Archives for March 2010

…National Weather Service proposes an experimental use of email updates to provide information….

This experiment is intended to explore methods to increase dissemination and availability of NWS information and to allow consolidation of several existing email dissemination systems and reduce duplication of effort within the agency.
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Record rains and flooding swamp Rhode Island and Massachusetts

Record rains from a slow-moving and extremely wet Nor’easter have triggered historic flooding in Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts, with several rivers exceeding their 100-year flood levels. The 16.32″ of rain that has fallen on Providence, Rhode Island, this month is the most rain recorded in any month, besting the previous record of 15.38″ set [...]

Kocet’s Corner: Masters Moments

It’s time for some Master’s Moments. Keep in mind, these are some of the events
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Spring Has Sprung

Isn’t this lovely! The jet stream has shot way up into Canada, allowing warm
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High Winds and Wildfires

Windy weather is due Thursday from Arizona into the southern Plains. Winds will
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Deep Snow in Scotland, Ireland

A heavy mantle of snow has spread over wide stretches Scotland to the high
ground of Ireland, Wales and north England in the wake of a major wintry storm
striking the British Archipelago.
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By the numbers: The New England rainstorm (AP)

AP – Some numbers from the states hardest hit by the rainstorm and flooding of March 29-31:
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Chile: 432 dead and 98 missing after earthquake (AP)

AP – Chilean officials have confirmed 432 people dead and 98 still missing after last month’s earthquake and tsunami.

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Floods soak northeastern US (AFP)

AFP – The worst floods in decades washed over large areas of the northeastern United States on Wednesday as authorities mobilized emergency services to brace for more to come.

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Obama declares emergency in flood-hit Rhode Island (AFP)

AFP – Heavy rain in the northeastern United States has left the region at risk from dangerous flooding, with President Barack Obama issuing an emergency declaration for the small state of Rhode Island.

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Storms batter Scotland, Northern Ireland (AP)

AP – Several days after the start of spring, Scotland and Northern Ireland were battered by snow, gale force winds and torrential rain on Wednesday, leaving thousands of people without power and causing havoc on roads.
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The nation’s weather (AP)

AP – Snowy weather with near-blizzard conditions was forecast to persist over the Rocky Mountains on Wednesday.

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A battered Rhode Island watches as the water rises (AP)

AP – A record-shattering rainstorm hammered the Northeast on Tuesday, delivering widespread flooding for the second time this month and unleashing particular havoc in Rhode Island, a tiny coastal state already beleaguered by a sagging economy and backbreaking unemployment rate.

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Records fall across Northeast along with the rain (AP)

AP – Rainfall records are being set across the Northeast as a storm pounds the region for a second day.

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Judge asked to stop New Orleans hospital projects (AP)

AP – Preservationists say the construction of two hospitals to replace ones damaged by Hurricane Katrina would wipe out a historic New Orleans neighborhood, and they want a federal judge to block the projects.
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RI bridge threatens to collapse; hundreds evacuate (AP)

AP – A neighborhood has been evacuated in Rhode Island because officials fear a bridge upstream will collapse amid flooding.
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…Severe weather across the Southeast…

Over 50 reports of severe weather were received over the weekend, mostly on Sunday across parts of the southeastern United States. Several injuries were reported in North Carolina. Severe weather is possible Monday across parts of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, far southern Virginia and across parts of southern Florida.
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Correcting the South Dakota legislature’s remarkable ignorance of science

Climate change science has come under ferocious attack in recent months. But while it is good to objectively question the science of climate change, much of what is being said in these attacks greatly distorts or makes false statements about what the science says, much to the confusion of the public and policy makers. A [...]

Tornado downs trees, damages cars in Bahamas (AP)

AP – Police in the Bahamas say a tornado has apparently touched down in at least two places on the island of Grand Bahama.
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Undersea volcano threatens southern Italy: report (AFP)

AFP – Europe’s largest undersea volcano could disintegrate and unleash a tsunami that would engulf southern Italy “at any time”, a prominent vulcanologist warned in an interview published Monday.

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No communication from 153 trapped in China mine (AP)

AP – Rescuers pumped water from a flooded mine in northern China where time is running out for 153 trapped workers as efforts stretched into a second day with no communication from those stuck deep underground.
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The nation’s weather (AP)

AP – A strong low pressure system over the Ohio Valley was expected to continue producing unsettling weather activity as it advanced into the Mid-Atlantic on Monday.
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Mongolian herders need food aid after hard winter (AP)

AP – Emergency food relief is needed for nomadic herders in Mongolia after the number of livestock killed there by blizzards and extreme cold doubled in recent weeks, the Red Cross said Monday.

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Colder, Stormier Outlook For California Mid Week

Rain, mountain snow and even thunderstorms will unsettle California at the
middle of the week as sunshine and tranquility fade to memory.
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Rain Map for Major Eastern Storm

Heavy rain, locally exceeding 4 inches, and the threat of flooding will
return to the East during the early week along with the latest in this year`s
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Snow Map of New England, Eastern Canada

Snow will fall in northernmost New England on Sunday night and Monday as a
new storm targets the East with widespread rain.
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Major Snowstorm To Move Through The United Kingdom

A late-season snow storm is set to impact the United Kingdom Monday through
Tuesday.
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Merchants start from scratch in tsunami-hit Chilean town (AFP)

AFP – Merchants in this port city are struggling to recover a month after Chile’s monster earthquake, dealing with destroyed buildings, mud-caked stores and merchandise depleted from looting.

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Chile tsunami costs Japanese fisheries $68 mln (AFP)

AFP – The Pacific-wide tsunami generated by the massive undersea earthquake off Chile’s coast last month caused 68 million dollars of damage to Japan’s fishing industry, a report said Saturday.

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Some flooding along Miss., Mo. rivers in Midwest (AP)

AP – Minor to moderate flooding was reported Thursday along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and their tributaries, and more rain wasn’t helping.
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