WXnation Wire: Weather Blog, WX & Space News
                               SINCE FEB. 2003
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Torino, Italy Weather Forecasts, Webcams: I’ve just added near the top of the National/International page plenty of weather and webcam links for the Winter Olympic Games in Torino

Weather News: Snow delays schools, slows traffic in New Hampshire | N. H. weather and webcams

Big snow misses NE, storms in SE, NW | Weather/webcams

Coastal storm will bring rain, mix to R.I. Tuesday: Areas NW of Providence may see snow

North Dakota gets hit with snow after ‘very slow’ winter: Weekend storm dumped up to 10 inches of snow

Indy’s Warmest Jan.: January will be the warmest on record in Indianapolis: The National Weather Service says the average temperature for Jan. was 39.9 degrees — the warmest monthly average since 1880.

Toronto’s mild weather just a blip

New snowstorm scale gives 5 different ways to refer to snow

Study shows why hurricane rapidly weakened: scientists say they now know why Hurricane Lili suddenly weakened in 2002

NASA assesses strategies to ‘turn off the heat’ in New York City

Heavy snow and avalanche threat close two major B.C. highways

Interstate 90 reopens, but weather still a problem in Washington

The new Detroit shows off: Motor City ready for Super Bowl spotlight

Ferries get early start; warm weather keeps Lake Erie clear

World Weather: Freezing weather reaps grim toll in Poland: cold weather death toll to 199

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

NE Snow Storm Brewing?: AccuWeather.com: Rain across East today, storm could produce wet snow in the mid-Atlantic and New England Tuesday

Weird News: Unusual twister drops in on Wichita, Kansas, area

Snow Wanted: Bring on the snow for Super Bowl XL: Detroit embraces cold weather … Having lived in the Motor City in the late ’90s, I know just how low the mercury can go up there. I’m certainly not wishing anything close to that (and a warmer-than-usual winter seems to suggest it won’t be that bad). As for hoping it will be snow-town next weekend (city planners want this for downtown festivities), sure… it wouldn’t hurt to have enough on the roads to cover those frightening looking potholes. Or have those been fixed since I last visited in early ‘05? (Actually, it appears they have) | Resources: National Weather Service 5-day forecast and Detroit weather and live webcam images, including this nice shot from WDIV-TV 4.

Re-Mapping The Gulf: Hurricanes shape new natural order

Other Weather News: Incoming storms again raise flooding fears in NW

Man killed by snow removal machine identified

Dallas/Fort Worth gets record rain, but drought drags on

Alaska volcano erupting again

World News: Help was almost with them, but one by one, 66 died in the cold | Canada has warmest January in over a century | Bryan Adams to raise money for quake victims

Quake Wire: M2.8 earthquake felt in Portland, Oregon

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Volcano and aurora in Iceland

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Sunday: 1. New York City 2. Toronto 3. Boston 4. Vancouver 5. Las Vegas … and on Saturday: 1. Dallas/Fort Worth 2. Houston 3.Vancouver 4. San Francisco 5. San Antonio … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Challenger Disaster 20 Year Anniversary: Some reflect on lessons learned: 1986 disaster shattered NASA’s spit-shine image, forced improvements | More stories

Astronomy Pic: Star bright

Weather News: Storms in S. Plains, NW | Resources: U.S. radar loop, current watches/warnings map and weather and webcams by city

Tropical Storm Cindy upgraded to hurricane seven months later | 2005 hurricane season list

NOAA updates list of U.S. billion-dollar weather, climate disasters

Warm Winter: Springtime in Duluth | 51-degree high breaks record in Green Bay

Drought: 101 days without rain and counting for Phoenix

Arctic Ocean ice surges onto Alaskan Shore

In retirement, man can turn off The Weather Channel

World Weather: Dozen die, 50 hurt, as snow brings down exhibition hall roof | Deadly cold weather grips Ukraine, Georgia: Nearly 200 people have died because of the cold | Heavy snow collapses roof of town hall in Austria; no injuries

Quake Wire: Magnitude 7.7 earthquake rocks eastern Indonesia. Live quake data is in the right column of this page. Other quake resources are in our National/International page.

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

Drought Update: Texas drought losses reach $1.5 billion

California warns on hurricane-damaged cars for sale

Winter Warmth: When will the lake freeze?
| Lincoln, NE rides record heat wave | Above normal warmth in Montana

World Weather: First snow this year brings relief to Turin

Weird News: Solar lights are done in by gloom

Space News: NASA remembers fallen astronauts | Tragedies influence future space vision

Astronomers find small, distant planet

North Texas Dawn Pictures: More from an ongoing (never-ending) series of sky shots in north Fort Worth… They both look out toward Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, thus the numerous contrails. As always, the images link to large versions in a new window.

See more images in the WXphotos 2006 Photo Gallery

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

Storms In D/FW’s Forecast: 80% chance of storms Friday night; 60% Saturday

Warm Winter: Forecasters: Great Falls could break January record

Other Weather News: Was it snow or hail in Hawaii?

