NAGS HEAD, N.C. — Hurricane Irene began lashing the East Coast with rain Friday ahead of a weekend of violent weather that was almost certain to heap punishment on a vast stretch of shoreline from the Carolinas to Massachusetts.
For hundreds of miles, people in the storm's path headed inland, made last-minute preparations and monitored the hurricane's every subtle movement. Irene had the potential to cause billions of dollars in damage all along a densely populated arc that included Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Boston and beyond. At least 65 million people could be affected.
By late Friday morning, Irene remained a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds near 105 mph. Little change in strength was expected by the time Irene reaches the North Carolina coast Saturday, but forecasters at the National Hurricane Center warned it would be a large and dangerous storm nonetheless.
President Barack Obama said all indications point to the storm's being a historic hurricane.
"I cannot stress this highly enough. If you are in the projected path of this hurricane, you have to take precautions now," Obama said Friday from Martha's Vineyard. He was wrapping up his vacation a day early and now planned to leave Friday, before Irene is expected to pass the area around the capital, the White House said.
As Irene trudged northwest from the Bahamas, rain from its outer bands began falling along the North and South Carolina coasts. Swells and 6- to 9-foot waves were reported along the Outer Banks. Thousands had already lost power as the fringes of the storm began raking the shore.
Hurricane warnings remained in effect from North Carolina to New Jersey. Hurricane watches were in effect even farther north and included Long Island, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, Mass.
Friday morning, FEMA Director Craig Fugate and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano pleaded with people to heed warnings.
"People need to leave early, travel a safe distance and get somewhere safe," Fugate said. "All the preparation and planning will be in vain if people don't heed those evacuation orders."
In addition to widespread wind and water damage, Irene could also push crude oil prices higher if it disrupts refineries in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia, which produce nearly 8 percent of U.S. gasoline and diesel fuel.
Speaking Friday on CBS' "The Early Show," North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue said state troopers, the Red Cross and the National Guard were in place to deal with the storm's aftermath, which she said could affect some 3.5 million people.
Irene could be the strongest hurricane to strike the East Coast in seven years. Irene already had pummeled the Caribbean, causing floods and power outages.
The center of the storm was still about 330 miles south-southwest of Cape Hatteras, N.C., and moving to the north at 14 mph.
In Washington, Irene dashed hopes of dedicating a 30-foot sculpture to Martin Luther King Jr. on Sunday on the National Mall. Although a direct strike on the nation's capital appeared slim, organizers said the forecasts of wind and heavy rain made it too dangerous to summon a throng they expected to number up to 250,000.
Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers were told Thursday to pack a bag and be prepared to move elsewhere. The nation's biggest city has not seen a hurricane in decades, and a hurricane warning hasn't been issued there since Hurricane Gloria hit in 1985 as a Category 2 storm, said Ashley Sears, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said public transportation in New York City would shut down around noon Saturday, and major bridges also could shut down if conditions become too windy.
The first U.S. injuries from Irene appeared to be in South Florida near West Palm Beach, where eight people were washed off a jetty Thursday by a large wave churned up by the storm.
The urban population explosion in recent decades also worries New Jersey officials. Gov. Chris Christie encouraged anyone on that state's heavily developed shoreline to prepare to leave. One of the popular casinos in Atlantic City had already closed Friday, and several others planned to shut down later in the day.
The beach community of Ocean City, Md., was taking no chances, ordering thousands of people to leave.
"This is not a time to get out the camera and sit on the beach and take pictures of the waves," Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley said.


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Periods of sun; a few p.m. t-storms, some severe; storms may bring downpours and damaging winds
Mostly cloudy with a shower in the area late
Rises at 6:28 AM with 13:48 of sunlight, then sets at 8:16 PM
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A large tornado moved dangerously close to Dodge City, Kansas, on Tuesday afternoon, tracking just west of the center of the city.Read Story >


The Bureau of Meteorology has issued the following tropical cyclone warning for Far North Queensland:
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre
Media: The Standard Emergency Warning Signal should NOT be used with this warning.
TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCH
TROPICAL CYCLONE ADVICE NUMBER 1
Issued at 1:57 pm CST [2:27 pm EST] on Monday 16 February 2015
Tropical Cyclone Watch declared for communities in Arnhem Land and Cape York Peninsula
Badu Island to Cape Keerweer in Queensland and Nhulunbuy to Cape Shield including Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory.
Details of Tropical Low at 12:30 pm CST [1:00 pm EST]:
Intensity: Tropical Low, sustained winds near the centre of 45 kilometres per hour with wind gusts to 85 kilometres per hour.
Location: within 55 kilometres of 11.3 degrees South 140.2 degrees East, estimated to be 235 kilometres northwest of Weipa and 385 kilometres east northeast of Nhulunbuy.
Movement: northwest at 13 kilometres per hour.
The tropical low is expected to become slow moving overnight and may reach tropical cyclone intensity over the northern Gulf of Carpentaria during Tuesday.
GALES are not expected in coastal areas within the next 24 hours, however gales could develop later.
People between Badu Island and Cape Keerweer in Queensland should consider what action they will need to take if the cyclone threat increases.
– Information is available from your local government
– For cyclone preparedness and safety advice, visit Queensland's Disaster Management Services website (www.disaster.qld.gov.au)
– For emergency assistance call the Queensland Fire and Emergency Service (QFES) on 132 500 (for assistance with storm damage, rising flood water, fallen trees on buildings or roof damage).
The Territory Controller advises communities in the Northern Territory under Watch that now is the time to finalise your emergency kit, clear your yards and balconies, and commence home shelter preparations.
If you DO NOT have accommodation constructed to the Building Code or are unsure of your present accommodation, you should determine NOW where you will shelter. This may include arranging to shelter with family, friends or in public emergency shelters, or strong buildings, where available in your community.
This advice is issued to allow you sufficient time in which to take the necessary precautions before winds reach a dangerous level.
Please ensure that friends, family and neighbours have heard and understood this message, particularly new arrivals to the area. Further advice on cyclone emergencies in the Northern Territory is available at www.securent.nt.gov.au
The next advice will be issued by 5:00 pm CST Monday 16 February [5:30 pm EST Monday 16 February].
This advice is available on telephone NT-1300 659 211 and QLD-1300 659 212
A map showing the track of the cyclone is available at: http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone


