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

Nor’easter Kicks Off Workweek: MSNBC story

• NWS Snow Total Forecasts (as of 5 p.m. ET Monday):
• New York City: 6-10 inches total accumulation | Coverage from WNBC-TV | Live weather/webcams/delays/school closings
• D.C.:6-11 inches total accumulation [Update at 10 p.m. ET: It appears the total will be only 3-6 inches in D.C.) | Coverage from WRC-TV and CapitalWeather.com | Live weather/webcams/delays/school closings
• Philly: 5-8 inches total accumulation | Coverage from WCAU-TV | Live weather/webcams/delays/school closings
• Boston: More than 4-8 inches total accumulation | Coverage from TheBostonChannel.com | Live weather/webcams/delays/school closings

Motown May Become Snowtown: Winter storm may dump 8 inches on area

Tornado Destroys Florida Homes: Palm Bay tornado injures 5, damages 14 homes

Space News: A stellar eclipse worth watching: Moon to hide one of brightest stars

Fallen astronaut’s diary recovered

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Sunday: 1. Baltimore 2. Washington, D.C. 3. New York City 4. Orlando 5. Charlotte … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Heavy Snow Coming To Parts Of East Coast, Northeast? Big snow could blanket the East Coast and Northeast beginning late Sunday/early Monday. Resources: Coverage from WRC-TV, D.C. and CapitalWeather.com, which has updated its D.C. forecast posted at 4 p.m. to 6-7 inches of snow in D.C. most likely. The National Weather Service says 6-11 inches could fall in D.C. For Philly, NWS says 6-10 inches of snow is possible. Coverage for Philly from WCAU-TV 10 and NYC from WNBC-TV … Images: Current Wunderground radar image | Latest watches/warnings/advisories and live weather/webcams by city

Florida Storms: Tornado warning issued for Melbourne County Sunday as severe weather hits Central Fla. | Current Intellicast storm radar | NWS watches/warnings map

Other News: No snow, warm weather lock Montana in drought for 7th year

Astronomy Picture of the Day: All the colors of the Sun and colorful nacreous clouds (posted at SpaceWeather.com)

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Saturday: 1. Dallas/Fort Worth 2. Los Angeles 3. Orlando 4. New York City 5. Houston … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Weather Summary: Northeast sees snow showers

Forecasters unsure if Monday storm means lots of snow for Northeast

Astronomy Picture of the Day: 1) Play something by Pink Floyd 2) View this

WXnation.com’s Main Site Entering Its 4th Year Online!: WXnation.com came online three years ago this weekend. An archived version of this Web site as it appeared in its infancy is available (From March 2002; opens a new window), and more details on its first days

Ironically, I started this site while I was just ending a huge project of compiling old videotapes onto new VHS tapes, and for the first time since then, I’ve dragged those tapes out since I just purchased a DVD recorder.

Anyway, thank you for taking the time to visit these pages. You have helped to bring new features to the site, including this blog, the live satellite/radar from CustomWeather on the home page, and top webcams by popularity and location.

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Friday: 1. Los Angeles 2. New York City 3. Washington, D.C. 4. Orlando 5. Baltimore … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Northeast Snowstorm Update; Biggest Storm Of The Season Next Week?: Snow hits East; even bigger storm ahead New front expected Sunday ‘could become a giant’ … Tri-State Area digs out from another storm | D.C. snow update: Up to 6 inches … More details via CapitalWeather.com

Boston’s Turn… Again: Several inches fall across Bay State: 8 inches reported at Boston’s Logan International Airport … Resources: Boston-area weather/live webcam images | National Weather Service Watches/Warnings | Wunderground radar image

Southern California may see rain return early next week… Stormy weather breeds scary mold | City pays tribute to worker who fell into sinkhole… Incredibly, “this year may set records for the most rain, but it won’t be enough to reverse the impact of five years of drought on Southern California’s water supplies, weather experts and water officials said Wednesday.” Full story

