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

Weather News: Long, turbulent hurricane season winds down: Some forecasters predict future multi-hurricane seasons will be the rule

Plains’ highways reopen after blizzard | Roads are clearing; crews work to restore power in North Dakota

Flood watches and warnings in NE | Heavy rain causes some flooding in Pittsburgh

Snow misses Seattle, but watch out later this week

Weather Service confirms tornado tracks in Arkansas

Weather reports map out all the scenarios

Katrina Update: New Orleans to offer free Wi-Fi | Katrina survivors plan meeting in New Orleans | Hurricane charity single released | New Orleans weather and live webcam images

Tropical Storm Delta kills 7 in Canary Islands

Warning of treacherous UK roads: Freezing rain will leave roads icy during the Wednesday morning rush hour, the Met Office has warned. | London-area weather and live webcam images

20,000 lose power after storms in Australia

Space News: Asteroid probe’s return journey in doubt | NASA enlists tiny satellites in fight against solar storms

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Horsehead Nebula

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Tuesday: 1. Vancouver 2. Minneapolis/St. Paul 3. Omaha 4. Fargo 5. Seattle … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Warnings, watches issued for D.C. Area: Watches/warnings map and storm radar/ loop | Coverage from CapitalWeather.com | D.C. weather/webcam images

Blizzard traps travelers across the Plains: I-70 travelers still stuck in some areas: Schools closed on Eastern Plains | Wind, snow blast Nebraska | Low snow totals expected in Iowa | Wind, snow smack Kansas | A potent fall mix: twisters, blinding snow | Minnesota snow, rain make for a statewide mess | Blogging from the blizzard | Resources: US radar loop | Watches/warnings map and zoom | Snow forecast and snow depth | Storm forecast map | Weather/webcams by city

Snow possible in Seattle area, weather service says | Big snow hitting Utah resorts

Not Just Here: Ice warning after snow blizzard | County ‘will learn’ snow lessons

Tropical Storm Epsilon forms: NHC update

Tropical Storm Delta wreaks havoc on Canary Islands

Hurricanes ‘05 Update: 13 million Americans made donations online after Katrina and Rita | Real Mardi Gras faded long before Hurricane Katrina | Hurricane reshapes Mexico’s resort scene | Years of intense storms likely

More Weather News: Arkansas father killed by tornado | High wind drives wildfires in Okla., Texas | Rainy weather welcome after snow storm

Space News: UK space expertise ‘on the line’

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Monday: 1. Fargo 2. Omaha 3. Sioux Falls 4. Reno 5. Minneapolis/St. Paul … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Major Snowstorm Causes Havoc In Heartland: Five highway deaths blamed on harsh weather, one from a tornado | More Montana snow on the way; storm breaks record | Winter storm moves into Minnesota | One killed as tornadoes rake Arkansas | Parts of Kansas ducked tornadoes while others struggle with blizzard | Snowstorm in the Sierras and Rockies | Love the dog photo in this one: Blustery storm brings forecast of travel snarls

Katrina Update: New Orleans’ public school opens its doors

Tropical Storm Delta aims for Canary Islands | Get the latest info and images in the red box

Rise in deadly storms worries researchers: Scientists at odds over global warming’s influence on hurricanes

Post-Wilma power outages fuel interest in solar power

Severe winter weather sweeps across Europe | Snow snarls Europe, ski slopes open early | In pictures: Frozen Europe

Quake Wire: Rain, snow halt relief efforts in Kashmir | Earthquake in central China kills 15, injures more than 450 | In Pictures: China quake | Earthquake kills 10 and wounds 50 in Iran | Live quake wire is in the left column of this page

Space News: Japanese spacecraft to start journey home

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Sunday: 1. Kansas City 2. St. Louis 3. Little Rock 4. Fargo 5. Omaha … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Powerful storms Across Plains and Midwest | Storm radar summary | Radar loop | Current watches/warnings map and large version | Weather/webcams by city

North Texas may see 45 mph wind gusts Sunday | N. Fort Worth weather station | Houston sees storms

Snow falls in California and Midwest

Florida’s 2005 hurricane season: 63 dead, $10.5 billion in damage: Florida’s destruction nowhere near La., Miss.

Tropical Storm Delta weakens in Atlantic

From the UK: Hundreds of people who were forced by blizzards and ice to spend the night in emergency shelters have returned home. Story

Fort Worth Pictures From Nov.: The first is looking out from our headquarters (view also available on our live WXnation webcam). The last was taken as a stealth bomber flew over the Texas Motor Speedway for the NASCAR race Nov. 6. All images link to large versions in a new window:

More Weather News: CBC News announces ‘CBC News: Weather Centre’

Quake Wire: Quake in east China kills 14

Space News: Japanese probe collects asteroid samples

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Get out those glasses again if you watched parts of NBC’s ‘Medium’ in 3D last week: 3D sun

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Saturday: 1. Houston 2. Dallas/Fort Worth 3. Toronto 4. Vancouver 5. Buffalo … and on Friday: 1. Buffalo 2. Minneapolis/St. Paul 3. Vancouver 4. Syracuse 5. Chicago … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Stormy Thanksgiving: Storms could disrupt trip home | Snow makes Thanksgiving Day travel a challenge | Dashing through snow in Great Lakes, Northeast … and some humorous headlines: Rain and snow so take it slow and Taste of snow to go with pumpkin pie | Resources: Current temperatures map, current wind chills and snow depth map | Radars for Great Lakes, NE | US radar loop | Current watches/warnings map | Weather and webcams for Chicago | Grand Rapids | Detroit | Cleveland | Buffalo | Syracuse | Rochester | Pittsburgh | NYC | N.J. | DC | Baltimore | Philly | Hartford | Providence | Boston/Mass./N.H. | Burlington/Vt. | Portland/Me. | All other cities

Hurricane evacuees find plenty to be thankful for on Thanksgiving | Family gives thanks after being displaced by Hurricane Katrina

Heavy snowfall hits parts of UK | More snow forecast in big freeze

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Moon over Antarctica

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Thanksgiving Day: 1. Buffalo 2. Toronto 3. Cleveland 4. Syracuse 5. Pittsburgh … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Happy Thanksgiving!: Have a happy Thanksgiving and holiday weekend!

