In plain English, the rapid cooling that had occurred in the central tropical Pacific has slowed and decreased in size since August while the vestiges of the hotter water system still remain. About all the weather scientists will commit to is that the weather system is in transition. Also back on Earth, space pioneer John Glenn is revving up to be the first geezer in space. We think that's great, and look forward to the day when all us neo-geezers can make it into space without being rich and powerful politicians. Unfortunately they are not yet paying for stories, but offer an audience, a byline, and a link back to your home page if you have one.
Aphelion is worth a look, for the cover art, if no other reason.
The level of fiction is higher than you might expect, and while you obviously won't find any big name writers, there are some present, such as McCamy Taylor who are consistently excellent. Her best writing is either an odd combination of fantasy and Science Fiction, or a combination of fairy and gritty urban reality, and features plots twists in plenty. Here though, she rings in with her own rift on the Dracula story in a deceptively quiet mood piece. There seems to be an excessive number of Serialized Stories which doesn't make a good combination with a shaky archive system. Although there are other places to catch it on the web, this is an appropriate place to find Ian McDonald's daily strip, Bruno the Bandit.