Nate, the fourth major storm to strike the United States in less than two months, has already killed at least 30 people in Central America.
Hurricane Nate slammed into the Mississippi coast on Sunday with destructive winds and torrential rains that flooded streets and highways throughout the region as the fast-moving Category 1 storm made landfall.
The fourth major storm to strike the United States in less than two months, Nate killed at least 30 people in Central America before entering the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and bearing down on the US South. It has also shut down most oil and gas production in the Gulf.
Kieran Burke reports with more.
Nate comes on the heels of three other major storms, Harvey, Irma and Maria, which devastated Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico, respectively. However, with winds of 85 miles per hour (135 km per hour), which make it a Category 1 storm, the weakest in the five-category ranking used by meteorologists, Nate appeared to lack the devastating punch of its predecessors.
"The only thing you can do is prepare," said Gulfport, Mississippi, resident Emmett Bryant. "Here there's nothing really you can do when the storm comes unless you're going to leave. And I don't plan on leaving."
Hurricane Nate is expected to weaken as it moves further inland on Sunday and is likely to become a tropical storm later in the day.
The storm's center will move inland over Mississippi and across the deep south, Tennessee Valley and Central Appalachian Mountains through Monday, the National Hurricane Center said. Before then storm surges of up to 11 feet (3.4 m) on the Mississippi-Alabama border were possible, the NHC said.
Nate made its initial landfall near the mouth of the Mississippi river on Saturday evening and then made a second landfall early on Sunday near Biloxi, Mississippi, where its 46,000 residents were warned that the highest storm surge could reach 11 to 12 feet.
The storm surge brought flood waters over Highway 90 and up to oceanside casinos in Biloxi, while flood waters swept over streets in communities across Mississippi and Alabama, according to reports on social media.
"We have a restaurant and one of our main bars open so they have been ok so far," said Chett Harrison, the general manager at the Golden Nugget hotel and casino in Biloxi where 300 guests were hunkered down.
"No one has tried to leave, thank goodness, because everything is flooded around us," he told a local CBS TV affiliate.
In Hancock County, Mississippi, northeast of New Orleans, rain and wind were gaining intensity and many streets were washing over. Conditions were likely to worsen in the next few hours, said Brian Adam, director of emergency management for the county.
The county evacuated people from low-lying areas and imposed a curfew.
On Saturday states of emergency were declared in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, as well as in more than two dozen Florida counties.
In Alabama Governor Kay Ivey urged residents in areas facing heavy winds and storm surges to take precautions.
Some 5,000 people in southern Alabama were without power due to Nate, Alabama Power said.
Rainfall of 3 to 6 inches (7.6 cm to 15.2 cm), up to a maximum of 10 inches, were expected east of the Mississippi River from the central Gulf Coast into the Deep South, in the eastern Tennessee Valley, and southern Appalachian mountains, the NHC said.
Rainfall in the Ohio Valley and into the central Appalachians could be 2 to 5 inches with a maximum of 7 inches.
New Orleans threat downgraded
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu lifted a curfew in the city on Saturday evening that was originally scheduled to last until Sunday morning. He said in a statement on social media however, that there was still a serious threat of storm surge outside levee areas.
Plaquemines Parish, a low-lying area south of New Orleans, evacuated some 240 residents who were not protected by its levee system as the storm approached.
"While it appears we're being spared ... our hearts go out to Mississippi," said Amos Cormier, president of the parish.
Major shipping ports across the central US Gulf Coast were closed to inbound and outbound traffic on Saturday, as Nate intensified and storm surges of up 11 feet were expected at the mouth of the Mississippi River.
The storm has curtailed 92 percent of daily oil production and 77 percent of daily natural gas output in the Gulf of Mexico, more than three times the amount affected by Harvey.
Workers had been evacuated from 301 platforms and 13 rigs as of Saturday, said the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.
Before heading north into the Gulf, Nate brushed Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, home to beach resorts such as Cancun and Playa del Carmen, the NHC said.
The storm doused Central America with heavy rains on Thursday, killing at least 16 people in Nicaragua, 10 in Costa Rica, two in Honduras and two in El Salvador.
Thousands were forced to evacuate their homes and Costa Rica's government declared a state of emergency.


LTCS: The Lower Thermosphere Coupling Study of the CEDAR and WITS Programs, an attempt to better understand the “Ignorosphere”
Article first published online: 3 JUN 2011
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How to Cite
1989), LTCS: The Lower Thermosphere Coupling Study of the CEDAR and WITS Programs, an attempt to better understand the “Ignorosphere”, Eos Trans. AGU, 70(42), 905–905, doi:10.1029/89EO00322.(
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The atmospheric region extending from the temperature minimum at the tropopause, at about 18 km, to the mesopause (and sometimes higher, depending on context and author) is commonly referred to as the middle atmosphere. It is inaccessible to the large majority of meteorological rockets and satellites. Interactions there are complex and hard to model realistically. The region is so difficult to study that it has affectionately and sometimes despairingly become known as the “ignorosphere.”
The mesopause is the temperature minimum occurring in Earth's atmosphere near 90 km and represents the boundary between the mesosphere and thermosphere. The mesosphere lies at 50–90 km altitude and has a negative temperature gradient; the thermosphere lies above 90 km and has a positive temperature gradient (see Figure 1). The thermal and dynamical structure of the region around the mesopause, extending for present purposes from about 80 km to 150 km, is characterized by a diversity of physical processes that dynamically and energetically couple the middle and upper atmosphere.


