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

Quake Shakes Central Alaska: Preliminary 4.8 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Central Alaska: Earthquake hits about 90 miles SSW of Fairbanks [Live webcam images from Central Alaska] … Map Of Recent U.S. Quakes. A list of recent quakes are located on this page near the bottom of the left column. More resources are in the right column of our National/International page

Hurricane Forecast Grim: Major Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast: The prediction is for “11 named storms, with six reaching hurricane status. Of the six, three likely will develop into major hurricanes with sustained winds of 111 mph or greater. There is a 69 percent chance of at least one of the major hurricanes striking the U.S. mainland.”

Contractor Accused Of Ripping Off More Than 70 Hurricane Victims

Weather News: Spokane May See Up To 8 Inches Of Snow By Saturday Night … Spokane Live Weather & Webcam Images

Detroit TV Station Looks Back At 1974 Blizzard Tonight Meteorologist Paul Gross, who wrote and produced the special series, said it was the second biggest snowstorm in Detroit’s history. I was fortunate enough to work at WDIV-TV in the late ’90s, and — as you might expect — visited with the weather team on a fairly regular basis, including Paul Gross. I trust this will be a great special. It airs at 7 p.m. local time Saturday.

World Of Webcams: Webcam To Make Sure Santa’s Not Naughty But Nice

Mark Your Calendar & Look Up: Moon To Eclipse Jupiter: Sky watchers in the eastern and much of central North America can see the Moon glide in front of Jupiter before sunrise on Tuesday, Dec. 7 … More from NASA

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Friday: 1. New York City 2. Portland, ME 3. Syracuse 4. Houston 5. Vancouver … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.