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 since Feb. 2003
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Texas Wildfires: Largest wildfires in Texas history rage across panhandle area | 11 dead in Texas fires; Cattle burn alive | Weather and webcam images for Amarillo and Lubbock

Tornado Outbreak Update: Midwest assesses damage after tornadoes | Wind speeds in excess of 120 mph in Springfield, Ill. during severe storms | Weather spotters save lives

Calif. Storm: Storm pounds Sierra, western Nevada, with heavy snow | Storm system brings rain, hail to California | Severe weather moves through Calif.

Katrina Update: Post-Katrina drop in suicides reported

World Weather: From the U.K.: Fresh wintry blasts keep spring on hold | London-area weather and webcam images

Space News: Faulty sensor delays space shuttle launch

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

Tornado Outbreak Update: Tornado victims begin cleanup from massive weekend storms | Springfield, Ill., schools to stay closed as city recovers from storm | Storms strike Chicago area: ‘Microburst’ reported in Bridgeview | Indy storm threat wanes, flooding continues | Latest tornado outbreak stories | 113 tornado reports, mostly in Mo. on Sunday: Storm damage reports map Monday, Sunday and Saturday

More N. Calif., Tahoe-Area Snow: Watches/warnings map and Reno-area weather and webcams

Big Snow In Wis., Minn.: More than a foot of snow hits northern Wis. and Minn.

Katrina Update: UW students spend spring break helping hurricane victims: 110 students head to Gulf Coast | Hurricane refugees occupy fewer than 8,000 hotel rooms nationwide

Other Weather News: Future hurricane could cost Tampa Bay area $5 billion in damages

Winter warmest ever on record in Canada

Oil spill largest ever on Alaska’s North Slope

Space News: Penumbral lunar eclipse tonight

NASA finds another solar system mystery

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Monday: 1. Minneapolis/St. Paul 2. Springfield, MO 3. Chicago 4. St. Louis 5. Indianapolis … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Birmingham Under Tornado Warning: (7:30 p.m. EST update) Watches/warnings map | Radar loop from NWS and Intellicast | Streaming video from Birmingham: NBC 13 and ABC 33/40 (New window) | Radar loop and weather and webcams for Birmingham and all cities

Radar image from CustomWeather, Inc. links to live, large version

Tornado Outbreak Kills At Least 10, Destroys Homes:

Tornadoes kill 10 in Missouri, several injured | Just unreal” | Latest stories

Tornado watches/warnings from Fort Worth, Texas, to Lansing, Michigan Sunday night | 24-hour watches/warnings map loop

High winds, tornadoes strike around St. Louis area

Severe Storms Possible Today From Gulf Coast To Great Lakes

Resources: U.S. radar loop | National Weather Service watches/warnings map | Storm damage reports map today, Sunday and Saturday | Live Weather Plus video from St. Louis and Dallas/Fort Worth (Click “Video” tab) | Weather and live webcam images for: St. Louis/C. Illinois, Tulsa, Wichita, Kansas City, Springfield, MO, Little Rock, Dallas/Fort Worth and all other cities

Texas Panhandle Wildfire: 6 die in fires, accidents in Texas Panhandle | More stories

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Sunday: 1. Kansas City 2. St. Louis 3. Springfield, MO 4. Chicago 5. Minneapolis/St. Paul … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Tornado warning for Kansas City: Radar loop

Severe Storms Continue Today: NWS: High risk of severe storms in parts of Missouri, Illinois, Kansas and Iowa

Risk of severe storms in the Ohio Valley on Monday

Posted 1:30 a.m. EST Sun.: Severe Weather Breaks Out In Midwest: Tornadoes and strong thunderstorms are moving through parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Arkansas tonight, including near St. Louis | Resources: Radar loop and storm summary | National Weather Service watches/warnings map | St. Louis weather/webcam images and radar loop

Phoenix Gets Rain: Rain finally in Phoenix after record-breaking 143 days! | Phoenix weather/webcam images