Meanwhile, L.A. has stolen Seattle’s thunder

Wrong!: Weather experts in England wrong as ‘worst’ snow fails to show

Space News: Have spaceplane will travel

From SpaceWeather.com: A new picture of Saturn from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft shows something puzzling to scientists. Saturn’s southern hemisphere is yellow–just as expected–but the northern hemisphere is not. It’s blue… Details

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Thursday: 1. Baltimore 2. Washington, D.C. 3. New York City 4. Philadelphia 5. Pittsburgh … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Snow Heads For Northeast Thursday: Many are contributing great posts to the CapitalWeather.com blog as to whether D.C. will see significant snow. The blog predicts 4-6 inches of snow…

NE Storm Resources: D.C.-area live webcams/weather images | News coverage from locations in the path of the snowstorm: WRC-TV, D.C. (2-6 inches) | WCAU-TV, Philly (may see 4-8 inches of snow) | WNBC-TV, NYC/Tri-State Area (up to 9 inches) | NBC 30, Connecticut (up to 7 inches) | Weather and live webcams complete city list | Current watches/warnings/advisories from the National Weather Service | Wunderground radar image | Weather.com snowfall forecast | Airport delays

Latest Wave Of Rain Coming To End In Soaked Southern California: Californians crews struggle to keep up with storm damage | Storms yield to calm conditions after 6-day drenching | Calif. cleaning up | Photographer blogs the L.A. weather situation

South Texas Storms: Flooding in S. Texas and strong storms in Houston area

Skyline, Orange Cone Images From Fort Worth, Texas: Here are some more images I took last week in East Fort Worth. The first two are of the Fort Worth skyline from Beach Street over Interstate 30, and from “Broadcast Hill” where KXAS-TV is located. The last image shows the obstacle course we saw as we left the KXAS-TV studios after some pothole repairs. The way the orange cones were arranged like bowling pins, I wasn’t sure whether to drive around them or go for a strike… (Images link to large versions in new windows):

New! Many more images are in the WXnation Blog photo archive: WXphotos – Blog images 2003-2005

Other News: Cox Cable launching Weatherscan

Mount St. Helens bubbling and boiling | Live VolcanoCam

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Wednesday: 1. Los Angeles 2. San Diego 3. Dallas-Fort Worth 4. Houston 5. New Orleans … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

With toll rising, California braces for more rain: Slides, avalanches, traffic accidents claim at least 9 lives … A total of 33.09 inches of rain has fallen in Los Angeles since July 1, when California begins its yearly rainfall measurements. The record, 38.18 inches, was set in 1883-1884. Resources are in yesterday’s entry below…

National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for NW San Diego County

I love coming across words that I’ve never seen before, such as the following taken from Storm socks mid-Michigan with a foot of snow: “The zzizszszsz! of spinning tires, the ker-chank! of snow shovels, the gutsy growl of massive snowplows, the depressing whhoompfff! greeting drivers who didn’t quite have the momentum to blast through the snow at the ends of driveways all were common sounds.”

A lovely way to describe “rain, hail, lightning, and straight-line winds, leaving behind a lot of damage”: A rainbow of severe weather in Alabama

Iran earthquake death toll at least 420

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Voyage of an Antarctic Iceberg

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Tuesday: 1. Los Angeles 2. San Diego 3. Dallas-Fort Worth 4. Phoenix 5. Las Vegas … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Pounding: Waterspouts swirl off the coast of Southern California | 4 people pulled from mudslide; parts of commuter rail service idled (Slideshow, video inside) | L.A.-area sees flooding, mudslides, evacuations, 5 deaths (Complete coverage from KNBC-TV, L.A.) … Resources: L.A. weather/live webcam images | NWS watches, warnings

San Diego tornado watch | 2 dead, several hurt in traffic accidents as heavy rain, strong winds pummel S.D. Resources: San Diego weather/live webcam images | NWS watches, warnings

Additional Southern California resources are in yesterday’s blog entry below…

Tornado Sightings In Sacramento: Severe weather cuts path of damage Resource: Sacramento weather/live webcam images

Texas Tornado Warning: Just south of Abilene. Storms moving toward Dallas-Fort Worth | National Weather Service watches/warnings