You call that rain? Foggy technicality extends streak | Rainy streak ends at 37

Hurricane-displaced dogs head home after Michigan stay

Winter storms, NY transit strike drive record numbers for Internet Broadcasting: Let it be known that I work for Internet Broadcasting

Quake Wire: Predictions of big quakes may be within reach

Space News: Astronomy Picture of the Day: Unusual two-toned rock on Mars

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

Data: 2005 Warmest Year On Record: ‘Notable’ that temperatures high even without El Niño, NASA analysis says

World Weather: Up to 300 dead across Europe in big freeze: Worst-hit: Poland, where 161 people have died in -31 degree Fahrenheit (-35 degree Celsius) weather; Problems experienced as far west as France; The Acropolis in Athens has been closed due to ice | Wild weather in New Zealand

U.S. Weather News: Strong winds, some snow cause big problems in NW Minnesota: Minn. State Patrol shut down a stretch of Interstate 94 | High winds close bridge, snap power lines in Central Iowa

Snow falls on two Hawaii summits

Parts of West Virginia could see up to 10 inches of snow by tomorrow

Thunder-snow, 50 mph winds Tuesday night in Philly

Hurricanes ‘05 Update: White House declines to provide storm papers | Local leaders update Hurricane Rita recovery, plan for new season

Quake Wire: Sand muddies clarity of quake predictions in New Madrid Seismic Zone … As always, the live list of quakes is on this page (now down the right column)

Space News: Black hole puts dent in space-time

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

NE Snow Closes Schools: New England snowstorm causes accidents, closes schools

Katrina Update: Documents show White House got early warning on Katrina | Larger Mardi Gras crowds may descend on Mobile because of Katrina | Hospitals learn from Katrina

SoCal Wildfires: High winds fuel wildfires, topple trees

S. Plains Wildfires & NW Rain Update: Heavy rain provides some help in SE Okla. | Washington town’s rainfall streak now at 37 days

World Weather: Bitter cold hits Eastern Europe and Turkey: More than 100 fatalities | Collapsed television tower kills three in Indonesia | Bon Jovi plane skids off runway in Hamilton, Canada, due to severe weather | Canadians say of Canada’s three major TV networks, Global’s weather is best

Other Weather News: N.J. town faces big cleanup after flooding | Warmer weather hurting Michigan’s winter-linked businesses | Wind advisory for Bay Area hills

Depressed yesterday?

Quake Wire: Powerful earthquake in Colombia jungle, no victims yet

Space News: NASA official to seek extraterrestrials | Another nice desktop background candidate from Astronomy Picture of the Day: New Horizons launches to Pluto

Storms’ Welcome Return: These are stills from video taken of storms that rolled through Fort Worth, Texas, early Sunday. They link to larger versions in a new window.

See more images in the WXphotos 2006 Photo Gallery

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Monday: 1. Boston 2. Portland, ME 3. Atlanta 4. Providence 5. Albany … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Storm To Bring Rain, Sleet, Snow To The Northeast On Monday: AccuWeather.com is forecasting as much as 3-6 inches of snow will fall across parts of PA, upstate NY and northern New England | Messy commute for Boston Monday | Resources: NWS watches/warnings map, Radar loop and snow forecast loop (Select “Snow Amount” in the pull-down menu) | Weather and webcams for Mass., NH, Vermont, Connecticut, R.I., and all other cities

Drought-Buster In Texas? No, But Rain Helps: Sunday’s official rainfall total at DFW Airport was .66 inches by 7 p.m., the most in one day since Oct. 31 [Story and more rain totals] … Amazingly, I received more rain here in north Fort Worth than DFW Airport did, 1.11 inches. It’s more rain than has fallen here between Sept. 16, 2005, and Jan. 21, and is the largest one-day rain total in this part of N. FW since last spring! | Other stories: East Texas rain doesn’t wash away burn bans | Rain brings relief for Arkansas … There’s another chance for rain in the S. Central Plains Thursday.

It seems that the great tap in the sky was turned on for North Texas just as it was shut off for Olympia, Washington … One place that still needs rain: El Paso on Day 100 of no rain

Mild weather pushes Vt. lake to record level

Nashville has warmest January since 1950

Katrina Update: State officials compare damage and relief aid with Mississippi

World Weather: East Africa drought spurs food shortage

Quake Wire: Earthquake center receives $1.2 million: The money will fund a new program to study earthquake predictability | Huge tsunami could hit north Japan in quake scenario

On My TV, Radio Last Night: “It Could Happen Tomorrow” aired it’s second episode, this one about an F5 tornado twisting through downtown Dallas. Some good reminders were in the mix, including a warning against parking under highway overpasses and taking shelter in a low-level bathroom. And Art Bell of “Coast To Coast AM” returned to the airwaves for the first time since his wife died of asthma at the age of 47. Last night’s show reminded me how important radio continues to be … and how much sleep Art has made me lose.

Redesign There: CapitalWeather.com has gone live with a redesign, adding many new features that I like!

Redesign Here: Speaking of redesigns, you may have noticed some changes to this site: A new logo (featuring a lightning strike I captured in DFW last summer), new header background, and the site’s navigation moved back to the left column. It’s the largest change to the site since Jan. 2004. I hope you find it an improvement, and promise I’ll leave things alone for a while.

One of the new features, in the right column, is an entry from “One Year Ago”: Today’s is Johnny’s farewell

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

National Weather Service: 100% Chance Of Rain In N. Texas Sunday: Story: More rejoicing than usual | Resources: D/FW radar, current watches/warnings map and radar loop | Live WXnation Webcam from north Fort Worth | N. Texas weather and live webcam images

Great Lakes Snow: Heavy snow falls in Chicago area (4.1 inches at O’Hare International Airport, more totals in story), while wintry mix falls in Metro Detroit

Balloons to help scientists clear cloudy picture

Quake Wire: Photos of 1906 earthquake and fire deliver new perspectives and fresh aftershocks … a live list of current quakes is in the lower right column of this page.

Space News: NASA satellite ends 6-year mission | NASA postpones mission to visit asteroids

Astronomy Picture of the Day has Apollo 12: Self Portait

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Friday: 1. Chicago 2. Denver 3. Kansas City 4. Detroit 5. Des Moines … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.