Snowy, Cold, Windy Day Across Great Lakes, Northeast: Snow to hit Northeast | Feet of snow expected in W. NY | More from WIVB-TV 4, Buffalo | From NY: Thanksgiving travel flows, but it’s cold in parts: Winds nearly ground balloons in New York’s annual parade | From Cleveland: Winter storm warning in effect: Expect high of 29 degrees | From Detroit: Michigan travelers face cold, snowy Thanksgiving Day trek | Seconds anyone?: Another blast of snow hits Traverse City area just before holiday | Weather report: ‘Miserable’ | Capital region sees season’s first snow | DC forecast

Britain braced for heavy snowfall

Tropical Storm Delta forms in Atlantic Ocean

Tiny earthquake shakes St. Louis region

Space News: Bush’s space plan in danger | Spacecraft lands successfully on asteroid

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Wednesday (A Great Lakes-cities sweep!): 1. Detroit 2. Cleveland 3. Toronto 4. Chicago 5. Buffalo … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Weather Set To Cause Thanksgiving Travel Woes: Travel headaches possible, particularly in Great Lakes, Northeast | First snow of season falls on Metro Detroit | Chicago Thanksgiving may be among coldest in nearly 50 years | Clipper to bring snow, frigid temps to Cleveland | Buffalo road crews prepare | Snow expected in NY for Thanksgiving | Heavy rain, high winds hit Maine; snow possible Thanksgiving | Forecasters: Up to 7 inches of snow likely for parts of NY State | Rainy weather leads to N.H. flood watches: Snow in forecast

Tropical Storm Delta Forms: 25th Tropical Storm Of Record-Breaking Season: May become hurricane soon | More details and images are in the right column

Katrina Update: Residents say levee leaked months before Katrina (Found on CapitalWeather) | FEMA gives hurricane evacuees extra month

Tornado Updates: Record number of tornadoes come through Middle Tennessee | Taiwan donates $50,000 to Indiana tornado relief | From the UK: Calm returning to ‘tornado’ street

Mt. St. Helens rockfall plumes draw notice | Mount St. Helens live webcam

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

Holiday Nor’easter Brewing: Nor’easter approaching NYC, N.J., snow in forecast | NYC forecast | Accuweather: Cold weather coming | Airline stocks drop on weather concerns | Weather and webcams for NYC and N.J.

UK Snowstorm Brewing: Britain about to be blasted by snow, sleet and hail | ‘Snowstorms on way’ for chilly UK | London-area weather/webcams

Honeymooners die in crash during Tropical Storm Gamma

Katrina Update: 6,644 are still missing after Katrina; toll may rise | Just the facts, says PBS about tonight’s show on Katrina | Feds still pick up tab for debris: But state will have to pitch in next year | Katrina workers get more than $6,000 in gifts from Oprah Winfrey Show

Rains cause flooding, traffic troubles in N.C.

Looters hit tornado damaged area in Indiana

Lack of Sierra snow making more than just ski fans unhappy

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

Tropical Storm Gamma weakens into depression; killed 14 in Central America: Gamma dissipating | Depression no longer a concern

Thanksgiving Day Rain/Snow Mix For DC?: National Weather Service forecast

Track takes in tornado refugee horses

Mag: New Orleans, it’s worse than you think

Quake Wire: Midwest states unprepared for earthquake | From Montana: New report predicts huge losses if earthquake strikes

Space News: NASA spacecraft is halfway toward Mars | Japan’s asteroid touchdown fails

‘Category 7′ review moved here

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

Sure, everyone involved in CBS’s miniseries “Category 7: The End of the World,” which aired earlier this month, must have known it was ridiculous: The many references to a “Category 7″ hurricane; the fact the same system responsible for the destruction of Chicago was reforming over Detroit more than a week later; the ability to switch off a hurricane with 400 mph winds; and as long as the air temperature was at or below 79.2 degrees, it would completely dissipate faster than a commercial break, leaving sunlight and birdsong.

I hope everyone realized the most ridiculous thing about this movie was the characters’ constant need to get into a vehicle and drive in the middle of this monster storm. Isn’t it funny how the path of destruction leaves just enough room for a truck to get through? In reality, getting into a vehicle is about as smart as deciding to do some kite-flying amid such a storm. You wouldn’t see me grabbing the keys — unless it’s days before an impending storm and well before many people decide to evacuate.

Another “low-light” of the miniseries was when a couple of weather nerds, who are supposed to know better, tried to pick up a downed utility pole. Sure, that would provide them with an escape from the storm — by electrocution.

As usual, the really bad guys die the most horrendous deaths, and one really good guy dies heroically. What I wasn’t expecting to see: Brenda from “90210″ hook up with the crazy tornado-chaser, played by Randy Quaid. Romance must make its way in to every miniseries, even when “the end of the world” is in the title.

If there’s a “Category 8″ next May, will I watch? Sure, if only to see whether the jerky camera zooms make me even more nauseous. I haven’t been that seasick since I stopped watching “NYPD Blue.”

Believably: Tropical Depression strength (and this is being generous)
Comedy/Entertainment Value: Weak Category 1 hurricane strength

‘Category 6: Day of Destruction’ review