Sunday Hot in the east and north with showers and storms. Cool with the odd shower in the southwest.
Monday Isolated showers central inland and far north. Very hot in the north, mild in the south.
Tuesday Showers and storms for Interior & Kimberley. Mild in the south, hot in the north.
Wednesday Isolated showers/storms in north and central west. Warm to hot and generally dry elsewhere.
16:44 EDT Tasmania is the only state yet to sign up for the federal Farm Finance package.


A band of strong thunderstorms Sunday evening helped bring a little precipitation to Upper Michigan.
Marquette had about seven-tenths of an inch, some of which fell in the form of marble-sized hail.
Some parts of the U.P. received less than a tenth of an inch, such as the Iron Mountain and Seney areas.
The Pelkie, Kenton and Covington areas had more than an inch of rain.
Posted by: Mike Hoey


Have you ever wondered why ‘Monday’ is ‘Monday’?
Think first, then research, then THINK again. Think for the pleasure of thinking.
Yesterday’s ‘Think’: Meteor showers occur when Earth enters debris trails left behind by comets, typically periodic comets such as Haley’s. The Meteors are small particles of debris burning up as they cross the Earth’s atmosphere.


New Report Underscores Need for More Protective Standards Than Those of the EPA
Thousands of lives would be saved each year, and many more serious illnesses avoided, if U.S. counties met standards set by the American Thoracic Society for the two most important air pollutants, according to a new report by the ATS and the Marron Institute of Urban Management at New York University.
The ATS’s standards for ozone (O3) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) are more protective than those adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. If the ATS’s standards were met, each year in the U.S. approximately:
- 6,270 lives would be saved
- 15,300 instances of serious illness would be avoided
- 7 million missed school and work days would be eliminated
The “ATS and Marron Institute Report: Estimated Excess Morbidity and Mortality Associated with Air Pollution above ATS-Recommended Standards, 2013-2015” is published in the May 1 issue of the Annals of the American Thoracic Society. The new report builds on the two organizations’ 2016 “Health of the Air Report” by using the latest air quality data available. The latest report includes two new measures–short-term PM2.5 and lung cancer incidence–to give a clearer picture of how air pollution impacts health in the U.S.
The ATS-recommended standards for O3 and PM2.5 are based on scores of national and international epidemiological, animal and human-exposure studies. These standards are more rigorous than National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for both O3 and PM2.5 that the EPA relies upon.
The ATS recommends:
- A 0.060 parts per million (ppm) 8-hour standard for O3, rather than the EPA’s 0.070 ppm standard. Eighty-two percent of monitored counties failed to meet this ATS standard.
- An 11 micrograms per cubic meter (µg/m3) annual standard for PM2.5, rather than the EPA’s 12 µg/m3. Eight percent of monitored counties failed to meet this ATS standard.
- A 25 µg/m3 short-term (24 hours) standard for PM2.5 rather than the EPA’s 35 µg/m3. Twenty-one percent of monitored counties failed to meet this ATS standard.
“In addition to highlighting the benefits of strengthening the NAAQS, this report can help guide local and regional air quality management decisions,” said report co-author Gary Ewart, MHS, chief of the ATS advocacy and government relations program. “The report’s local health estimates can help public officials make difficult decisions regarding how aggressively to adopt new technologies or, alternatively, how aggressively to restrict high-polluting sources.”
Lead report author Kevin Cromar, PhD, director of the Air Quality Program at the Marron Institute and associate professor of population health and environmental medicine at the NYU School of Medicine, added, “Metropolitan areas and states with large populations and elevated concentrations of one or both air pollutants would realize the biggest improvements in public health by meeting the more protective standards.”
The 10 metropolitan areas that would benefit the most from meeting the ATS O3 and PM2.5 standards are:
- Los Angeles (Long Beach-Glendale), CA: 941 lives saved, 2,670 fewer morbidities, and 2,250,000 fewer impacted days
- Riverside (San Bernardino-Ontario), CA: 609 lives saved, 1,250 fewer morbidities, and 1,100,000 fewer impacted days
- Bakersfield, CA: 369 lives saved, 513 fewer morbidities, and 247,000 fewer impacted days
- Fresno, CA: 244 lives saved, 458 fewer morbidities, and 359,000 fewer impacted days
- Pittsburgh, PA: 205 lives saved, 382 fewer morbidities and 197,000 fewer impacted days
- Phoenix (Mesa-Scottsdale), AZ: 178 lives saved, 432 fewer morbidities, and 453,000 fewer impacted days
- New York (Jersey City-White Plains), NY-NJ: 166 lives saved, 626 fewer morbidities, and 492,000 fewer impacted days
- Houston (The Woodlands-Sugar Land), TX: 163 lives saved, 508 fewer morbidities and 476,000 fewer impacted days
- Visalia (Porterville), CA: 144 lives saved, 199 fewer morbidities and 109,000 fewer impacted days
- Philadelphia, PA: 132 lives saved, 218 fewer morbidities and 136,000 fewer impacted days
On a state-wide basis, California alone is responsible for half the total estimated deaths, while the next highest impacted states—Pennsylvania, Texas, Arizona, Michigan, Ohio, New York and New Jersey—contribute nearly 30 percent of the total mortality impact.
According to the authors, the study adopts the approach used by the EPA to determine air pollution levels. Current PM2.5 and O3 air pollution concentrations were estimated for each county with a valid design value for 2013-2015. A design value is the three-year average of pollution concentrations measured at each monitoring location and is used to determine whether a county is in attainment with federal air quality standards.
For O3, the design value represents the three-year average of the fourth highest daily 8-hour maximum ozone concentration. PM2.5 has both long- and short-term design values: the annual, long-term design value is the three-year average of the annual mean concentration, while the daily, short-term value is the three-year average of the 24-hour 98th percentile.
Because air quality has been improving across the U.S., the authors said that the Health of the Air Report will be updated regularly.
“Air quality in the U.S. has benefitted from more protective federal standards in response to evidence from health studies, and there are likely further benefits to be gained by standards even lower than those now recommended by the ATS,” said ATS President Marc Moss, MD, who is Roger S. Mitchell Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
Dr. Moss added that extensive research has not identified an air pollution threshold below which there are no health benefits. “We would encourage cities that can improve their air quality further after meeting the ATS guidelines to do so. Their residents will live healthier lives,” he said.
A searchable online tool for city- and county-specific health estimates to aid in quality management decisions at the local level can be found at www.HealthoftheAir.org.


