Weather & Space News Blog
 since Feb. 2003
 WX - Telegraph abbreviation for weather often used with Morse code
 The Wire - Name once given to the telegraph

Reminder: Turn clocks back at 2 a.m. Sunday (in most states).

Halloween Forecasts: Choose Your Nearest City Page | Live Satellite/Radar Image

Halloween Webcam: Live Controllable Haloween Webcam From Colorado

Spooky Ghost Cams: Corpus Christi Caller Times Ghost Cam | Evansville, IN Courier & Press Ghost Cam

The Real ‘Space Ghost’: Astronomy Picture Of The Day: Ghost Head Nebula

Halloween Tips: Tips For A Safe Halloween | Halloween Tips for Pets

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

Weather Around The Country:

Image (right): Storms form what appears to be a giant “9″ or comma early Saturday. Live image here

• Flagstaff Blanketed In White
• Wet Weather Moves Toward Central Indiana
• Weather Causes Power Problems In Metro Detroit Neighborhoods
• Warm Weather Causes Tornado Watch In Iowa

Hurricane Updates: FEMA Concerned Hurricane Victims Running Out Of Time For Aid

Florida House Damaged In Storms May Get Made-For-TV Makeover: Story

Earthquake Update: Japan’s Quake Toll Rises To 35 As Woman Dies After Days In Car

Carbon Monoxide Poses Winter Weather Threat: Details

Space News: NASA Picks May 2005 For Launch Date Of First Shuttle Flight Since Columbia Tragedy

Cassini Evidence Shows Saturn Moon Alive: Full Story

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

Weather News: Waterspouts Swirl Off Southland Coast (With image slideshow) | Snowstorm Welcomed At Northern Arizona Ski Areas

Astronomy Picture Of The Day: Eclipse: Moon At Beginning, Middle, End Of Totality

And, in the world of webcams: Cameras To Keep Watch In Hollywood

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited Thursday: 1. Boston 2. Los Angeles 3. Phoenix 4. San Diego 5. Reno … See the top 20 so far this month in the left column of our home page.

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.

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…

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

NWS Winter Outlook Update: NOAA Releases U.S. Winter Outlook Update For Dec. 2004 Through Feb. 2005

Forecasters Expect Warm Winter In West, Cooler In South

Latest On Deadly Typhoon: 69 Dead In Japan Typhoon, Hopes Fade For 17 Missing

Storms In West: Storm Dumps Rain, Snow On Southern California, Nevada; Fatal To Climbers

Wet Weather Problems In Utah

Mount St. Helens Update: New Mount St. Helens Lava Lobe Size Of An Aircraft Carrier

Lunar Eclipse Webcasts: SpaceWeather.com has a list of Web sites that will stream the Oct. 27 lunar eclipse live.

Earthquake News: Minor 2.5 Magnitude Earthquake Rattles West Tennessee

15 Seconds In 1989 That Changed San Francisco

System Gives 30-Second Earthquake Warning

World Of Webcams: Why They Put Webcams On Their Sites

WXnation.com News: New City Page For New Jersey: Atlantic City. The NJ webcam links that were in the New York City page are now in the Atlantic City page, though some NJ cams pointed at the Big Apple are still in the NYC page. The total WXnation.com city page count is now 109 cities in 48 states and two Canadian provinces.

City Page Name Change: After checking with the latest Census.gov metropolitan area population stats, I have opted to re-label the weeks-old Fort Myers page as “Cape Coral, FL” throughout this site, and titled the page “Cape Coral/Fort Myers, FL.”

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

Interesting note (to me): A day after the Boston Red Sox made history with a monstrous comeback, the WXnation.com city page for Boston moved ahead of NYC in page views for the first time this month on Thursday: a fact that’s neither historic nor newsworthy…