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Emily Update: Hurricane Emily strengthened into Category 4 storm overnight, weakened to a Cat. 2, and has since regained strength as of the Friday night

The latest track shows a possible South Texas landfall by Tuesday night after it hits Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula Sunday night. Get the latest images and info on Hurricane Emily in the red box to the right.

Emily aims at Jamaica

MSNBC coverage

Hurricane Photos, Videos: WeatherBug’s is receiving lots of great hurricane photos and videos

Space News: NASA: No launch chance until late next week

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Thursday: 1. Houston 2. Dallas/Fort Worth 3. Toronto 4. Austin 5. San Antonio … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Emily Update: Hurricane Emily tears through Grenada | Hurricane Emily moves into Caribbean, gains intensity | Latest stories … more in the red box

Other Weather News: Repeat hurricanes have some Florida Panhandle residents planning to leave

New $30 million Tornado simulator is on line

Storms leave high water across Houston roads

Mercury soars to 106 in Wyoming

Ontario still sweltering through intense heat

Caught on tape: Wildfire dust devil

ABC Radio Networks launches weather service

Space News: Shuttle launch Sunday ‘If we get extremely lucky’

Download WXnation Podcast #4 – July 13, 2005
(Time: 12:13; Size 5.6 MB) Right click/'Save Target As' or 'Save Link As' … the podcast feed is http://www.wxnation.com/weatherblogs/wire/wp-rss2.php

Latest On Emily: Stories | Cayman Net News coverage | Caribbean Net News coverage | satellite image | track and much more in the red box to the right…

Dennis Update: Latest TD Dennis summary | Haiti, Cuba tally hurricane deaths | Hurricane Dennis flips sunken ship upright | TWC ratings release

UPDATE: Wednesday launch scrubbed because of faulty fuel-tank sensor
Shuttle Launch Coverage:

Stories: Launch delayed until at least Saturday | Very latest stories | MSNBC Video | Shuttle launch has meaning for Texas town

Special sites: MSNBC coverage | NASA’s Return To Flight page

Timelines: Discovery history/timeline and NASA timeline

Weather: Central Florida weather and webcam images | NWS watches/warnings/advisories map

Other News: Tornado sighting near Kennedy Space Center

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Wednesday: 1. Dallas/Fort Worth 2. Houston 3. Orlando 4. Atlanta 5. Washington, D.C. … and on Tuesday (Same five cities as yesterday, different order): 1. Dallas/Fort Worth 2. Indianapolis 3. Panama City 4. Atlanta 5. St. Louis … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Emily Is Out There: Tropical Depression Five became Tropical Storm Emily on Monday, and the forecast track is very similar to Hurricane Dennis’ track with the potential to affect the Gulf Of Mexico by next week. Get the latest satellite image and information from the Tropical Prediction Center in the red box to the right.

Latest On Dennis: Dennis losses should top $1B: Damage could top $5 billion, but is still likely to be less than last year’s Ivan | Fla. residents keep Dennis in perspective | Some of Dennis’ worst damage far from the beaten path | Dennis ready to drench much of Indiana | Weather/webcam images for Indianapolis area and other U.S. cities | NOAA update | New Dennis stories | National Weather Service Watches/Warnings Map

Other Weather News: Colo. firefighters hope for break in weather

Tornado warnings, rains wash across N.D. late Sunday

Space News: NASA cruises through flight countdown

If shuttle’s launch is delayed beyond Saturday, hurricane-to-be may enter picture

APoD: Launch of the Red Bird

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Monday: 1. Panama City 2. Atlanta 3. St. Louis 4. Dallas/Fort Worth 5. Indianapolis … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Dennis Update: Thankfully, Dennis is only a depression now, but it is forecast to slow down over the Ohio and Tennessee valleys for a few days, bringing the continued threat of flooding. Dennis was 10 mph weaker than Hurricane Ivan at landfall, and moved out of the area much faster. The Tropical Prediction Center did a great job of forecasting Dennis’ track. A couple of stories: Mop-up begins after Dennis sweeps Gulf Coast | Dennis now a tropical depression | Flooding, power outages throughout Tallahassee region … Get the latest watches, warnings and advisories, and much more on Dennis in yesterday’s post below (and in the right column)