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Saturday: 1. Phoenix 2. Los Angeles 3. San Diego 4. St. Louis 5. Springfield, MO … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Phoenix Dry Day Record Over?: After 143 days of record-setting dryness, rain will come to the Valley of the Sun | NWS says chance of rain at 80 percent Saturday | Radar loop and conditions at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | Phoenix weather and webcam images

Snow Falls In San Francisco, Forecast For Elevations As Low As 1,000 Feet In SW Calif.: Snow falls in San Francisco, other Bay Area cities | Snow, hail make rare appearance | Snow may fall down to elevations as low as 1,000 feet in southwest Calif. | Snow piles up in Sierra after string of potent March storms | Resources: Current watches and warnings map | Radar loop | Live Weather Plus video from Bay Area, L.A. and San Diego (Click “Video” tabs) | Weather and webcam images for the Bay Area, L.A., San Diego, Sacramento, Fresno, Reno, Portland, Ore., Seattle, Vancouver, B.C., and all cities

Severe Weather Outlook: Strong to severe storms are possible this weekend from northeast Texas to Ohio … Storm Prediction Center convective outlook map | Weather and webcam images by state/city

Katrina Update: Unexpected cause of levee break found | White House extends hurricane aid deadline | New Orleans termite mulch hoax vs. stories

Other Weather News: National Weather Service may modify plan to eliminate positions or fill them with lower-paid replacements

More rain on way for Indiana, flooding likely | Weather and webcams for Indy

South Florida cities get $20 million for Hurricane Wilma recovery efforts

Tornado sends pig flying

Space News: Another golf shot in space article mentioned here a while back… Critics argue golf shot from space station out of bounds

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

Southern Storms: Report: Southern storms kill at least 2 | Tornado hits Miss. school; no injuries | Baseball-sized hail in S. Okla. | Storm reports maps from National Weather Service

Another Big Storm For West: Heavy snow raises avalanche concerns across West | Snow could be headed to San Francisco Bay Area early Friday | Bay Area braces for bitter cold storm front | More snow on tap for Friday, ice possible in Portland, Oregon | Late winter storm pummels southern B.C.

Flood Watches, Warnings Blanket Michigan: Radar loop

Phoenix Remains Dry: Phoenix drought sets a record a day: Now on Day 142

Katrina Update: Mississippi experiences reversal of fortune: In casino towns, aid and speculation fuel post-Katrina boom | Billy Graham, touring New Orleans, speechless over stricken city’s condition | Country music couple blasts federal hurricane cleanup effort

Other Weather News: Rain causes flooding, wrecks across Indy

Windy weather in N. Texas cuts power to thousands, fuels grass fire

Quake Wire: Mixing technology with earthquakes: virtual tour of a fault line

Space News: Saturn moon spewing water vapor

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Thursday: 1. Vancouver 2. Memphis 3. Jackson 4. Nashville 5. Portland, OR … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Weather News: National Weather Service watches/warnings map lit up with tornado, severe thunderstorm, and flood watches and warnings. Streaming video from Birmingham: NBC 13 and ABC 33/40 (New window) | Radar loop and weather and webcams for Birmingham, Nashville and all cities

Other Weather News: Storm batters Western Washington | Outdoor tornado sirens could be helped by reverse 911 | | Ice on Maine lakes, lakes in four other states melting earlier in the year | Katrina Update: Report: Outdated weather data used in levee design

Nice aurora picture posted at SpaceWeather.com | APoD: Shrinking Antarctic ice sheet

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

Big Storms, Tornado Outbreak Possible Today, Tomorrow: AccuWeather says tornado outbreak begins today for the season: strongest thunderstorm activity will begin late on Wednesday in the south-central Plains and advance NE, E. Resources: Current watches and warnings map | Radar loop | Live Weather Plus video from Dallas/Fort Worth (Click “Video” tab) and St. Louis | Weather and live webcam images for: Dallas/Fort Worth, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Wichita, Kansas City, Springfield, MO, St. Louis, Little Rock and all other cities

Katrina Update: Warning about New Orleans leeves | Gulf Coast governors plead for more money

Other Weather News: E. Wash. winter storm warning

Wild weather woman tracks down storms

NOAA will break ground Monday on the NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction, in College Park, Md.