Evacuation Order Lifted Following Flash Flooding In Mayer
Heavy rain has caused flash flooding in washes and creeks in the north-central Arizona town of Mayer.
Yavapai County Sheriff's officials say some residents in low-lying areas near Big Bug Creek and the Chimney Ranch trailer park along Highway 69 were told to evacuate Thursday afternoon.
National Weather Service meteorologists say some areas of Mayer got nearly 2 inches of rain in a short span.
Sheriff's officials say water was starting to recede by about 4:30 p.m. and a shelter has been set up at Mayer High School if needed.
Authorities say much of the affected spots are in the area of the burn scar left from a wildfire last year that forced an evacuation in Mayer.


A stunning new day dawns at the beginning of September but forecasters quash hopes of an Indian summer
As a stunning new day dawned this morning, early risers could be forgiven for hoping the striking scenes might herald a beautiful Indian summer.
And this photograph, which captures the haunting glow at sunrise in Warwickshire, gives every indication that some long-awaited warmth is just around the corner.
But weathermen are less optimistic and forecasters have warned that autumn's first storm
will arrive next week.
Sunrise: This stunning scene was captured today, in Warwickshire. It gives a tantalising hint that Britain could be due an exotic Indian summer
It is likely to be followed by floods and tornadoes in October, while winter's big freeze could start in November.
who consider today to be the first day of autumn, delivered the bleak
forecast after Britain suffered a 'forgettable' summer.
It was the coldest since 1993, at an average of only 13.6c (57f).
August was also the wettest month for a year, with rainfall up 30 per cent at close to 100mm, and one of the dullest Augusts ever recorded, with only 150 hours of sunshine.
Sunset: As the sun went down over Cornwall last night, observers held high hopes for beautiful weather to come. But forecasts currently suggest otherwise
Dashing hopes of an Indian summer – a period of warm, above-average autumn temperatures - forecasters urged the North and West to batten down the hatches as the first storm of autumn arrives on Monday, with gale-force winds and heavy rain raising worries over further flooding.
October will see a greater threat of flooding from mid-month, with tornadoes possible again after striking during summer, while frosts are due to set in ahead of schedule.
Grim: Weathermen have said there is little chance of Britain enjoying a sunny September
Forecast: October will see a greater threat of flooding from mid-month, with tornadoes possible again after striking during summer, while frosts are due to set in early
The second half of November is expected to see temperatures drop sharply – raising fears of a repeat of last winter’s Big Freeze, which started in late November.
The autumn forecast came from long-range weather specialists Positive Weather Solutions, who correctly predicted a ‘brolly and sunblock’ summer with a rain-hit Wimbledon and Glastonbury but also temperatures above 30c (86f).
The weathermen base their forecasts on weather patterns, long-term temperature cycles and a 30-year statistics database.
Their warning about the first storm of autumn and an unsettled September was echoed by the Met Office, which has axed its forecasts beyond 30 days ahead after a string of blunders.
Jonathan Powell, senior forecaster at Positive Weather Solutions, said: ‘Summer simmered but never boiled – and now we can also forget any hope of an Indian summer, which just doesn’t look like happening.
'September will provide some warmth at times, but it will not be sustained.'
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Cold wave intensifies in Delhi
New Delhi: Overnight light showers intensified cold condition in the city on Wednesday even as the minimum temperature rose by a notch to settle at 8.1 degree Celsius.
While the minimum temperature rose from yesterday`s
7 degree Celsius, the maximum hovered at 14.9 degree Celsius,
seven notches below normal.
The MeT office said the city received 4.6 mm rainfall
since last night.
They said that the minimum tomorrow is likely to dip
to seven, while the maximum will be around 15 degree Celsius.
Cold wave conditions will continue in the city for the
next couple of days due to icy winds blowing from the
snow-capped mountains in the Northern parts of the country.
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Srinagar, Feb 24: After remaining suspended for the entire day yesterday, flight operations at the Srinagar airport were delayed on Thursday due to poor visibility caused by the inclement weather conditions.
Confirming the development, Director, Airports Authority of India, Srinagar, Kuldeep Singh told Greater Kashmir that the visibility at the runway was 800 m, which is not favourable for the flight operations. Singh further informed that GoFirst flight 267 has been cancelled.
This flight delays come a day after 41 flights were cancelled at the airport after heavy overnight snowfall reduced the visibility on Wednesday.
Kashmir valley on Wednesday morning woke up to a heavy blanket of snow which has snapped power supply and blocked roads on a large scale.


