End in Floods

There's an old saying in meteorology that goes "Droughts end in Floods". That is likely to be the case over the next few days, as an extensive, and in some cases significant drought currently grips a large portion of the nation, but relief is on the way for some areas. As is typical with a

05/16/2026

New Blog Post: Heat in the East, Severe Weather in the Plains, Snow in the Rockies?

https://www.hometownforecastservice.com/heat-in-the-east-severe-weather-in-the-plains-snow-in-the-rockies/

05/13/2026

Chief Meteorologist Rob Carolan appeared on the "Analyze This with Neville James" podcast from the NPR station in the USVI yesterday. You can listen to the hour-long interview here:

Part 1 - Neville James engages in an informative conversation with veteran meteorologist Rob Carolyn, blending personal storytelling with expert insight on weather and hurricanes.

04/01/2026

Happy birthday to....US! On this date 25 years ago Hometown Forecast Services began providing service to our clients, and that's no April Fool's joke!

01/23/2026

New Blog Post: Significant Winter Storm and Arctic Blast to Impact Much of Nation

As an arctic airmass pours into the eastern two thirds of the nation, a developing low pressure system will bring wintry weather to many areas that are unaccustomed to it. The overall weather pattern so far this winter has been dominated by a trough of low pressure centered over the Great Lakes with...

12/01/2025

Internet and phones have been restored and we are back up on our main systems.