WXnews … Hurricane Frances Strengthens; Iowa Storms; Missouri Tornado Memories; No Anchorage Thunder, Why Lightning’s Jagged; Radar The Weather Dog; Mich. Tornado?; Tampa Storm; Small Telescope, Big Planet
- Hurricane Frances Stronger: Maximum sustained winds near 85 mph at 11 p.m. AST Thursday. If this one impacts the U.S., it won’t be until next week. It is expected to become a Category 3 by the weekend… Latest text advisory and expected 5-day track | Story | More on Frances in the Tropical Prediction Center and additional hurricane resources are in the National/International page
- Severe Storms Sweep Across Iowa: Latest watches and warnings (which include tornadoes) | Wunderground storm tracks radar | Intellicast regional radar loop | Iowa radar and webcam images in the Des Moines and Quad Cities pages
- From Missouri: Severe weather brings memories of Bismarck tornado
- Class Is In Session: It hardly ever thunders in Anchorage and find out why lightning bolts are jagged
- “But, my dog ate my homework!”: Was that dog Radar The Weather Dog by chance?
- From Michigan: Storm may have been tornado
- Tampa/St. Pete Storm: It just exploded
- Astounding Astronomy: A small telescope finds a big planet
Top 5 cities visited Thursday: 1. Indianapolis 2. Chicago 3. St. Louis 4. Toronto 5. Vancouver Top 20 so far this month in the home page (left column)
