
A slow moving front will be the focus area for heavy to excessive rainfall and a threat for flash/urban flooding across parts of the Gulf Coast into central/northern Florida early this week. Abnormally hot, potentially record-breaking, temperatures will continue for southern California and stretch north toward the Bay Area and Central Valley this week. Read More >
Jupiter...Massive and stormy, some evidence suggests that it tried to become a smaller, double-star companion to our sun.
Saturn...Its specific gravity is less than water.
Uranus...Tilted at an angle of 98 degrees, its poles receive the direct sunlight instead of the equatorial region.
Neptune...One of the most dynamic atmospheres in the solar system with the fastest winds.
Pluto...Has a highly elliptical and tilted orbit, at times bringing it closer to the Sun than Neptune.
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