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 since Feb. 2003
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Ice: Ice, snow may cause problems today in Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic | Wintry mix possible for Western Triangle Wednesday night

Forecasters are calling for snow, sleet and freezing rain from Sussex to Middlesex Counties in New Jersey Thursday. Story

Ice changing to rain Thursday in D.C.

Resources: Radar loop | Current watches/warnings map | Weather and webcams by city

Snow: From Minneapolis /St. Paul: Heavy snow makes for tough travel: The Twin Cities is expecting 7 to 9 inches of snow | Resources: Radar loop | Current watches and warnings map and snow depth | Snow amount loop from NWS (Choose “Snow Amount” in the pull-down menu) | Streaming video from KARE-TV 11, MSP Weather Plus | Weather, live webcams, air/road traffic, school closings for: Twin Cities area

Chicago snow this month already 9 times last December’s

Snowy days ahead for N.D.

Weekend could bring snow to Dallas/Fort Worth

Toronto declares cold weather alert

Tornado victims’ fund tops $400,000

Katrina Update: Katrina victims: ‘Living in barns’: Parish president blasts FEMA over temporary homes | Katrina evacuees decry Mardi Gras plans

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

Biggest Snowfall Of The Season Possible For Minneapolis/St. Paul: Twin Cities may see 4 to 8 inches of snow by Wednesday night

New technology to measure snow

Pittsburgh crews caught off guard by latest snow

Snow, freezing rain possible later in week for Columbus, Ohio

Heavy rain hits parts of N.S. a day after snowstorm caused power outages

Katrina Update: Bush says appalled by response to Hurricane Katrina

Quake Wire: Powerful quake strikes under sea near Fiji | Quake rocks Afghan-Pakistani border region: No immediate reports of damage or injury from 6.7-magnitude jolt | Live quake data is in the left column of this page

Hawaii first state to be storm, tsunami ready

Space News: Stardust space probe to land in Utah

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Monday: 1. London, UK 2. New York City 3. Cleveland 4. Chicago 5. Dayton … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Weather News: Cold weather keeps oil climbing

Lake-effect snow for NE Ohio | Weather and webcams Also: Buffalo/Erie

From D.C.: Week ahead: More cold, more snow? | D.C. weather/cams

Katrina deaths lead to real-life ‘CSI’ | Hurricane Katrina timeline

Nigerian jet crashes in storm, killing 103

Thousands in the dark after Nova Scotia storm

TV forecasters battle blizzards of their own

Other News: Explosion Near London: Explosion at fuel depot: Blast so powerful it was felt up to 25 miles away. | MSNBC image slideshow (in new window) and story | BBC pictures of blast | Latest stories | Thick black smoke in the sky reported … London area weather and webcam images

North Texas Winter Storm Images: A winter storm hit Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, Wednesday and Thursday morning, as temperatures fell from 89 degrees on Dec. 4 to a chilly 15 degrees early Friday, leaving sleet, freezing rain and ice. The following pictures were taken from Beach Street in north and east Fort Worth. The first two (and fourth) pictures were taken Thursday. As you can see, traffic was light. I came across a busted sprinkler head that was spraying water onto a tree. The last three images were taken Friday (water still spewing, temps still freezing). All images link to large versions in new windows

More images are in our WXphotos gallery

Space News: The 2005 Geminid meteor shower peaks on Tuesday and Wednesday. “Bad timing,” says SpaceWeather.com

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Sunday: 1. London, UK 2. Buffalo 3. Pittsburgh 4. Chicago 5. New York City … and on Saturday: 1. Chicago 2. New York City 3. Boston 4. Totonto 5. Dallas/Fort Worth … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Winter Storm Exits: First big winter storm dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of New England Friday | Snowstorm with thunder surprises Boston area | Winter storm brings another load of snow to Garden State | Weather warnings for Atlantic Canada as storm approaches | Boston webcam images … all other cities | Much more on the storm is in yesterday’s entry.

Record Hurricane Season Over?: Tropical Storm Epsilon peters out Thursday

Bodies still emerging in the wake of Hurricane Katrina

India braces for cyclone ‘Fanoos’

Quake Wire: Rumblings can point to future earthquakes

Space News: Earth’s magnetic pole drifting quickly: Alaska might lose its spectacular Northern Lights in the next 50 years

MIT studies Mars at the North Pole

Scientists: Greenland glaciers retreating

Scientists: Fissure could become new ocean

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Friday: 1. New York City 2. Boston 3. Baltimore 4. Chicago 5. Providence … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Major Winter Storm Slams Northeast: Storm closes Boston’s Logan Airport | From Boston: Thousands lose power after snow storm | Plane struck by lightning approaching Logan | Near-blizzard conditions in E. New England | Storm blankets NYC area in snow | Snow totals varied in Philly | More snow for D.C.: CapitalWeather coverage | Conn. sees 5-10 inches of snow | Resources: Radar loop | Current watches/warnings map | Snow amount loop from NWS (Choose “Snow Amount” in the pull-down menu) | Streaming video from WNBC-TV 4, NYC Weather Plus; WRC-TV 4, D.C. Weather Plus; WCAU-TV 10, Philly Weather Plus | Weather, live webcams, air/road traffic, school closings for: NYC; Philly; D.C.; Baltimore; Providence; Hartford; Boston; Albany; Portland; all cities