Bureau and La Salle County sheriff's departments reported many east-west roads in poor condition after snow stopped falling and wind gusts picked up on Saturday.
U.S. 6 was closed between Princeton and Interstate 180 because of accidents and snowdrifts after 1 p.m. Saturday, and the highway wasn't in much better shape east of Interstate 180. An accident also was reported west of Princeton on U.S. 6, and drifts were a problem on many east-west roads.
A jackknifed semi near the La Salle-Grundy County line at about 1:30 p.m. snarled traffic on Interstate 80, said La Salle County deputy Felecia Rasmussen.
"East-and-west roads we're getting drifts," said Rasmussen.
She said the county was receiving fewer reports of accidents than she'd expected when the day, but the east-west roads in many wide-open areas were getting drifts and were icy. La Salle County was receiving a lot of calls Saturday afternoon about poor conditions on U.S. 6 between Utica and Ottawa, as well as portions of Route 71 northeast of Ottawa.
Putnam and Marshall county sheriff's departments had no serious accidents to report as of 2 p.m. Saturday.
Much of central Bureau County and parts of La Salle County received about 5 inches, while spotters to the south, such in Minonk, reported 2.5 inches.
After Saturday's snow, a National Weather Service snowfall depth map showed 10 inches total on the ground in far southwestern Bureau County, 9 in. in parts of western Bureau County and 7 inches total on the ground in western and southern La Salle County.
Tow truck operators had plenty of business helping motorists and truck drivers. They also had to pull out a snowplow or two, as the plow drivers work to clear the roads that are in the worst condition.


Heavy monsoon rainfall in south-eastern Bangladesh caused landslides and flooding in refugee settlements in Chittagong division.
According to the office of the United Nation High Commissioner for refugees, 350 mm (13.7 inches) of rainfall fell in 72 hours from July 3. Due to the rain, there were 26 landslides in settlement areas which destroyed 273 shelters and injured 11 people.
UNHCR has relocated 2 137 people as their shelters suffered some amount of damage. Heavy downpours are anticipated throughout next week.
Other areas have also been affected by south-eastern Bangladesh. The southernmost part in Bangladesh near the Myanmar border recorded 753.6 mm (29.6 inches) from July 1 to July 8, 2019. Teknaf had an average rainfall of 318 mm (12.5 inches).
Lama town in Bandarban district had 209 mm (8.2 inches) of rainfall in 24 hours to July 8, 2019. Flood forecasting and warning center reported that the Sangu River in Dohazari was above warning level at 6.30 m (20.6 feet). The danger point at this level is 7 m (22.9 feet).
In Chittagong division, the Halda river at Narayanhat was above warning level and was at 14.25 m (46.7 feet) where danger level is 15.25 m (50 feet).
25.6 km of drainage systems— UNHCR in Bangladesh (@UNHCR_BGD) July 10, 2019
15.2 km of retaining structures
Helping to protect the shelters from flooding
Saving home of thousands of the Rohingya refugees! pic.twitter.com/KBpLFgGJqM
RT @RohingyaVision: #BreakingNews: Heavy rain in this #Monsoon season since yesterday caused #flood at no man's land today.— Burma Task Force (@BurmaTaskForce) July 8, 2019
Heavy rain and wind were also observed in makeshift camps in #Bangladesh and as well as at zero-point.@UNHCR_BGD @MSF pic.twitter.com/v3zOWH6bkh
Featured image credit: Burma Task Force
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Attention: a day of avalanche activity
Due to lacking outgoing nocturnal radiation and rain showers, conditions on Monday are unfavourable. Below 2700 m, heightened avalanche activity can be expected. Avalanche danger will rise during the day. In Hohe Tauern is the most snow, danger will rise to CONSIDERABLE; elsewhere to MODERATE. Numerous gliding-snow and wet-snow avalanches can be expected.
Avalanche danger on Monday will be MODERATE from the start and increase by the hour. At midday at latest, danger will be CONSIDERABLE, especially in the Tauern.
The snowpack up to 2500 m is 0-degrees isotherm widespread, moist in the interior layers, wet below 1800 m. The process of slopes becoming bare of snow is unfolding apace. Within one week, 30-50 cm of the snowpack has been lost, most of which condensed in the foehn current. The activity area for gliding-snow and wet-snow avalanches is currently on north-facing slopes at 1700-2300 m; on south-facing slopes at 2100-2700 m. Above 2700 m the snowpack is currently rather stable.
Alpine Weather Forecast (ZAMG Salzburg)
On Sunday night, skies will be overcast. Occasional showers are possible, more likely in southern than in northern regions.
Short Term Development
Monday and Tuesday will be unfavourable due to lacking nocturnal outgoing radiation and intermittent rainfall. Stable springtime conditions will develop again starting on Wednesdasy or, at latest, Thursday. The latter part of the week looks good.