Some rain, but much more needed in drought in Africa

Space News: Spacecraft to slam into the Moon in early Sept.

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Tuesday: 1. Chicago 2. Reno 3. Los Angeles 4. San Francisco 5. Kansas City … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Severe Storms Possible By Mid-Week: Severe storms may sweep across Oklahoma Tuesday and Wednesday. Severe weather also possible in the Midwest and north Texas on Wednesday… AccuWeather.com says by Thursday, strong thunderstorms will stretch from the Central Plains to the Mississippi Valley

Severe weather awareness week in several states

Calif. Storms Update: Levees overtop in California’s Sonoma County | Resources: Current watches and warnings map | Radar loop | Live Weather Plus video from Bay Area, L.A. and San Diego (Click “Video” tabs) | Weather and webcam images for the Bay Area, L.A., San Diego, Sacramento, Fresno

Hawaii prepares for more rain

Katrina Update: Search for bodies continues in New Orleans

Quake Wire: Hundreds of California bridges need earthquake fix

Weird News: This flat panel LCD TV from Sanyo is weather-resistant!

Space News: Scientists: Sun’s next cycle to be stronger, more disruptive to communication systems

10-minute auroras!

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Monday: 1. Los Angeles 2. Reno 3. San Francisco 4. Sacramento 5. Chicago … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Weather News: Southwest suffering historic drought (Drought map inside)

AccuWeather: Rain for Calif. Monday, but it won’t reach Phoenix, which has had no rain since Oct. 2005 | N. Calif. flood warnings

Several Oahu schools reopen Monday from flooding

World Meteorological Organization: La Nina developing in Pacific Ocean

Katrina Update: Houston wants Katrina evacuees to move on | On a hurricane-weary Coast, bring on the good stuff

Get ready, hurricane center’s chief says

World Weather: Unusually heavy snow and high winds kill at least 17 across Europe

Weird Space News: Company hopes to launch golf ball on record-smashing space trip: May be “longest-drive record later this year — by three billion kilometers or so.”

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Sunday: 1. Chicago 2. San Francisco 3. Reno 4. Los Angeles 5. Las Vegas … and on Saturday: 1. Reno 2. Dallas/Fort Worth 3. Los Angeles 4. Honolulu 5. Orlando … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Cold Northeast: Big chill in the Northeast | Wind chill values

Stormy West: More storm warnings out West

Katrina Update: Demolition to start, mostly in Lower 9th | Termites knocked down, but not out, in New Orleans | New search for victims | AP clarifies what Bush was told about levees

Tomorrow Tonight: Tonight’s “It Could Happen Tomorrow” West Coast Tsunami episode airing on The Weather Channel at 9:30 p.m. EST was reviewed here last weekend

Other Weather News: Aerial view of Hawaii flooding

More snow for N.D.

River threatens historic park in Thunder Bay, Ontario

Off Topic: I bought the KT Tunstall CD “Eye to the Telescope” today and I’m very impressed!

Fort Worth Pictures From Last Weekend:

I hope everyone’s having a good weekend. Here are some pictures I snapped last weekend, including a picture of my dog, Jake, in front of the HD broadcast of the Dallas skyline from WFAA-TV, and two birds hanging out on a fence next to the WXnation weather station amid a heavy downpour in north Fort Worth.
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 Friday: 1. Reno 2. Los Angeles 3. Fresno 4. San Francisco 5. Honolulu … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Calif. Storms: Showers in San Francisco Bay Area to continue through weekend | Snow, hail spice up the South Bay | More low snow | Resources: Current watches/warnings map | Weather and webcams by state/city