Great Lakes Snow: Southwest jet skids off Chicago runway amid heavy snow, hits 2 cars; 6-year-old boy killed | Coverage from WMAQ-TV 5, Chicago | Toronto: Woman killed by snow-clearing machine at Toronto mall as city sees first significant snowfall of the season | Detroit: Metro Detroit digs out of 6 inches of snow | NE Ohio: 3-6 inches | Columbus: More snow for Columbus | Resources: Radar loop | Weather, live webcams, air/road traffic, school closings for: Toronto; Chicago; Detroit; Cleveland; Columbus; Indianapolis; Grand Rapids; Pittsburgh; all cities

Current U.S. temps and wind chill

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

Cold U.S. Heartland: Storms bring heavy snow, cold to U.S. heartland

Denver sets two frigid records in one day: -37 degrees recorded in Colorado

Icy, Cold Texas: Icy grip felt across North, West Texas | Weather evokes memories of 2000 | Wintry weather crossing North Texas heads for Houston | Here in Fort Worth, the low tonight is expected to be in the low- to mid-teens. You can watch the mercury fall on the WXnation Station page

Record cold hits Rockies, Midwest

Even false alarm about weather can be TV gold

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Wednesday: 1. Dallas/Fort Worth 2. Kansas City 3. Oklahoma City 4. Austin 5. Tulsa … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Ice/Sleet/Snow Mix In Dallas/Fort Worth: Story: Freezing rain, sleet cause traffic snarls | Resources: Images: Image slideshow | NWS current watches/warnings map and forecast (as of 6 p.m. Wed.): Winter Storm Warning: Snow and sleet likely before 3am, then periods of flurries. Low near 19. North northwest wind around 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible. | Radar loop | Current temps and wind chill | Streaming Video: NBC 5 Weather Plus | Weather and webcam images for DFW/N. Texas | Austin/C. Texas | All other cities | School closings | Air/road traffic

Snow, Bitter Cold Temps For Oklahoma: White stuff blankets Oklahoma | City, State ‘prepared for anything’ | NWS OKC forecast: Low of 8 early Thurs. morning with wind chill values between -9 and -4. | Resources: Radar loop | Current watches and warnings map | Current temps and wind chill | Weather and webcam images for OKC/C./W. Okla. | Tulsa | All other cities | School closings for OKC | Air/road traffic

Big Chill: Winter blast | Mercury will drop into the -3 to -7 degree range around Denver | Snow tapering off, but near-record cold forecast for Billings region: Temps to dip to -12 degrees | Cold weather, snow expected in Kansas | Resources: Current temps and wind chill

Big Snow In Northeast By Friday? From Philly: Next snow system due Thursday night into Friday: 5 to 8 inches of snow possible | From NYC: NWS statement on major storm possibility: 6+ inches of snow possible

Other Weather News: Hurricane-force winds hit Colorado

Snow, sleet hit central Virginia

Snow storm brushes Cape

12 to 14 inches of snow in Petoskey, Mich.

World weather disaster losses hit record in 2005

Hurricane outlook brightens (a bit) next year

Katrina Update: Katrina victims blame racism for slow aid

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

Northeast Snowstorm: Coastal storm less bothersome than feared for NJ, NYC | Snow heads for Boston: TheBostonChannel.com coverage | Resources: Radar loop | Current watches/warnings map | Current temps, wind chill and snow depth | Weather and webcam images for: NYC; NJ; Boston; D.C.; Baltimore; Virginia; Philly; and all other cities | More on this storm is in yesterday’s post…

Okla., Texas Snow By Wed.?: Oklahoma braces for Arctic cold, up to 8-10 inches of snow Wednesday | OKC lows, highs in the teens | Oklahomans urged to prepare for winter weather | Weather and webcam images for OKC/C., W. Okla. and Tulsa area

Central Texas hard freeze, snow? | Weather and webcams for Central Texas and North Texas | NWS forecast for DFW | NBC 5 Weather Plus streaming video

S.D. Blizzard Update: Storm hits western South Dakota | A synopsis of South Dakota’s ice and snowstorm and its aftermath: Just over 5,000 electric customers in five communities were still without power Monday afternoon from the Nov. 27-29 storm

Winter Blast: Bone-chilling temps recorded across Minnesota, much of the Central U.S.

