National Weather Service has released its spring forecast. Mississippi will be warm. Be ready for storms and severe weather, plan for allergy season.

The name change to Gulf of America is the first since the 1540s where various maps referred to it as the Mexican Gulf, Golpho de la Nueva España, and, finally Gulf of Mexico.

Strong winds causing power outages are expected across eastern Pennsylvania from Sunday afternoon into Monday, including in the Poconos. Carbon and Monroe counties are under a high wind warning from 1 p.

The Austin area has seen a potentially record-setting amount of rainfall on Tuesday, causing the National Weather Service to issue a flood advisory for Travis and adjacent counties. Weather records show the area has received anywhere from just under an inch of rain to nearly 3 inches,

A cold weather advisory was issued by the NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC on Thursday at 3:15 a.m. valid from 6 p.m. until Friday 10 a.m. The advisory is for Northern Jackson and Southern Jackson as well as Buncombe,

The NWS Fort Worth TX issued a dense fog advisory at 7:39 a.m. on Monday in effect until 10 a.m. for Wise and Parker counties.

Just 1.56 inches of rain was measured through Sunday at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach since Jan. 1.

The National Weather Service NEXRAD radar in Portland that tracks rain, snow and sleet across northwest Oregon went out for about five hours Thursday morning but was back on by about 10:40 a.m., officials said.

Residents in the western Panhandle face the potential for more severe weather tonight, including possible threat for tornado.

On Thursday at 5:36 a.m. the NWS Newport/Morehead City NC issued a special weather statement in effect until noon. The alert is for West Carteret, East Carteret and Coastal Onslow.

On Monday at 7:18 a.m. the NWS Fort Worth TX issued a dense fog advisory in effect until 10 a.m. The advisory is for Cooke, Hood and Somervell counties.