Candidate for “E”: Tropical Depression Five may become Emily, and the forecast track has it possibly affecting the U.S. a week from now. Resources: Get the latest updated data from the Tropical Prediction Center in the red box to the right (below Dennis info). Also, check out the Atlantic satellite images

Thanks to Jeff Jarvis and the folks at MSNBC for mentioning this blog Friday on Connected Coast to Coast

After watching hours of media coverage on Dennis online (the best being the local Mobile/Pensacola and Panama City TV station online streams that are still in yesterday’s links — very well done, and nice quality), it was nice to see this calming picture posted at SpaceWeather.com

Space News: Countdown begins for milestone launch

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Sunday: 1. Panama City 2. Mobile (The Top 2 were way up there!) 3. Tampa 4. Birmingham 5. Key West … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Dennis Makes Landfall As Category 3 Storm: Dennis made landfall on Santa Rosa Island between Navarre Beach and Pensacola Beach, Florida, at 2:25 p.m. CDT as a Category 3 hurricane with 115 to 120 mph winds. Flooding and isolated tornadoes are now of greatest concern. Get the latest images and info below and in the red box to the right… [MSNBC story | Very latest news stories | Flashback Sept. 18, 2004: Hurricane Ivan hits Florida]

Resources:

Help Storm Victims: American Red Cross: 1-800-HELP-NOW | Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) | Catholic Charities | Salvation Army
Live Video Coverage: WKRG-TV, Mobile/Pensacola (CBS) | WVTM-TV, Birmingham (In right column) | NBC Weather Plus from WTVJ-TV, Miami (in right column) | No longer streaming: WPMI-TV, Mobile/Pensacola (NBC) | WMBB-TV, Panama City (ABC) | WDSU-TV, New Orleans (NBC) | AccuWeather live video reports | Periodic Streaming: WWL-TV, New Orleans (CBS) (See page for streaming times) | Recent Reports: Weather.com | Thanks Jerry Slegh of Prairie City, Iowa
Live Audio: WPMI-AM 710, Mobile | Streaming radio stations across the U.S. (look for lightning bolts; news/talk best bet)
Radar Images: Long-Range NWS Radar | NWS Loop | U.S. Radar | Storm Radar | Regional Radar | Satellite Loop | Interactive Sat. Viewer (found this one at CapitalWeather)
Warnings Map: NWS watches/warnings/advisories map
Rainfall Totals: 24-hour rainfall amounts
Local Weather Observations: Pensacola area | Panama City area | Mobile area
News Stories: Dennis roars toward Fla. Panhandle, Alabama | Pensacola News Journal | al.com (Mobile) | Latest news stories
Blogs: WKRG-TV, Mobile/ Pensacola | WPMI-TV, Mobile/Pensacola | WMBB-TV, Panama City | WVTM-TV, Birmingham | WTOK-TV, Meridian, MS | Lost Remote | Central Florida Hurricane Center | CapitalWeather.com | Hurricanetrack.com | Moreweather.com | WeatherBlog
Message Boards: Eastern U.S. Weather Forum | TalkWeather.com | Storm2K | Weather.com Forum
Report for WeatherBug Backyard
Interactive: Hurricane tracker for 2004/2005 storms
Live Webcams/Weather Images: Florida’s Panhandle | Mobile | Some cams still up as of early Sunday afternoon: Panama City Beach Cam | Pensacola Cam | Destin Cam | Mobile Cam | New Orleans | Jackson | Birmingham | Key West | SW Florida | All major U.S. cities

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Saturday: 1. Key West (for second day in a row) 2. Panama City 3. Mobile 4. Tampa 5. Cape Coral/Ft. Myers … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Intensifying In The Gulf: Hurricane Dennis continues to intensify as it nears the U.S. Gulf Coast. As of the 10 p.m. CDT update, it’s a strong Category 3 hurricane with 125 mph maximum sustained winds. Heavy rainfall, strong winds and tornadoes are expected across much of Florida, southern Alabama and southern Georgia. By Sunday evening, Dennis is expected to hit as a Category 4 hurricane somewhere between the Louisiana-Mississippi state line and Panama City, Florida, with damaging winds and flooding. Mobile, Alabama is currently in the center of the possible path.