Epsilon Still Hurricane Mon. Night: Hurricane Epsilon refuses to die in N. Atlantic

Hurricanes rain on risk insurance industry

Quake Wire: Deadly 6.8M earthquake hits East Africa

Space Pic: Nice desktop background candidate: Dinosaur and moon at SpaceWeather.com

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

Image courtesy NOAA’s National Weather Service: Snow forecast loop, as of 6 p.m. ET Mon. Links to large version

Snow Storm For NYC, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, Philadelphia, S. New England: NYC may get 5 inches of snow: NYC forecast from NWS | NJ snow: South Jersey could get up to 7 inches of snow | NJ snow: Three die in state’s first snow storm of the season: More snow expected to fall Monday night | D.C. snow: D.C. area braces for season’s first snow storm: Possible 3-6 inches of snow | CapitalWeather predicts 2-4 inches of snow in D.C. (Includes nice snow forecast image) | From Philly: 3 to 6 inches possible south and east of Philly, with 2 to 4 inches in city | N.C. snow: Weather service changes snow forecast for western N.C.: Western part of the state could see anywhere from 6 to 12 inches of snow

Wintry N. Texas Forecast: Snow, Sleet, Mix A chance of freezing rain, mixing with snow after noon Wednesday… Low Wed. night in the teens. | NBC 5 Weather Plus streaming video

Other Weather News: Tornado damages 50 homes south of Tallahassee: No deaths, injuries reported | No injuries in S. Ga. tornadoes

Dry weather has Central Texas farmers worrying about crops

Thunderstorms bring hail, possible tornado to SC

Thunderstorms blast Atlanta area

Fury blowing in over utilities’ hurricane rate hikes

World Of Webcams: Skype partners with Logitech, Creative for webcam sales

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

Midwest to Northeast storm brings taste of winter: Wintry mix headed for Maryland | East Coast snow early in the week | CapitalWeather coverage

South Dakota storm damage to be assessed: Power has been out to dozens of cities for one week!

Storms bring snow and floods to Italy

Hurricane Epsilon strengthens despite cool waters

Katrina Update: Katrina documents released: Gov. releases 100,000 pages of documents about response

Indiana tornado damage worse than first thought

Dry spell in North Texas means winter may be wildfire season

On this date in history, 40 hours of snow began in Denver

Weird News: Expert: Taiwan skyscraper may cause quakes

The ghosts of earthquakes past

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Saturday: 1. Syracuse 2. Chicago 3. Denver 4. New York City 5. Minneapolis/St. Paul … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Weather News: Snow advisory for Chicago | Up to 4 inches of snow possible tonight | Intellicast radar loop | All Chicago weather/webcam images | Current watches and warnings map | Current temps, wind chill and snow depth

Heavy snow warning for Milwaukee: More than 7 inches possible | Milwaukee weather/webcams

Washington snowstorms spawn rash of accidents, one fatality

Suttons Bay, Mich., reports 18 inches of snow

Snow slams parts of NY State

Snow, snow/rain mix in Southern New England weekend forecast

Katrina Update: More than 100 dogs abandoned by Katrina saved by Alabama woman | LA rent reductions given to Gulf Coast hurricane evacuees

Deadly storms wreak havoc in Australia

44 acres of coastline collapse in Hawaii

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

Epsilon’s a December hurricane now: Epsilon becomes year’s record 14th hurricane: Hurricane, centered 955 miles east of Bermuda, poses no threat to land

Wind, rain, outages usher in first San Francisco Bay Area storm of season (Images inside) | Bay Area storm knocks out power to thousands of homes | Bay Area weather/webcams | Current watches/warnings map

Less snow in Seattle and the response | Snow misses Portland, hits Cascades hard

Sierra resorts start opening as snow starts piling up

Snow moves in to Central Indiana

Katrina Update: Nebraska boy to hand out Katrina toys in Houston | Katrina-themed Christmas display sparks controversy | New Orleans mayor urges Katrina evacuees to come home

Tropical Storm Epsilon heads away from Bermuda

Rockefeller Center tree set aglow in midtown Manhattan | Live streaming Rockefeller Christmas Tree cam

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

Seattle/Portland Snow: Seattle may receive 2 inches of snow Thursday | Forecast: Storms could drop 3-5 inches of snow on Portland | Resources: Weather and webcam images for Seattle and Portland | Radar images: Wunderground and Intellicast loop | Current watches and warnings map | Current temps, wind chill and snow depth

Climatologists to study hurricane surge

Alarm over dramatic weakening of Gulf Stream

N. Texas drought continues: National Weather Service testing new analysis model | DFW weather and webcams

Mount St. Helens’ quiet eruption | Mt. St. Helens live webcam

Space News: Aurora alert for those in Canada, Alaska and Scandinavia

Happy 10th anniversary SOHO

Saturn’s largest moon has dramatic weather

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