Hawaii Flooding: Gov. declares emergency for flooding | Resources: Watches/warnings map | Hawaii weather and webcams

Airz. Drought: Drought taking potentially disastrous toll on Arizona | Weather and webcams for Phoenix and Tucson

Katrina Update: Students to help Hurricane Katrina victims over spring break | Senate approves more benefits for hurricane evacuees | Gulf Coast banks urged to be generous

From the U.K.: More snow falls

Space News: Scientists lament canceled NASA mission

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

Winter Storm Mess: Less snow and more wintry mix for NYC as the heavier snow stays north… AccuWeather summary. NYC and Northeast weather and webcam links are in last night’s entry. Radar loop | Current watches/warnings map | Flight delays | Weather and live webcam images for NYC, Philly, Hartford, Providence, and all other cities

S. New England Snow: Snow snarls commute, causes at least 200 accidents | Snow returns to SE Massachusetts

Katrina Update: In new video, La. Gov. Blanco says levees are safe | Day-before Katrina tape | Michael Brown FOX News interview transcript | UN says hurricane season could match ’05

Other Weather News: NE winter storm dumped snow on Michigan

More Sierra snow

Flood advisories posted for Kauai, Oahu | Hawaii weather and webcam images

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Wednesday: 1. New Orleans 2. Los Angeles 3. New York City 4. Reno 5. Dallas/Fort Worth … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.

Winter Storm Approaches NYC, Philly: Late season winter storm to hit NYC Thursday: Up to 6 inches of snow forecast for western, central New York, and southern New England; 3-6 inches possible in New York City; Philly may get a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain. National Weather Service: 7 inches of snow possible in NYC | Snow for Hartford, Providence | Streaming video/online coverage for NYC from WNBC and Philly from NBC 10

Heat Marches In: 107-year-old North Texas weather record falls: DFW Airport reached 93 degrees. The WXnation Station in north Fort Worth reached 95.6 degrees at 3:37 p.m. And it’s 98 in Mineral Wells! N. Texas weather and webcam images

Katrina: Six Months Later, Part 2 — Mississippi, Alabama: In yesterday’s entry, New Orleans was in the spotlight for Mardi Gras festivities, but Hurricane Katrina’s direct hit was felt east of the Crescent City, along the Gulf Coast in Mississippi and Alabama. Here are some stories from that region: Jazz funeral helps bury a storm; parades ease homesick blues | Hurricane-battered Miss. coast celebrates Mardi Gras | ‘Still standing, still shining’ | Evacuees try to bury the memory in Katrina | Gulf Coast entrepreneurs: Six months later | Video reports | As for N.O.: More Mardi Gras stories … Weather and live webcam images for New Orleans and Mobile

Other Weather News: Experts: Flooding kills more people than tornadoes, lightning

Hurricane-force winds cut power to more than 100,000 homes and businesses Monday in San Francisco Bay Area: In the Bay Area, wind gusts reached 98 mph at Angel Island, while winds at San Francisco International Airport: 71 mph, according to the National Weather Service. Bay Area weather and live webcam images

Despite storms, Florida tourism flourishes: 86 million visited in 2005

World Weather: Arctic weather warning for the UK: Britain prepares for some of the coldest weather so far this year. London-area weather and live webcam images

Snow chaos but it’s really spring: Today is the first day of spring … according to the Meteorological Office.

Quake Wire: Geologists clarify area’s earthquake danger zones: Risk higher for SFO, Foster City, Redwood Shores … Live quake data is in the right column of this page.

Space News: Solar nothing in February: From SpaceWeather.com: “Last month, the sun did something remarkable — nothing. Solar activity dipped to a 10-year low while sunspots were nowhere to be found on 21 of February’s 28 days. Solar minimum has truly arrived.”

NASA to try for 3 shuttle flights in 2006 if the space agency is able to launch Discovery in May or July.

Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Tuesday: 1. New Orleans 2. Sacramento 3. Reno 4. Los Angeles 5. San Diego … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.