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Oct. 27 Lunar Eclipse Over Fort Worth, Texas Total Lunar Eclipse Images Online: Several incredible pictures cover the Oct. 27 Eclipse Image Gallery from SpaceWeather.com … Wednesday night’s total lunar eclipse began at 9:14 p.m. EDT, with totality between 10:23 p.m. EDT and 11:45 p.m. EDT.

Oct. 27 Lunar Eclipse Over Fort Worth, Texas Another Eclipse Gallery As Compiled By Frank Heinz of KXAS-TV, Dallas-Fort Worth (Image slideshow opens in a new window) Story | Additional Stories From Google News

Note: The images here were taken in north Fort Worth by me using a Meade CaptureView binocular camera. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to use my digital camera and half of the eclipse was obscured by clouds…

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Wednesday, October 27, 2004

BoSox Nation!; Total Lunar Eclipse; Titan; Fastest Supercomputer?; New Quake; Calif. Floods, Snow; Utah Storms; Woman Checking Weather Falls Out Window; Tomato Shortage; Billboards Blame Bush For Hurricanes; TWC Special; Wireless Alerts

BoSox Nation Celebrates! They 86′d the 86 year drought, which they were close to breaking in ‘86, when they were 68 years without a World Series win… The 1986 World Series was the first Fall Classic I’d watched. Strangely enough, I saw the final outs of tonight’s game on the same TV set that I watched in 1986, when the New York Mets won Game 7 exactly 18 years ago tonight… Boston Live Webcams & More

Total Lunar Eclipse: Live Eclipse Cams From SpaceWeather.com … The eclipse began at 9:14 p.m. EDT, with totality between 10:23 p.m. EDT and 11:45 p.m. EDT. Boston Red Sox Curse Ends During First World Series Total Eclipse … Resources: World Map & More From Astronomy Picture Of The Day | Cloudy Or Clear?: Live U.S. Satellite/Radar | Press Release | Additional Info & Viewing Schedule

More Science News: Cassini Takes Close Look At Saturn’s Titan

New NASA Supercomputer Claims To Be Fastest

Earthquake Update: Some Signs of Routine Return in Quake-Hit Japan; 33 Dead | 6.0 Earthquake Hits Japan | Earthquake Maps & More (In right column) | Live List of Current Earthquakes (Bottom right column of this page)

Weather News: Storm Brings California Flooding, Heavy Snow, More Wet Weather Promised | Live U.S. Satellite/Radar & California City Pages List

New Storms Keep Walloping Utah | Utah Radar & Webcam Images

Woman Falls Out Window While Checking Weather

Weather Woes Create National Tomato Shortage

Florida Billboards Blame Bush For Hurricanes

Hurricane Spooks On Halloween: The Weather Channel(R) Revisits 2004’s Active Hurricane Season In New Special

WeatherBug(R), m-Qube Announce Availability Of Severe Weather Alerts, Weather Forecasts Across U.S. Wireless Carriers

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited Wednesday (World Series Game 4 makes Boston the #1 city page of the day … by a long shot): 1. Boston 2. Los Angeles 3. San Diego 4. Dallas-Fort Worth 5. St. Louis …

Top 5 visited Tuesday (World Series Game 3 trumps California/Nevada storm): 1. St. Louis 2. Los Angeles 3. Fresno 4. San Diego 5. Reno … See the top 20 so far this month in the left column of our home page.

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Tuesday, October 26, 2004

Total Lunar Eclipse Tomorrow Night; Miami Chief Meteorologist Accused Of Soliciting Young Boy

Friendly reminder: The total lunar eclipse for the U.S. is tomorrow night (Oct. 27). Webcasts list here. Totality begins at 9:23 p.m. EDT and ends at 10:45 p.m. EDT: Check out the lunar eclipse viewing schedule for the U.S.…

Miami Chief Meteorologist Accused Of Soliciting Young Boy

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited Monday: 1. Dallas-Fort Worth 2. Los Angeles 3. Vancouver 4. San Diego 5. San Francisco … See the top 20 so far this month in the left column of our home page.

