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 since Feb. 2003
 WX - Telegraph abbreviation for weather often used with Morse code
 The Wire - Name once given to the telegraph

NYC Gets Back To Business After Record-Breaking Nor’easter Blankets Central Park With 26.9″ Of Snow: NYC weather/webcam images | Story from WNBC-TV | Latest news stories | Big surprise: Snow totals shock some TV forecasters | Streaming Video: WNBC-TV 4, NYC Weather Plus | All streaming video forecasts are in the top left of our Super Sites! page

Storm Total Snowfall: (Unofficial, from National Weather Service reports)

* Breaks Dec. 1947 record of 26.4″

Full Storm Total Snowfall Lists: (May have to scroll down some)
Conn., N.J., N.Y.
Conn., Mass., N.H., R.I.
D.C., MD, VA, WV
DE, MD, N.J., PA

Airports Closed: Many major airports were shut down Sunday, including JFK and La Guardia. Airport Web sites are under “Air Traffic” in city pages. Also, check out FAA flight info

Weather, Webcams, Traffic, Closings for NYC, Boston, D.C., Philly, Providence, and Hartford | All cities

Media Coverage: News coverage from Boston, Providence, NYC, D.C., Philly, Hartford | CapitalWeather.com D.C. coverage | Boston Herald

Track The Nor’easter: This one even had thundersnow with it… Radar loop, Current wind chill values, and Current watches/warnings map | U.S. radar loop | Snow forecast loop (Click “Snow Amount” in pull-down menu)

NWS: Storm Probably Wasn’t A Blizzard

Deep Freeze Next Weekend?: So says AccuWeather: “The upcoming weekend could be the coldest in the country since early December…”

Florida Freeze; Miami Temps May Dip To 30s: The winter storm is being felt way down in Florida, where the high at Miami International Airport on Monday was 58, and tonight’s forecast low: upper 30s to 40. All of Florida is under a freeze warning through Tuesday morning. According to the NWS, Tues. morning’s lows will be in the low-20s in Tallahassee; mid-20s in Daytona Beach; upper 20s in Orlando and Jacksonville; low 30s in Tampa; and upper 30s to 40 in Miami … Story: Big chill moves into South Florida | Snow flurries possible outside Orlando | Resources: Current surface temperatures | Weather and live webcams for: Orlando, Miami, West Palm Beach, Tampa, Cape Coral/Fort Myers, Key West, Jacksonville

Other Weather News: Florida: National Weather Service to offer early retirement to 1,000

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

Blizzard Breaks Record: Biggest Snow From Single Storm In NYC Since Records Began In 1869: Nor’easter dumps More Than 2 Feet Of Snow On City: Weather.com article on new record | Story from WNBC-TV | Some snow totals | NYC weather/webcam images | Streaming Video: WNBC-TV 4, NYC Weather Plus | All streaming video forecasts are in the top left of our Super Sites! page | Track The Nor’easter: This one’s even had thundersnow with it… radar loop, Current wind chill values, Latest news stories, Current watches/warnings map and many major airports are closed. Airport Web sites are under “Air Traffic” in city pages. Also, check out FAA flight info

Updated NWS winter storm forecast table with data from mid-morning Sun.: Latest info. Alternate NWS alerts, if not loading from NWS, are here: NYC | Boston | Providence | Hartford

Weather, Webcams, Traffic, School Closings for NYC, Boston, D.C., Philly, Providence, and Hartford | All cities

Other Resources: News coverage from Boston, Providence, NYC, D.C., Philly, Hartford | CapitalWeather.com D.C. coverage | Boston Herald | U.S. radar loop | Snow forecast loop (Click “Snow Amount” in pull-down menu)

Other Weather News: Report: National Weather Service wants to offer early retirement to 1,000

Major Winter Storm Advances Toward East Coast: Up to 12-18 inches of snow possible in Boston, Providence, D.C., Philly, NYC by Sunday night | Resources: Weather and webcams for NYC, Boston, D.C., Philly, Providence, and Hartford | All cities | Streaming video forecasts are in the top left of our Super Sites! page

National Weather Service Forecasts Summary: As of 9 p.m. EST Sat. Latest updates here

Snow Amount Forecast From National Weather Service:

I’ve taken the experimental NWS snow forecast from the loop available here and created the chart below, which shows when and where it will snow
the heaviest (in the major cities at least). These amounts, forecast in
6 hour increments (with the heaviest period of snow in bold text), are
based on an NWS forecast from about 11 a.m. Saturday. I’ll update it
later today with new snow amounts.

