WXnews … Earthquake Shakes Olympics, Southern AK; The Blob; Stormy Central U.S.; ND Wind, Hail; Hurricane Babies; I-35 Shut Down; Wildfire Relief; UK Harvest Washed Out; Taiwan Typhoon; Webcam Worm Virus Update
- Rockin’ Olympics: Earthquake Rattles Athens Olympics | Listed as magnitude 4.6 | Earthquake links can be found in our National/International page | Additional stories
- Moderate Alaska Quake: Magnitude 5.3 reported in southern Alaska, 120 miles ENE of Anchorage | Latest quake list
- Drive Through This!: ‘Blob’ Dazes, Confuses North Carolina Drivers (Opens in new window)
- Stormy Central U.S.: Storms drench central US
- Wind, Hail Rain In ND: Thunderstorms bring wind, hail, rain to parts of ND
- Hurricane Babies: Hospital Says Hurricane Blew In Baby Boom
- I-35 Shut Down: Flooding closes portion of Interstate 35 in South Texas
- Wildfire Relief: Cool weather brings relief to BC wildfire officials
- From the UK: Harvest Washed Out by Summer Storms
- From Taiwan: Taiwan Markets, Businesses Close for Typhoon Aere | CWB issues weather alerts as two typhoons approach | Latest stories
- Astronomy Picture of the Day: Supply Ship Approaches the Space Station
- Science News: Cassini on Course for Saturn Moon Flyby
- More on the webcam worm virus: from MSNBC
Top 5 cities visited Tuesday: 1. Indianapolis 2. Kansas City 3. St. Louis 4. Vancouver 5. Miami
Re: the Record cold temperatures across the lower 48 and record heat in the Yukon, Alaska.
This past couple months up to this week, it has been a real experience – almost scary for me as I visited the Hydrological Prediction Center’s (HPC) website daily and watched a mid-winter atmospheric wind pattern persisting through the middle of Summer.
To see intense Hudson Bay Lows wrap up and drive arctic highs/cold fronts clear to off the Gulf Coast again and again, while scouring the arctic of it’s native air.
In the winter when this pattern is common, it leads to cold waves and intense East Coast “noreasters”.
This week, that pattern is flattening out, however It will be very interesting to see how things progress with time.
Not a very comforting thought, that’s for sure. Weather certainly has been unusual here in the lower Central Plains. I may be the only one who doesn’t mind 105-degree days in north Texas… The other day, we had a high of 80 and a sky that reminded me of a November evening. [I also built a page comparing the cool summer here to the hot summer of 2000]. Who knows what this winter will bring!