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Monday, October 25, 2004

Stormy California; Exhaustion Takes Toll As New Tremors Rock Japan, 27 Dead; WS Game 3 Rain?; Volunteers Use Cold Weather To Pack Items For Soldiers; Bad Weather Equals Bad News for Satellite-TV Viewers; Computers Begin To Out-Game Weather

California Storms: New Storm May Be Colder Than Earlier Ones | Thunderstorms Sweep Toward Southland; Snow Possible In Some Areas (Includes image slideshow from last week’s storm)

Earthquake Updates: Japan Quake Survivors Face Rain, Tremors, Stress; 27 Dead | Exhaustion Takes Toll As New Tremors Rock Earthquake-Hit Japan | Current Earthquake list in bottom of right column of this page, and more resources in our National/International page

Other Weather News: 80 Percent Chance Of Rain For World Series Game 3

Volunteers Use Cold Weather To Pack Items For Soldiers

The Dish On Satellite TV & Weather: Bad Weather Equals Bad News for Satellite-TV Viewers; Survey Finds Rain and Snow Interference is Top Reason Satellite-TV Users Would Switch to Cable TV

Computers Beginning To Out-Game The Weather

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Sunday, October 24, 2004

Strong Earthquakes Hit Japan, Kill At Least 23, Injure More Than 2,000; Typhoon Lashes Taiwan With Wind, Rain; Landed U.S.-Russian ISS Crew Savor Smell Of Earth

Strong 6.8 Magnitude Quake, Aftershocks Hit Northern Japan; 23 Dead, More Than 2,000 Injured | USGS Preliminary Report | Very Latest Stories. Earthquake maps and other resources are in the right column of our National/International page. Also, check our auto-updating earthquake list in the lower right column of this page for current quake activity.

In other news: Strong 6.8 Magnitude Quake, Aftershocks Hit Northern Japan; 21 Dead | USGS Preliminary Report | Very Latest Stories. Earthquake maps and other resources are in the right column of our National/International page. Also, check our auto-updating earthquake list in the lower right column of this page for current quake activity.

In other news: Typhoon Lashes Taiwan With Wind, Rain

Landed U.S.-Russian ISS Crew Savor Smell Of Earth

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited Sunday: 1. Dallas/Fort Worth 2. San Antonio 3. Vancouver 4. Los Angeles 5. Austin …

Top 5 visited Saturday: 1. Boston 2. Houston 3. Indianapolis 4. Vancouver 5. Austin … See the top 20 so far this month in the left column of our home page.

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Saturday, October 23, 2004

Thousands Sign Up For Space Flights, Including William Shatner; Sunspot Grows Quickly; Slender Crescent Photo; Lunar Eclipse Schedule; Rescuers Bring Down 2 Survivors, 2 Bodies In Yosemite; Hurricanes Wipe Out 9,500 Jobs

A few news blips to kick off the weekend:

Space News: Thousands Sign Up For Space Flights: “Star Trek” star William Shatner and former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Dave Navarro are among thousands who want to fly on Virgin’s proposed commercial space flights, company chief Richard Branson said Friday.

Sunspot Grows Quickly; Slender Crescent Photo:

Image Courtesy of SOHO consortium. SOHO is a project of international cooperation between ESA and NASA. Sunspot 684 in center of 24 hour animation grows quickly to five times wider than Earth. More details at SpaceWeather.com

And remember, the total lunar eclipse is this Wednesday, Oct. 27. Webcasts list here. Totality begins at 9:23 p.m. EDT and ends at 10:45 p.m. EDT: Check out the lunar eclipse viewing schedule for the U.S.…

Weather News: Rescuers Bring Down 2 Survivors, 2 Bodies In Yosemite

Hurricanes Wipe Out 9,500 Jobs: Despite dip, jobs market appears sound in longer perspective.

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited Friday: 1. Dallas-Fort Worth 2. Vancouver 3. Oklahoma City 4. Tulsa 5. Kansas City … See the top 20 so far this month in the left column of our home page.

