I know, I know. This has nothing to do with weather. But within my other passion, sports, this is a huge storyline. Not only does Iceland have an amazing climate and over 21 hours of daylight during much of the summer, they now have one of the more surprising soccer teams in history. Today, Iceland […]
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Soccer Player Struck By Lightning
This past weekend at Copa Peru (a soccer tournament in Peru), a thunderstorm resulted in a soccer player struck by lightning. The incredible thing is, there’s actually footage from the unfortunate accident. Sport Aguila left-back Joao Contreras was struck by lightning just before kickoff to the second half (Fox Soccer Blog). Check out the footage […]
World Cup Forecast
The United States will take on Germany at 11am CST/noon EST today in Recife, Brazil. The teams will play at Arena Pernambuco at 1pm local time, as Recife is one hour ahead of the eastern time zone. Even though Recife sits less than 600 miles south of the equator, this is the farthest south that the […]
World Cup Forecast
The United States will play Portugal in their second game of the World Cup this evening. The game is set to start at 5pm CST/6pm EST at Arena Amazônia in Manaus, Brazil. Manaus is located in north central Brazil and sits right along the Amazon River. Manaus is in the eastern time zone so the […]
Friday Afternoon Update
This Afternoon – Sunny – High 68 / Tonight – Increasing Clouds – Low 44 4pm 68 ~ 7pm 57 ~ 10pm 52 ~ 1am 47 Conditions should remain nice and calm for the reminder of today, folks. A cold front continues to approach from our west, which will create an increase in our cloud […]