Deadly Quake: 6.4-magnitude quake kills at least 370 in Iran Resource: Live quake list in lower left column of this page. Maps, etc. in the right column of our National/International page

Experts aim for better quake predictions

Other News: Syracuse fails again to break Bismarck, N.D.’s, record for simultaneous snow-angel making

Another winter storm hits New Jersey, Tri-State area

Some snow, but nothing like Presidents Day ’03 for Boston. Full story

Heavy snow in Connecticut for Presidents Day

Wisconsin sees snow, sleet, rain

National Weather Service employee: Congress has cut the agency’s budget so drastically that it will impair its ability to warn the public. Washington Post article (registration required)

Space News: Frozen sea reported on Mars

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Monday: 1. Los Angeles 2. San Diego 3. Atlanta 4. Boston 5. New York City … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

California Storms Update: Relentless rain blamed for 3 deaths: Storms not expected to end until Wednesday | More coverage from KNBC-TV, L.A. | San Diego: More than 100 traffic accidents, fears of mudslides | More coverage from KSND-TV, San Diego | Thousands lose power as rain and snow slam Southern Calif. | Weather & webcams for L.A. and San Diego | Radar image | Watches/warnings map

2 tornado touchdowns in Sacramento-area | Latest watches/warnings | Radar image | Sacramento-area weather/live webcam images

After four days at rainy Riviera Country Club, no one has played more than 37 holes. Full story

Snow For Presidents Day In Northeast: 7 inches of snow expected in NY State | NYC snow coverage from WNBC-TV | 8 inches of N.H. snow could make for messy commute | Wintry weather coming to D.C. | D.C. coverage from CapitalWeather.com … Resources: Live weather/webcam images, watches/warnings and more in your nearest WXnation city page

CNN’s Sunday weather summary

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Sunday: 1. Los Angeles 2. Detroit 3. Toronto 4. San Diego 5. New York City … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Southern California Storms Update: Colder, possibly heavier storm could hit L.A.-area Monday: Series of storms leaves trail of damage, flooding | Californians brace for more wild weather

From San Diego: Tornado causes minor damages in North County

Resources: Live weather and webcams for Los Angeles and San Diego | Latest news from KNBC-TV, L.A. and NBCSanDiego.com | National Weather Service watches/warnings/advisories map | U.S. radar | Regional radar

Other Weather News: From the U.K.: Cold snap coming to Britain

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Saturday: 1. Los Angeles 2. San Diego 3. Phoenix 4. New York City 5. Minneapolis … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

WXnation Blog Turns 2! According to my trusty stats in the left column, since Feb. 19, 2003, I have posted 91,621 words in 719 posts and 61 of you have responded (not counting spammers). Just in time for this blog’s birthday, I have added a collection of the images posted in these pages … Thanks to each of you for visiting over the past couple of years!

Flash Flood Warning For L.A. Stories: NWS: Up to 15 inches of rain could fall through Tuesday | Coverage from KNBC-TV and latest stories from Google News … Resources: NWS: Tornado may develop | Latest watches/warnings/advisories | Current Wunderground radar image | L.A. weather/live webcams All other cities in the right column

Fired Florida weather personality gets 5 years, $20,000 fine

Strange News: Man who spent nearly 30 hours near the wreckage of a single-engine airplane that went down in rugged terrain and snow rescued.Full story

Space News: NASA issued statement calling the reports of life on Mars incorrect

Starburst brightest flash on record

Other News: 6.9 magnitude quake sparks panic in Indonesia’s East

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

Weather News:

• Winter storm in Southern California expected to strengthen as the weekend approaches … Resources: Live weather and webcams for San Diego and Los Angeles | National Weather Service watches/warnings/advisories map | U.S. radar | Regional radar
• Fla. fires: Official: Severe wildfires in Florida’s forecast
• Rescue at sea follows South Pacific cyclone
• Pakistan’s death toll from snow, rain climbs to 640

Space News: Life on Mars report sparks debate

NASA moves closer to resuming shuttle flights

Another great desktop background image from Astronomy Picture of the Day: Big Dipper castle