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 743 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1045 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN IOWA NORTHEAST AND PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA EXTREME SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 1045 PM UNTIL 600 AM CDT.

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 742 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 950 PM EDT WED JUL 23 2008 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CONNECTICUT MASSACHUSETTS NORTHERN NEW JERSEY SOUTHEAST NEW YORK RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 950 PM UNTIL 500 AM EDT.

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 741 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 710 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS COASTAL WATERS EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 710 PM UNTIL 700 AM CDT.

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 740 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 650 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 650 PM UNTIL 200 AM CDT.

STATUS REPORT ON WW 743 THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA. ..BROYLES..07/24/08 ATTN...WFO...DMX...FSD...OAX... STATUS REPORT FOR WS 743 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IAC001-003-009-027-029-035-047-071-077-085-093-119-129-133-137- 141-145-149-155-159-161-165-167-173-175-193-240640- IA . IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

STATUS REPORT ON WW 742 THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA. ..BROYLES..07/24/08 ATTN...WFO...OKX...BOX...ALY... STATUS REPORT FOR WS 742 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS CTC001-003-007-009-011-013-015-240640- CT . CONNECTICUT COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE FAIRFIELD HARTFORD MIDDLESEX

STATUS REPORT ON WW 741 THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA. ..BROYLES..07/24/08 ATTN...WFO... STATUS REPORT FOR WT 741 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS TXC025-047-131-175-247-249-261-283-297-311-355-409-469-479-489- 240640- TX . TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

STATUS REPORT ON WW 740 THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA. ..GOSS..07/24/08 ATTN...WFO...BIS...ABR... STATUS REPORT FOR WS 740 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS NDC015-021-029-031-043-045-047-051-083-085-093-103-240440- ND . NORTH DAKOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE BURLEIGH DICKEY EMMONS

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1889 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0146 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008 AREAS AFFECTED...ERN NEB...WRN IA...FAR SE SD CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 743... VALID 240646Z - 240815Z THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 743 CONTINUES. A SEVERE THREAT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ACROSS THE NRN AND ERN PART OF WW 743 EXPANDING SEWD WITH TIME LATE TONIGHT. WIND DAMAGE AND HAIL

DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0123 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008 VALID 241200Z - 251200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... ...SYNOPSIS... IN GENERAL...A FLATTENING OF THE UPPER RIDGE WILL TAKE PLACE...ALTHOUGH EMBEDDED SHORT WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE NRN MOST STATES. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL SLOWLY BUILD ACROSS THE SWRN STATES EWD INTO THE CNTRL AND SRN PLAINS...WITH HOT CONDITIONS PERSISTING. GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON ON THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES ONCE AGAIN...ALTHOUGH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS.

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WXnation Wire: Weather Blog, WX & Space News
SINCE FEB. 2003
WX -- Telegraph abbreviation for weather often used with Morse code
The Wire (wīr') -- Name once given to the telegraph

Sunday, October 31, 2004

Ghosts & Goblins Edition!

Saturday, October 30, 2004

Flagstaff Snow; Wet Indiana; Detroit-Area Power Problems; Iowa Tornado Watch; FEMA: Hurricane Victims Near Deadline; Fla. House May Get TV Makeover; Quake Toll Up, Woman Dies In Car; Carbon Monoxide Threat; NASA Picks Launch Date; Saturn Moon

Friday, October 29, 2004

Waterspouts Swirl Off Southland Coast; Snowstorm Welcomed At N. Arizona Ski Areas; Eclipse: Moon At Beginning, Middle, End Of Totality; Cameras To Watch Hollywood

Thursday, October 28, 2004

Total Lunar Eclipse Images Online

Wednesday, October 27, 2004

BoSox Nation!; Total Lunar Eclipse; Titan; Fastest Supercomputer?; New Quake; Calif. Floods, Snow; Utah Storms; Woman Checking Weather Falls Out Window; Tomato Shortage; Billboards Blame Bush For Hurricanes; TWC Special; Wireless Alerts