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A category 4 storm with strong winds and heavy rain made its landfall on India’s east coast, with authorities evacuating more than 1 million people to safer places. Flight and train services remained shut.
Cyclone Fani, the worst storm to hit India since 2014, saw wind speed as high as 210 kilometers (130 miles) per hour, according to the country’s weather office. Television channels showed pictures of uprooted trees, broken houses and torn hoardings as strong winds and heavy rains swept Odisha state. There has been no casualty so far, according to the federal disaster management body.
“We have thankfully received no reports of casualties from Odisha after the cyclone’s landfall,” said N.C. Marwah, member of National Disaster Management Agency. “The storm is now moving north and we are expecting it hit West Bengal later today, for which preparations are ongoing.”
Odisha, home to several aluminum units, power plants, coal mines and an oil refinery, is battered by cyclonic storms every year. The state was hit by a super cyclone in 1999 with wind speeds that were estimated to have reached a maximum 270 kilometers an hour, leaving almost 10,000 people dead.
Oil & Natural Gas Corp. has suspended its offshore exploration in the region and has towed five of its six drilling rigs in the Bay of Bengal to the coast as a precautionary measure. It has evacuated almost 500 people working at its fields. State-run National Aluminium Co. is reviewing its mining operations and may shut its refinery in the event of heavy gusts.
Indian Oil Corp., which has a 15-million-tons-a-year refinery at Paradip in coastal Odisha, has taken all necessary steps to control the impact, refineries director B.V. Rama Gopal said on Friday. “We have moved some ships with crude and petroleum products to the high seas for a few days,” he said. “Paradip refinery is designed to withstand cyclones with speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour.”
The navy and the coast guard are on high alert and ships and helicopters are on standby for rescue and relief operations. Offshore oil exploration activities have been suspended. The storm is now expected to weaken as it progresses toward West Bengal, a state adjoining Odisha.
“The eye of the cyclone has moved over the land,” said K.J. Ramesh, director general of the India Meteorological Department. The intensity of the cyclone is weakening, he said.
Odisha and West Bengal, which are expected to bear the brunt of the storm, are forecast to get heavy showers on Friday and Saturday, according to the weather office. The two affected states mainly grow rice during the monsoon season, with plantings beginning this month.
India’s neighbor Bangladesh is also on high alert. It ordered evacuation of people to cyclone shelters in 19 coastal districts, according to Disaster Management Secretary Shah Kamal.
All trains have been canceled on a section along the Odisha coast on the Kolkata-Chennai route until Saturday afternoon, according to the Indian Railways. Friday’s flights to and from Bhubneswar must be canceled, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said in a statement.
Most operations at all the ports on the east coast have been suspended, said Subrat Tripathy, chief executive officer of Dhamra Port in Odisha. “We have also taken out vessels as we can not operate under this severe weather condition.”
Cyclone Fani is likely to have a sustained wind speed of 170-180 kilometers per hour. That compares with Hudhud storm’s wind speed of 180 kilometers in 2014, according to data from the weather office. Cyclone Phailin, that battered Odisha and parts of Andhra Pradesh in 2013, saw surface wind speeds of about 215 kilometers per hour.
–With assistance from Debjit Chakraborty, Sheenu Gupta, Arun Devnath, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Anurag Kotoky, Swansy Afonso and Dhwani Pandya.
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A surrogate-based optimization methodology was proposed for identifying and determining the optimal location and configuration of an air quality monitoring network (AQMN) in an industrial area for different pollutants such as sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxide (NOx), and carbon monoxide (CO). Within the framework of the described methodology, an optimal AQMN design was proposed to assess the violation and pattern scores for each pollutant. For this purpose, a criterion for assessing the allocation of monitoring stations was developed by applying a utility function that could describe the spatial coverage of the network and its ability to detect violations of standards for multiple pollutants. An air dispersion model based on the multiple cell approach was used to create monthly spatial distributions for the concentrations of the pollutants emitted from different sources. The data was used to develop the surrogate models. The proposed methodology was applied to a network of existing refinery stacks, and the locations of monitoring stations and their area coverage percentage were obtained. Results clearly indicated that the proposed methodology was successful in designing AQMNs and could be used for as many stations as required.
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Taipei: Typhoon Soulik battered Taiwan with torrential rain and powerful winds on Saturday that left two people dead and at least 100 injured.
Roofs were ripped from homes, debris and fallen trees littered the streets, and some areas were submerged by flood waters.
One town in central Taiwan reported "widespread" landslides and water levels a storey high.
Around 8,000 people were evacuated from their homes before the typhoon struck, with hundreds of soldiers deployed to high-risk areas and the whole island declared an "alert zone" by the authorities.
In the capital Taipei, a 50-year-old police officer died after being hit by bricks that came loose during the typhoon, the Central Emergency Operation Centre said.
A 54-year-old woman from central Miaoli county died after falling from the roof of her home, the centre added.
In Taichung city, a man was missing after falling into a river.
Some 104 people were reported injured, mostly by trees or flying debris, with the majority recorded in Taichung.
Soulik made landfall on the northeast coast around 03:00 2000 GMT yesterday, packing winds of up to 190 kilometres an hour, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said.
Strong winds battered the island for much of the day but at 0900 GMT the CWB downgraded Soulik to a tropical storm and lifted the land warning as it churned towards mainland China.
Nine people were rescued from flooded homes in the Shiangshan area of Puli, a town in central Nantou county, which was also hit by landslides.
"The water came very fast, catching residents totally unprepared -- in some areas, it was one-storey deep," township official Wu Yuan-ming told a news agency.
The nine were rescued by firefighters in rubber boats after the river broke its banks, Wu said.
"Flooding and landslides were widespread in the town, especially in the areas near mountains," he added, calling the effects of the typhoon "more serious than we predicted".
Landslides reached the backyards of residents` homes but they had already evacuated, Wu said, adding that the ground may have been loosened by an earthquake last month.
A major landslide on a mountain road leading to Taian, a central town famous for its hot spring resorts, was also reported by local media.
The northern village of Bailan saw the heaviest rain, measuring 900 millimetres over the past two days, with winds gusting up to 220 kilometres per hour.


just back from a 7 day backpacking trip to bridger wilderness, just south of that area. Mosquitoes where brutal, all the time, everywhere...with the exception of windy places. We were only at @9800 all week and the high 70's & low 80's felt really really hot! Lows averages about 32 at night, so be prepared in September! No rain or afternoon hail storms, and that was a first!