Tsunami Updates: Scientists: tsunami produced 90-foot wave | Tsunami reveals underwater ancient city

World Of Webcams: Webcam captures serial burglar

WXnation Webcam Archive Update: Here are some images included in the Jan. 2005 Fort Worth webcam archive (Images link to large versions in new windows):

Live version of the WXnation.com Webcam

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

Weather News: Experts: Icing may be examined after crash kills 8 | More, including slideshow from TheDenverChannel.com

Weather Channel takes another look at tornado disaster sites in Illinois

Wet Weekend Ahead: Rain in forecast for San Diego region: Pacific storm expected to last through the weekend

Third Cyclone: Cook Islands in the South Pacific braces for third cyclone hit

World Of Change: Photos show how the world is changing

Space News: NASA researchers claim evidence of present life on Mars

A big thanks to co-worker Clint Bond, who suggested I add Syracuse to my list of cities a couple of years ago. That city is currently the 10th most visited city so far this month, and was No. 1 on Wednesday… Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Wednesday: 1. Syracuse 2. Los Angeles 3. New York City 4. Rochester 5. Dallas-Fort Worth … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

2 Big Cyclones With 155 Mph Winds Batter S. Pacific Island Nations: Cyclones battering three South Pacific island nations: It appears they would miss major population areas, weather officials said Wednesday. | Latest stories via Google News

Flooding, Avalanche Toll Passes 500: Report: Pakistan weather-related death toll passes 500

Warmer temperatures keep rain from turning to snow in Detroit

5.2 Quake In Japan: Magnitude 5.2 quake rocks Japan, 22 hurt

Valentines For Mets: I’m a little late, but I’ve decided to post these Valentine’s Day e-card images, which I made for the hard-working weather team at KXAS-TV, where I work during the day.

I’ve issued these “home-made” e-cards since 2003, when our Web site introduced the ability to add sayings to candy hearts (it has become a tradition at this point, I suppose).

The latest batch (pictured below) received a warm welcome. The smaller image to the right is the original e-card sent in ’03:

Space News: New rock type found on Mars

Other News: Tsunami victims to sue hotel, Thailand, U.S. forecasters

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Tuesday: 1. New York City 2. Detroit 3. Los Angeles 4. Reno 5. Denver … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

SE Michigan Snowstorm: Winter storm brewing: More than 6 inches of snow expected … Resources: Detroit weather/live webcams | National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories

Storms Approach California, Colorado, South Pacific Islands: From KNBC-TV, L.A.: The first round of showers is expected to move into California’s Southland area on Tuesday and linger through Wednesday, followed by a second storm system that is expected to bring more measurable rainfall in the second half of the week. Resource: L.A. weather/live webcams

Another winter storm approaches Southern Colorado

Cyclones creating ‘critically dangerous situation’ for South Pacific islands

TV’s Trying To Tell You Something: Alert Guard allows TV to receive a warning from the National Weather Service, turn itself on, beep at you, and make a loud noise Full story here. Before this, one could only monitor the Weather Radio, and upon hearing of severe weather, use “The Clapper” to make the TV magically turn on without a remote…

Images From N. Texas:

I took these over the past week in the greater Fort Worth area. The first (of a stain glass power line) shows off part of an interesting string of artwork along a fairly busy road, Bedford-Euless Road, in North Richland Hills, Texas. I think it’s odd but wouldn’t be too bothered by it if it were to have sprung up near my home. My wife thinks it’s ridiculous. The other images were taken on Valentine’s Day in Southlake.

Brief Space News Brief: After 75 years, Pluto still a mystery

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Monday: 1. Vancouver 2. Toronto 3. San Diego 4. Los Angeles 5. New York City … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

• Weather News: Death toll in Pakistani floods, avalanches reaches 400
• Winter storm to hit Northern Utah
• Valentine’s Day in N. Texas: high of 77; V-Day ’04: 37-degrees, 5″ of snow
• Ontario gets freezing rain warning
• Weather “growing craze among Americans” (Also at CapitalWeather)

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