Tuesday, October 26, 2004

Total Lunar Eclipse Tomorrow Night; Miami Chief Meteorologist Accused Of Soliciting Young Boy

Monday, October 25, 2004

Stormy California; Exhaustion Takes Toll As New Tremors Rock Japan, 27 Dead; WS Game 3 Rain?; Volunteers Use Cold Weather To Pack Items For Soldiers; Bad Weather Equals Bad News for Satellite-TV Viewers; Computers Begin To Out-Game Weather

Sunday, October 24, 2004

Strong Earthquakes Hit Japan, Kill At Least 23, Injure More Than 2,000; Typhoon Lashes Taiwan With Wind, Rain; Landed U.S.-Russian ISS Crew Savor Smell Of Earth

Saturday, October 23, 2004

Thousands Sign Up For Space Flights, Including William Shatner; Sunspot Grows Quickly; Slender Crescent Photo; Lunar Eclipse Schedule; Rescuers Bring Down 2 Survivors, 2 Bodies In Yosemite; Hurricanes Wipe Out 9,500 Jobs

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One Year Ago:

Severe Weather Warnings, Watches & Advisories:

Most Recent Earthquakes Greater Than M 5:

WXnation WIRE

WXnation Wire: Weather Blog, WX & Space News SINCE FEB. 2003WX -- Telegraph abbreviation for weather often used with Morse code The Wire (wīr') -- Name once given to the telegraph

Sunday, October 31, 2004

Ghosts & Goblins Edition!

Saturday, October 30, 2004

Flagstaff Snow; Wet Indiana; Detroit-Area Power Problems; Iowa Tornado Watch; FEMA: Hurricane Victims Near Deadline; Fla. House May Get TV Makeover; Quake Toll Up, Woman Dies In Car; Carbon Monoxide Threat; NASA Picks Launch Date; Saturn Moon

Friday, October 29, 2004

Waterspouts Swirl Off Southland Coast; Snowstorm Welcomed At N. Arizona Ski Areas; Eclipse: Moon At Beginning, Middle, End Of Totality; Cameras To Watch Hollywood

Thursday, October 28, 2004

Total Lunar Eclipse Images Online

Wednesday, October 27, 2004

BoSox Nation!; Total Lunar Eclipse; Titan; Fastest Supercomputer?; New Quake; Calif. Floods, Snow; Utah Storms; Woman Checking Weather Falls Out Window; Tomato Shortage; Billboards Blame Bush For Hurricanes; TWC Special; Wireless Alerts

Tuesday, October 26, 2004

Total Lunar Eclipse Tomorrow Night; Miami Chief Meteorologist Accused Of Soliciting Young Boy

Monday, October 25, 2004

Stormy California; Exhaustion Takes Toll As New Tremors Rock Japan, 27 Dead; WS Game 3 Rain?; Volunteers Use Cold Weather To Pack Items For Soldiers; Bad Weather Equals Bad News for Satellite-TV Viewers; Computers Begin To Out-Game Weather

Sunday, October 24, 2004

Strong Earthquakes Hit Japan, Kill At Least 23, Injure More Than 2,000; Typhoon Lashes Taiwan With Wind, Rain; Landed U.S.-Russian ISS Crew Savor Smell Of Earth

Saturday, October 23, 2004

Thousands Sign Up For Space Flights, Including William Shatner; Sunspot Grows Quickly; Slender Crescent Photo; Lunar Eclipse Schedule; Rescuers Bring Down 2 Survivors, 2 Bodies In Yosemite; Hurricanes Wipe Out 9,500 Jobs

Links:

Wire Archive:

One Year Ago:

Severe Weather Warnings, Watches & Advisories:

Most Recent Earthquakes Greater Than M 5:

WXnation Wire: Weather Blog, WX & Space News
SINCE FEB. 2003
WX -- Telegraph abbreviation for weather often used with Morse code
The Wire (wīr') -- Name once given to the telegraph