Thursday, June 30, 2005
L.A. misses rain record by 0.93 of an inch; Thousands in dark after D.C.-area storms; Storms continue to pound N.D.; Minnesota under tornado warning; Lightning hits NWS facility; Manitoba flooding; Hurricane danger up, expected to continue; Bermuda to get Doppler radar; NASA examines origins of hurricanes; Bret kills 2; Researchers study tallest man-made tsunami; Columbia investigator OK with NASA; Planetary conjunction pic; New Old Faithful webcam; Webcam captures dog-napping of 12 puppies
Permalink | Entry by: Bill Young Jr. (WXnation.com Founder) @ 6:47 am EDT
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Study: New National Weather Service radars are saving lives; Topical Storm Bret heads for Coast of Mexico; Eastern Montana hit with rain, hail, tornado Tuesday; Flooding hits Iowa, N.C.; Tornado pondered in Massachusetts; Google gives users 3-D maps of whole world; NASA chief optimistic about shuttle launch
Permalink | Entry by: Bill Young Jr. (WXnation.com Founder) @ 3:31 am EDT
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
N.D. storms cause high winds, flooding, road closings; The Weather Channel marks anniversary of 1995 Chicago heat wave; Utah fire update; Minister says one million people at risk in heat wave in Italy; S. Europe bakes; St. Louis gets Weather Plus; Magnitude-4.0 earthquake strikes about 70 miles east of L.A.; Video shows effects of Calif. quake; Panel says NASA doesn’t meet safety test
Permalink | Entry by: Bill Young Jr. (WXnation.com Founder) @ 2:20 am EDT
Monday, June 27, 2005
Flood, severe thunderstorm warnings across E. North Dakota, N. Minnesota; CapitalWeather begins forecast competition; Why does the moon look so big now?; Off Topic: Story of a bear, a man, a jug and a rope
Small early-Monday morning update:
Weather News: Flood/severe thunderstorm warnings across Eastern North Dakota, Northern Minnesota
The folks over at CapitalWeather have begun a forecast competition where they will feature a “guest” high temperature forecast and compare it with theirs before issuing a grade. First up, D.C.-TV 9’s Tony Pann.
Space News: Found on Drudge: Why does the moon look so big now?
Off Topic: Story of a bear, a man, a jug and a rope [Thanks Steve Swanson]
Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Sunday: 1. Boston 2. Milwaukee 3. Atlanta 4. Chicago 5. Minneapolis/St. Paul … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.
Permalink | Entry by: Bill Young Jr. (WXnation.com Founder) @ 1:35 am EDT
Sunday, June 26, 2005
Low pressure area off N.C. Coast; Farmer known as Weather Prophet; In-depth Santorum Bill article; Heat wave continues in Detroit, Cleveland; Forecast for Billy Graham’s final appearance at N.Y. Crusade; Power’s back on to 51,000 hit by blackout in Chicago; 2 million evacuated as China flood toll rises to 567; Heat wave kills more than 400 in Pakistan over 2 months; Music festival flood; Bird forces Hamptons to cancel fireworks; Fireworks likely when NASA blows up comet; Witness show in SW; Another quake hits N. Calif.
Weather News: That low pressure area is now moving north off the coast of North Carolina. It has wind gusts up to 35 mph, but is not expected to strengthen. Special statement from the National Weather Service. Get plenty of live weather and webcam images for eastern N.C.
Farmer grew claim to fame as ‘Weather Prophet’
CapitalWeather.com links to an in-depth Information Week article about the Santorum Bill. Reining In The National Weather Service
Heat Wave continues in Detroit and Cleveland
NYC weather forecast for Billy Graham’s final appearance at N.Y. Crusade … More weather info and webcams are in our NYC page
Power’s back on to 51,000 hit by blackout in Chicago
World Weather: 2 million evacuated as China flood toll rises to 567
Heat wave has killed more than 400 in Pakistan over past two months
Music festival flood
Weird News: Bird forces Hamptons to cancel July 4 fireworks
Space News: Fireworks likely when NASA blows up comet … Witness the Fourth of July comet collision, that is if you live in a southwestern swath of the Western Hemisphere.
Quake Update: Magnitude 4.8 earthquake hits Northern California just before noon Sunday. Story and preliminary data from USGS. Here is a map and the location:
7 km (4 miles) NNW (348°) from Tahoe Vista, CA
9 km (5 miles) NNW (334°) from Kings Beach, CA
12 km (8 miles) ESE (107°) from Truckee, CA
32 km (20 miles) SW (221°) from Reno, NV
147 km (92 miles) NE (55°) from Sacramento, CA
Live data on the most recent quakes is in the left column of this page. Additional quake resources, including maps, are in our National/International page
Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Saturday: 1. Milwaukee 2. Jacksonville 3. Chicago 4. Orlando 5. Toronto … and on Friday: 1. St. Louis 2. Minneapolis/St. Paul 3. Orlando 4. Tampa 5. Vancouver … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.
Permalink | Entry by: Bill Young Jr. (WXnation.com Founder) @ 3:22 pm EDT
Friday, June 24, 2005
Hottest day in years for Chicago; Muggy, cloudy Detroit fireworks forecast; Hot weekend in Boston; South Carolina readies for active hurricane season, may have to deal with subtropical storm; New tornado alley in California’s Central Valley?; Saskatchewan residents flee flooding; Scientists: 10 percent chance
Permalink | Entry by: Bill Young Jr. (WXnation.com Founder) @ 10:01 pm EDT
Thursday, June 23, 2005
Poll finds most Floridians ready for hurricanes; Allstate seeks 28 percent rate increase from Florida homeowners; S. Florida man cleared in hurricane fraud case; Tropical Storm Beatriz churns in Eastern Pacific; Storms follow heatwave in U.K.; Heat arrives in Motor City; Moonrise, Cape Sounion, Greece Picture; Mercury, Venus and Saturn crowd together
Permalink | Entry by: Bill Young Jr. (WXnation.com Founder) @ 5:37 pm EDT
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Strong storms move into NYC-area; High wind in E. Washington, flooding in SW Colorado; Tornadoes, hail hit southern Alberta; NOAA scientists working to improve severe weather forecasts; Rain equals more mosquitoes in Florida; Earthquakes hit part of Kentucky; World’s first solar sail spacecraft crashes
Strong storms move into NYC-area: Watches/warnings map | Storm tracks | NWS radar. Many additional weather, plus live webcam, images are in our NYC page
High wind in E. Washington, flooding in SW Colorado
Tornadoes, hail hit southern Alberta
NOAA scientists working to improve severe weather forecasts
Rain=more mosquitoes in Florida
Earthquakes hit part of Kentucky: Magnitudes 3.9 and 3.0
Space News: World’s first solar sail spacecraft crashes back to Earth when its booster rocket fails. Full story
Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Tuesday (and a sweep for the two Canadian cities): 1. Toronto 2. Vancouver 3. Detroit 4. Orlando 5. Tampa … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.
Permalink | Entry by: Bill Young Jr. (WXnation.com Founder) @ 3:30 pm EDT
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Storm with 100 mph winds in N. Dakota downs bar, trees; Storms topple trees in Minnesota, damage Central Iowa homes; Astronomical high tides in San Diego; Weather causes flight delays at Miami International Airport; Florida’s number 1 weather killer is lightning; Weather.com partners with MLB.com; Summer solstice today; Launch set for first spacecraft propelled by sunlight
Permalink | Entry by: Bill Young Jr. (WXnation.com Founder) @ 6:41 am EDT
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