Snow from: BOS PRO D.C. PHL NYC HAR Sat. 7a-1p     0.2″       Sat. 1p-7p 0.1″ 0.1″ 1.8″ 0.4″   0.1″ Sa 7p-Su 1a     4.2″ 3.5″ 1.1″   Sun. 1a-7a 3.5″ 4.3″ 4.0″ 4.0″ 5.6″ 3.5″ Sun. 7a-1p 6.0″ 5.5″ 0.8″ 2.5″ 3.3″ 4.6″ Sun. 1p-7p 3.7″ 3.0″   0.1″ 0.1″ 1.3″ Snow total 13.3″ 12.9″ 11″ 10.5″ 10.1″ 9.5″                Image (right) courtesy NOAA’s National Weather Service: Snow forecast loop as of 11 a.m. EST Sat. Image links to a large version in a new window

Breaking News: Fossett Breaks Flight Distance Record

Katrina Update: Death toll from Katrina likely higher than 1,300 | Michael Brown claims prior warnings | IRS extends hurricane losses deadline

Other Weather News: Arizona drought may bring big problems

Weather and Webcam Images From Turino, Italy: Check ‘em out in our National/International page (look for the gold box near the top)

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Friday: 1. Memphis 2. Nashville 3. Little Rock 4. Knoxville 5. Houston … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Weekend Snowstorm Update: AccuWeather is among those forecasting a major winter storm this weekend that will affect the Tennessee Valley up through New England and to New Brunswick, Canada, with up to a foot of snow in places, including NYC, Boston, Philly, and Hartford. CapitalWeather discusses the storm’s impact for the D.C. area. Resources: Stories | Radar loop | Current watches/warnings map and snow forecast loop (Click “Snow Amount” in pull-down menu) | Weather and webcam images by city

Winter storm watches for Tenn., Ark., NY

Winter To Also Return To S. Florida: Coldest weather of the season could descend on S. Florida by Sunday

Much Warmer Out West: Wildfire threat up in SoCal amid hot, dry, windy weather

WeatherBug® Labs Debuts: WeatherBug Widget for Yahoo! Widget Engine; WeatherBug Plug-in for Firefox; Dashboard Widget for Mac OS X; User-Submitted Photo Screensaver with Live Temperature Readings; and WeatherBug Maps Complete details

Other Weather News: WSI signs with Sirius to provide inflight weather

Kenyan drought aid urgent

Quake Wire: USGS to study southern San Andreas Fault

Space News: Key year in space tourism timeline: 2008 | Man who left NASA: I’m under attack

One Year Ago Today In WXnation Wire:

Boston Dodges Bullet: Boston area will escape major snowstorm, but storm heads for Maine with 12 to 24 inches of snow possible, and New York’s Capital Region is bracing for 6-14 inches of snow

Read the complete post, and check out the “One Year Ago” section, always available in the right column.

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Thursday: 1. Minneapolis/St. Paul 2. Syracuse 3. Knoxville 4. Charlotte 5. Toronto … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Warmest January On Record In U.S.: I think I’ve forgotten what winter feels like. In north Texas, we had some bone-chilling temperatures — last fall (Dec. 7/8 to be exact). Since then, not so bad. Elsewhere, winter may be making a comeback by week’s end…

Weekend Blizzard Brewing?: Some forecasters are warming up to the possibility of a major East Coast storm this weekend, including AccuWeather and CapitalWeather … Get your forecast by city or ZIP code in the small form near the top of this page.