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Patna: Bihar has been caught in the grip of a raging heatwave since June 15, which has left 142 persons dead in four days and has led to the hospitalisation of 1,195 people, according to the state health department.
Local newspapers, however, are putting the death toll as high as 304.
The state has dismissed that figure as unreliable. “I don’t know where they get the figures from and can’t comment on this,” said Kaushal Kishor, addition secretary of the Bihar health department.
Using the powers vested under Section 144, the Bihar government has issued prohibitory orders to keep people from stepping outside in the searing heat, particularly between 11 am and 4 pm.
The state government has imposed a ban on any kind of construction work (government or non-government) between 11 am and 5 pm. In addition, work under MNREGA plan is also prohibited during this period. The orders also prohibits all public gatherings during the afternoon. All schools, colleges and private tuition institutes have been asked to remain closed till June 22.
Section 144 was first imposed in the district of Gaya. District magistrate Abhishek Singh said that the orders have been imposed in order to ensure that people do not go out in the heat and that it will remain in place until the next order. Retailers’ unions have also been urged to keep the shops closed in the afternoon except to offer emergency services. A day later, Section 144 was imposed in the entire state.
Experts claim that this is probably the first time that such prohibitory orders have been imposed in Bihar due to an extreme heatwave, and also the first time that the heatwave has killed so many people.
Temperatures have been recorded in excess of 45 degree Celsius in several parts. On June 15, Gaya recorded a maximum temperature of 45.6 degree Celsius, 8 degrees above normal, which led to the deaths of 25 people. Another 30 persons lost their lives in Aurangabad on the same day.
On June 16, 36 people died in Aurangabad and another 28 died in Gaya. On June 17, the combined death toll in Aurangabad, Nawada and Gaya was 48.
Considering the rising number of patients in hospitals, additional doctors have been deployed in these districts. Guidelines have been issued for the general public as well.
According to weather expert G.P. Sharma: “Since the temperature was at a constant in Bihar during the last few days, when the temperature rose suddenly, the surge came as a shock.”
He says, “Heatwaves are normal in Bihar but the change in weather during the last week was felt across Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. Though Punjab and Rajasthan have witnessed a slight respite from the heat, its effects have not reached Bihar yet. As a result, Bihar is still reeling under the hot weather. Had there been phases of change in weather activities, the impact would not have been as harsh.”
“When the weather remains constant, and the temperature does not fluctuate much, a cumulative effect is seen over a period of a few days which results in a sudden surge in temperature. That’s what happened in Bihar,” he adds.
For the past one week, the temperature in Bihar has hovered around 45 degree Celsius – between 5 and 6 degrees above normal.
In its latest bulletin, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted some respite. Heat wave conditions are likely to prevail in Bihar and parts of West Bengal for another day, after which they are likely to subside.
Speaking to The Wire, Pradhan Parthasarthy, the head of Indian Meteorology Society (Patna) who has been researching weather patterns for several years, and who is also a member of the steering committee of Bihar State Action Plan for climate change, pointed towards the geographical reasons of the heatwave in Magadha region.
He said, “Magadha region has the Vindhya mountain range which begins from Mirzapur and reaches Palamu, while passing through Kaimoor, Rohtas and Gaya. There is little foliage in the region and the mountains are bare. They tend to heat up quickly and the wind that blows through the region rapidly becomes hot. The temperature in areas where the wind becomes hot tends to increase sharply as compared to the plains. This hot wind transforms into loo which is deadlier in the plain. This is why these areas witnessed a soaring heat and loo claimed dozens of lives.”
Rain in Bihar depends on the winds coming from the Bay of Bengal. But currently, there is no ongoing meteorological activity in the Bay of Bengal. This is one of the main reasons why Bihar’s weather has worsened.
“The Westerlies are active in the plains of Ganga right now,” says Parthasarthy. “As long as the Westerlies remain active in the Ganga plains, they will not allow the formation of clouds over Bihar. Clouds will form here only when winds from the Bay of Bengal blow. It is these winds which push the monsoon towards Bihar.”
Another reason for the heatwave has been the delay in the monsoon.
In Bihar, the south-west monsoon usually arrives by June 10-12. It enters the region through the Bay of Bengal. But for the past few years, it has been arriving late. Officials of the meteorological department said that the monsoon arrived late in Kerala itself, which is why it has been late in reaching Bihar.
Last year, the monsoon reached Bihar on 25 June. Monsoon showers began on June 16 in 2017, and on June 17 in 2016.
This year, the monsoon is expected to hit Bihar on June 22.
Translated from Hindi by Naushin Rehman.


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BARRINGTON TOPS SNOW CHASE
From: Barrington Tops, Written by: Grant Burgess
Accompanied by Tim & Clare
A quick look at the weather models Thursday night had 850hPa temperatures toward the BTs staying below 0°C till midday. I awoke to a clear sky Friday morning so my hopes at seeing snow falling today were dramatically reduced.
Arrived at the dingo gate at 1130 with no ice or snow to be seen thus far, air temperature here was 5°C on the car thermometer. Spotted our first patches of snow ~1350m ASL. Our climb to Polblue saw snow thicken up rather quickly with it still evident on the road in patches. There was also a plough at Polblue when we got there which had obviously been clearing the roads - first time I had ever seen this. Air temperature at Polblue was 2.4°C at 1230 with fluctuations between 2.4 & 3.6°C the whole time we were up there under a partly cloudy sky. Snow here was a hard-packed 10-15cm cover, we spoke to a senior National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS) officer who said that snow was up to 30cm deep in patches earlier in the week - before the heavy rains began.
From Polblue we headed east toward Devils Hole Lookout where snow quickly thinned out over the eastern side of the range. No snow was apparent at the lookout or on any of the other surrounding higher mountain peaks. Temperature on the car thermometer read 6°C. Further east of here we come across frost patches still on & beside the road in sheltered spots.
An informative & fun trip to say the least, even allowing for the poor road conditions - possibly the worst i've ever seen in the area.
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The Tops Organic Retreat is the closest non-camping accomodation to the more snow prone area Barrington Tops. It's just half an hour's drive up to Pol Blue. With cosy log fires it's a great place for a romatic or family winter getaway. Details here: www.thetopsretreat.com.au


Northern Lights Could Disrupt Electrical Grid
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Good morning. I'm Renee Montagne. The earth is being hit right now by a storm full of fury and beauty. The biggest solar storm in years has lit up the skies with a show known as the Northern Lights. This big storm is treating stargazers as far south as Upstate New York to a spectacle of green and blue, which may well make up for the disruptions it could bring to the electrical grid and GPS signals. It's MORNING EDITION.
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I’ve never seen anything like this! An ice disk is a rare ice formation consisting of a thin, circular sheet of ice. With a bit of water pressure or wind, it moves. In the above video, you can watch one that recently appeared in the Sheyenne River in North Dakota. It’s about 55 feet across and slowly rotates. A hydrologist described the phenomenon:
Allen Schlag, a National Weather Service hydrologist in Bismarck, and Greg Gust, a weather service meteorologist in Grand Forks, said a combination of cold, dense air last weekend and an eddy in the river likely caused the disk.
The cold, dense air — the air pressure Saturday in nearby Fargo was a record high for the city for the month of November, according to Gust — turned the river water into ice, but since the water was relatively warm it didn't happen all at once. Floating bits of ice got caught in the eddy and started to spin in a circle.
You can see photos of more ice disks at Colossal.