Latest On Strengthening Hurricane Dennis: Dennis has weakened from a Category 4 to Cat. 3 hurricane over Cuba with 125 mph maximum sustained winds. [radar from Cuba] Story: Hurricane Dennis kills 10 in Cuba, 22 in Haiti. It appears to be headed just west of the Florida Keys and then may hit the U.S. anywhere from Louisiana to Florida’s Panhandle.

Resources: Key West radar and coverage from WTVJ-TV 6, Miami [Live video/audio stream in top of right column] | AP story… See the latest weather and outdoor webcam images from Key West, and for complete Hurricane Dennis data and more radar images, check out the red box to the right.

Dennis News: Hurricane bears down on Caribbean

Keys, Gulf Coast brace for Dennis

Alabama Coast boards up as Dennis appears to be on Ivan’s track

NASA: Dennis won’t delay shuttle | NASA shuttle managers track Dennis

Exit Cindy: Flood warning through Friday for Long Island and New York City; up to 4 inches of rain possible

Tornado tears apart Atlanta Motor Speedway

Heavy rain, tornado watch for parts of Georgia

A visitor to the site, Glenn DeBerry, snapped the lightning strike image to the right from the remnants of Tropical Storm Cindy in Atlanta. The image links to a large version in a new window. Also, check out the live version of the Georgia State University controllable streaming webcam

2 tornadoes confirmed in Alabama as Cindy dumps 10 inches of rain, knocks out power

Storm remnants bring minor flooding, winds farther east in NC

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Thursday: 1. Dallas/Fort Worth 2. Charlotte 3. Key West 4. New Orleans 5. Houston … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

London Attacks: Coverage on a very sad day for London, England, and the world from MSNBC and Lost Remote.

Hurricane Dennis: With maximum sustained winds of 115 mph in the 5 p.m. EDT update, Dennis is now a dangerous Category 3 hurricane. Get the latest data and track images in the box to the right, and get the latest stories here.

It’s official: No tornado deaths in U.S. from April to June sets record: ‘It’s amazing,’ expert says, since that’s ‘prime tornado time’

Space News: Saw this at Lost Remote: HDNet viewers get exclusive front row seats for NASA’s return to flight with live high-definition coverage of Discovery launch

NASA’s comet collision explodes in ‘Net traffic

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Landscape of now-blasted comet | Deep Impact gallery

Discovery launch date reopens wounds

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Wednesday: 1. Atlanta 2. New Orleans 3. Birmingham 4. Mobile, Ala. 5. Houston … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Tropical Update: Flooding, power outages as storm hits coast:
Cindy hits Louisiana first, then Mississippi; Dennis likely to be hurricane

Additional stories

Record 4 storms already for ’05

Get radar images and the latest data in the red box to the right, and in the post below…

Other Weather News: WeatherBug Mobile & Sprint deliver first live local weather conditions to Java-enabled handhelds

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Tuesday: 1. New Orleans 2. Dallas/Fort Worth 3. Washington, D.C. 4. Mobile, Ala. 5. Toronto … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Tropical Storm Cindy Heads For U.S. Gulf Coast: Maximum sustained winds are now up to 70 mph, and landfall is expected tonight into Wednesday anywhere from Louisiana over to the Florida Panhandle. Check out the latest data and images automatically updated from the Tropical Prediction Center in the red box to the right. Story: Tropical storm watch issued for La., Miss. and more stories. Other resources: NWS radar and regional radar from Wunderground. Also, check out weather radars and webcam images along the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida

2 Tropical Storms Form Today: Two tropical depressions became tropical storms Tuesday, and both are heading for the United States. TD #3 is now Cindy, and TD #4 Dennis, which may head into the Gulf of Mexico as a hurricane by the weekend.