Wildfire Worries: Calif. wildfire worries continue | Heat records possible in SoCal | Resources: Weather and webcams for L.A., San Diego, and other cities

Wintry Weather: Schools close amid wintry weather in Tennessee

Snow flies in St. Louis, Cleveland

Katrina Update: Katrina evacuees call for more aid | REM, Coldplay members sing for Katrina relief | How to help

Less snow in Rockies slows warming

He’s Off: Fossett flying in bid to break record

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Wednesday: 1. St. Louis 2. Knoxville 3. Chicago 4. Nashville 5. Los Angeles … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Officials: Controlled burn sparked Sierra fire | Fire danger still high in Calif., parts of Texas

Hotel deadline passes for Hurricane Katrina victims

Woman survives hours in –15 C (5-degrees F) weather

Airbus tests A380 in extreme cold of Canada

Fuel leak delays quest for longest non-stop flight

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

Lake Effect Snow For NY State, Penn.: Parts of New York State, Pennsylvania get lake effect snow | Resources: Radar loop | Warnings/watches map | Weather and webcam images for: Buffalo/Erie | Rochester | Syracuse/Central NY State | All major cities

NWS Worker Accidentally Sends Tsunami Warning: Story | Others … I suspect the “transmit” button will be moved or a confirmation warning added in the program’s next version.

Proposed Bike May Broaden Horizons, Or …: When I was 13, I rode my bike just about every day — mostly because I had to in order to get to school on time (always a challenge since I was a night owl). It wasn’t long after that I retired the bike to the garage. Since then, my wife and at least one other family member have received shiny, new bikes for birthdays or Christmas. They happily rode them a couple of times, and — you guessed it — retired them to their garages. Well, I have news (actually, I just stumbled upon it): U.S. company floats idea of tank-track snow-bike. Now, wouldn’t that look great in anyone’s garage?

Katrina Update: Katrina evacuees staying in hotels with aid from FEMA will be forced to leave or pay their own way | Forgotten victims | La. Gov.: To some, Katrina ‘yesterday’s problem’ | No new aid for victims | Virginia Tech professor helps assess Katrina’s human toll | Taxes and Katrina

Other Weather News: Higher flood insurance on the horizon for many

50,000 remained in the dark Monday in Ontario

N. Georgia gets winter mix Monday morning

Tornado damages houses, church in Virginia

Quake Wire: Earthquakes felt in Fairbanks, Alaska | Live quake wire is in the right column of this page, and other resources are in our National/International page

Scientists issue warning of melting Arctic ice

Steve Fossett going for longest flight record

Space News: Budget increase for NASA

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

Weather News: Detroit weathers early reports of big snow, dodges brunt of snowstorm | Lost Remote has 3-word Super Bowl ad reviews | See the Super Bowl XL commercials at Google Video

100,000 without power in southern and southwestern Ontario after snow, wind storm … Toronto-area weather and live webcam images

Great Lakes Or Great Tropics?: Who knew this? Tropical plants can grow in Michigan. It’s become apparent to me that some North Texas residents are abusing their tropical plants, because some of them are barely hanging on down here. For the most part, the local Taco Bells and Joe’s Crab Shacks seem to be taking care of their palm trees…

Space News: Spacesuit still speaking

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

Super Blow: OK, forgive me for the horrible play on words, but fans in Detroit for Super Bowl XL will experience some mighty cold wind gusts tonight (up to 31 mph, says the National Weather Service in its forecast from early Sunday). A hazardous weather outlook is all that remains — earlier the NWS had posted a winter storm warning for up to 8 inches of snow in Motown, but it appears the snow will max out at about 4 to 5 inches. Resources: Latest Detroit weather stories | See the latest forecast, radar loop, current watches/warnings, and tons of Detroit-area weather and webcam images

Different Kind Of Sports Blackout: Some Seahawks fans may face a different kind of sports blackout for the Super Bowl

Wind storm leaves thousands without power in British Columbia

Other Weather News: Possible tornado in northeast Charlotte Saturday

10 California counties that were battered by storms eligible for aid

Is Canada cold enough for some cold-weather testing of the world’s largest passenger jet?

Quake Wire: M4.6 earthquake shakes Montana Saturday… As always, get the very latest earthquake data in the right column of this page.

Great Images: Sometimes I think I’ve taken a great picture, and happily post ‘em here. Then a photo like this one comes along and I realize I’ve taken very few good shots… This one instantly became my computer desktop background.

Also, a green flash is posted at SpaceWeather.com

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Saturday: 1. Detroit 2. Vancouver 3. Toronto 4. Miami 5. Orlando … 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 9 p.m. ET Sat. Links to large version

Super Bowl Snow: Detroit will get its wish for snow, and then some, if the National Weather Service’s forecast for up to 7 inches of snow by early Sunday comes to pass (no pun intended). Detroit says its prepared, despite a winter storm warning, which includes a forecast of wind gusts up to 40 mph Saturday night, causing blowing and drifting snow. While it probably won’t be as bad as the 1982 snowstorm for the last Super Bowl in Motown, it appears tonight there will be a “significant threat to travel.” All those in SE Michigan for the big game be especially careful! Temps should be in the mid-20s at game time, with wind chills in the mid-teens.

Resources: Radar loop | Current watches/warnings map | Super Bowl info from WDIV-TV 4 | Detroit skyline cam and controllable webcam … All Detroit webcam and weather images

Stormy Weekend: Big storm weekend in Ohio Valley (heavy snow), and Pacific Northwest (heavy rain, high winds) | Toronto , SW Ontario also to see heavy snow | Resources: U.S. radar loop, Watches and warnings map and weather/ webcams by city

Other Weather News: North Texas gets some rain Friday morning: Quarter-of-an-inch at our station in north Fort Worth

Heavy rain causes roof collapse at Florida store

Video of car sliding off rain-slicked Florida road

World News: Most of 1,400 on Egyptian ship feared lost: Weather may have been a factor

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Friday: 1. Tampa 2. Orlando 3. Detroit 4. Dallas/Fort Worth 5. Cape Coral/Fort Myers … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Egyptian Ship Carrying 1,300 Sinks Amid Bad Weather: MSNBC story

Tornado Scale Revision: Government revises tornado ratings scale

More on New Orleans tornadoes

Wet: Big storm to hit Vancouver, NW

Dry: Texans struggle with warm, dry weather in Jan.

UK suffering drought

More Winter?: Punxsutawney Phil sees 6 more weeks of winter

Other Weather News: LaNina returning; Major hurricanes remain in forecast

Blizzard results in seal massacre

Weird News: 2005 a weird year for tornadoes, meteorologists say

Quake Wire: Mr. Earthquake retires | M5.9 quake felt in Tokyo

Space News: Google looks to space

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

Tornado warning in Jefferson and Orleans parishes includes New Orleans: Possible tornadoes cause serious damage in Lakeview and Kenner | Resources: N.O. weather and live webcams | Watches/warnings 24 hour loop and storm reports | Intellicast storm radar summary

Other Weather News: SE Texas tornado watch Wednesday afternoon

Commuter planes become weather stations

Record rain for Vancouver in January | Storm hits Atlantic Canada

Katrina Update: Katrina report faults Homeland Security chief

Weird News: Road salt may be making pigeons sick

Quake Wire: Small earthquake in Portland, Oregon, may precede damaging earthquake, scientists say | Resources: Live quake wire

Space News: Planet found is bigger than Pluto

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

Bye January, We Hardly Felt Your Bite: Old Man Winter left the country last month (well, it appears he made an appearance in Alaska and Idaho [watches/warnings] in its final days).

As much as I complain about cold weather when it’s in my back yard, the past month was a real snoozer for people who love snow across much of the country. Spring-like weather dominated, with many locations basking in the warmest January on record.

Even much of Canada (populated Canada that is) has been in on the fun.

It’s not fun for many, though. Unlike me, many love the big snowstorms that threaten to cripple cities. They’ll take on the shoveling in exchange for a white wonderland, and a day off work or school.

Detroit wants snow for Super Bowl XL, though not from a storm on that scale (such as the one that hit in 1982, just in time for the first Super Bowl in the Motor City).

Snow lovers in other cities brought into the new year high hopes, only to find high temps. Many on CapitalWeather.com have expressed their frustrations over a winter largely without powder.

Moving from Washington, D.C. to Washington State, another record was not far off in January: Rain

So, what’s next? AccuWeather says February may bring a return to winter for some.

On the plus side, a warmer winter across much of the country translates to less money spent on those ever-increasing heating bills.

Wire Update — It’s In The Box: To the left, a red box contains a map to current weather watches and warnings. A new addition appears below that map: Links to the latest weather and space news from Google News. Check those topics out for constantly updated stories.

Weather News: New Orleans Jazz Fest on | Big companies turn to weather

Space Images: Must-see video of the Stardust capsule appears on SpaceWeather.com | Astronomy Picture of the Day: Venus just after sunset

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