Tropical storm brewing in Gulf … This headline reminds me of an occasion at my daytime TV Web site job. Way back in 2000, my co-worker published a headline that was supposed to read “Storm Brewing In The Gulf Of Mexico” but a line-break in the code cut off the last four letters. For a short while, the story online read, “Storm Brewing In The Gulf Of Me”

Other Weather News: Storms bring tornadoes, hail to South Carolina

I thought I’d snapped an amazing lightning bolt image last month, but this one taken in D.C. by Capital Weather/Weatherbook.com’s Kevin Ambrose is incredible!

Whoops!

Deep Impact Update: NASA cheers comet blast

Quake News: Indonesian earthquake triggers local tsunami warning … As always, the latest quake data is in the left column of this page, and maps and more are in our National/International page.

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Independence Day: 1. Dallas/Fort Worth 2. Toronto 3. St. Louis 4. Chicago 5. Detroit … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Space News: Space probe crashes into comet … NASA Deep Impact page and SpaceWeather.com images and updates

Weather News: Tropical Depression 3 could head for Texas or Louisiana coast as a tropical storm by mid-week

Experts warn of thunderstorm threat in Michigan

World Of Webcams: Happy Independence Day! To celebrate, be sure to check out EarthCam’s Fourth Of July webcams

Weird News: High lake temperatures puzzle regional scientists

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Sunday: 1. Wichita 2. Kansas City 3. Atlanta 4. Minneapolis/St. Paul 5. Orlando … on Saturday: 1. Dallas/Fort Worth 2. Orlando 3. New Orleans 4. Vancouver 5. Jacksonville … See the top 20 for June in the right column of our home page.

Here’s the latest WXnation Podcast, recorded July 1, 2005 (Time: 14:47; Size 6.8 MB) (Right click/’Save Target As’ or ‘Save Link As’). Inside: Recent weather, space and webcam news; Weird news; Personal weather station added to site; Top 20 cities visited in June; New weather links added to city pages from Unisys, NWS

Be sure to check out show notes and previous WXnation Podcasts

The RSS feed for the podcasts and the Wire blog is:

http://www.wxnation.com/weatherblogs/wire/wp-rss2.php

You can also find the WXnation Podcast in iTunes 4.9, under “Podcast Directory” > “News”

Space News: More on Deep Impact mission: On the 4th of July, a NASA spacecraft will blast a hole in Comet Tempel 1. AP Story, links and timeline … Look for it at 1:52 am EDT Monday, or watch it on NASA TV. MSNBC has posted a “where to watch” list

Weather News: Check weather conditions for Live8 with Weather.com world weather search

Friday’s storms knock out power throughout Oklahoma

Storms leave damage in southeast Kansas

Weather helping firefighters battle 2nd-largest wildfire in Arizona’s history

Some Manitobans prepare for more flooding

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Friday: 1. Dallas/Fort Worth 2. Orlando 3. New York City 4. New Orleans 5. Washington, D.C. … See the top 20 for June in the right column of our home page.

Zero Deaths Record For Peak Tornado Season: Peak tornado season may set record for zero deaths

Doesn’t Strike Twice?: Weatherman is injured in lightning strike at office: The meteorologist is hurt in the second strike on the site in three years

Other Weather News: Records set for wind, tornadoes and hail in North Dakota

Summer storm brings tornado, power outages in Western Massachusetts

Tornadoes touch down in Minnesota … Caught on tape

Strong storms sweep through Metro Detroit

W. Ohio storms leave 8,000 without power

From the U.K.: ‘Tornado’ seen in Yorkshire town

Space News: NASA sets July 13 shuttle launch date

Aurora alert for some on July 2

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Thursday: 1. Kansas City 2. Detroit 3. Columbus 4. Indianapolis 5. Cleveland … See the top 20 for June in the right column of our home page.