The tropical storm has been gathering winds above the Pacific Ocean but fears are growing over the destruction that might be caused when it hits land.
The typhoon – named Maysak – is expected to hit the Philippines this weekend and tourists and residents have been warned of a "significant threat" to islands in its path.
NASA astronaut Terry Virts tweeted a photo of the typhoon from his international space station orbiting Earth.
He wrote: "Looking down into the eye - by far the widest one I've seen. It seemed like a black hole from a Sci-Fi movie #Maysak."
The storm was believed to be one of the strongest cyclones in history during the months of January, February and March according to reports.
“Looking down into the eye - by far the widest one I've seen. It seemed like a black hole from a Sci-Fi movie”Astronaut Terry Virts
Esperanza Cayanan, an officer at the weather bureau, said: "This is very strong and it will maintain its strength as it nears, although we expect that the typhoon will weaken.
"But this will still be typhoon intensity so it will bring strong winds when it makes landfall."
The typhoon could damage rice and corn crops in central and northern areas of the Philippines.
But Alexander Pama, executive director of the national disaster agency, said the biggest challenge will be keeping tourists safe when Maysak hits.
Thousands have already travelled to popular hotspots for the Easter break.
The typhoon is not expected to be anywhere near as devastating as typhoon Haiyan which struck the Philippines in 2013, killing nearly 8000 people.


Human Interest A Stargazer's Guide to the Leonids Meteor Shower: When It Will Peak and How to Watch the Fireballs The Leonids will peak Nov. 16-17, and remain active through Nov. 30 for an ultra bright, fireball phenomenon By Skyler Caruso Skyler Caruso Instagram Skyler Caruso is the Editorial Assistant of PEOPLE Digital. People Editorial Guidelines Published on November 11, 2021 11:05 AM Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: getty It's meteor shower hour! The Leonid meteor shower is expected to peak late night on Nov. 16 and Nov. 17 early morning, but will remain active through Nov. 30. Stargazers can expect a spectacular scene of shooting stars because the Leonids are historically known for their meteor storms rather than showers which can produce at least 1,000 meteors per hour. During a 1966 Leonid storm, viewers claimed "thousands of meteors per minute fell through Earth's atmosphere during a 15 minute period," recorded by NASA. "There were so many meteors seen that they appeared to fall like rain." The last Leonid storm that took place was in 2002 and is said to occur roughly every 33 years. (If you're anything like us, your calendar is already marked for 2035.) Harvest Moon 2021: See Photos of the September Spectacular Around the World getty Although a storm spectacle is unlikely to be in effect this year, star searchers can still expect to witness approximately 15 meteors per hour that shoot as fast as 44 miles per second. The Leonids are considered some of the fastest meteors out there, so try not to blink! They are also known for their bluish-white hues, earthgrazers – and yes, fireballs. Earthgrazers are meteors that have long, colorful tails and fly especially close to the horizon. Fireballs are grander explosions of light that last longer than an average meteor since they derive from larger particles of cometary material. NASA Will Test 'Planetary Defense' System by Shooting a Rocket at an Asteroid getty How can you watch the meteor shower show? NASA suggests the following: First, appropriately prepare yourself for the temperatures and conditions with sleeping bags, blankets, and chairs. Then, head outside 30 minutes before midnight to give your eyes a chance to adjust to the dark (find a spot farthest away from light for the best view). Angle yourself with your feet facing east, look up, and take in as much of the sky as possible. Patience is key, as you'll have until dawn to catch a glimpse. Stargazers will have to contend with a waxing gibbous moon, which will interfere with viewing because it brightens the sky. Fortunately, it shouldn't cause too much of a problem, only washing out the fainter meteors. Straight Out of Armageddon: NASA Tests Asteroid Impact Before Crashing Spacecraft Into One getty Although viewers can spot the flying stars from all over the night sky, it can be helpful to locate the originating point from which they shoot. The Leonids come from the Leo the Lion constellation because these meteors "radiate outward from the vicinity of stars representing the Lion's Mane," according to EarthSky.org. They tend to stream from the star Algieba within the Leo cluster. "The point in the sky from which they appear to radiate is the radiant point," the publication added. The source of the Leonid meteor shower is Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle, "which is falling apart as it makes periodic runs around the sun and its ices melt from the heat," according to Space.com. "As Earth plows through the vast number of particles it leaves behind, meteors streak through the atmosphere." Ingenuity Helicopter Takes First Aerial Color Photos of Mars: 'That's Why We're Here' getty November surely gets its fix of astronomical activity, between meteor showers and moon phases. The Taurid meteor shower took place at the beginning of the month, while the partial lunar eclipse will unfold over the North American sky on Nov. 19. October saw the Draconids and Orionids meteor showers. The Draconids were, unfortunately, difficult to view due to a thick layer of clouds, while the Orionids were drowned out by the Hunter's Moon.


REVERE, MASS. (WHDH) - Strong winds during Tuesday’s nor’easter wreaked havoc along the Massachusetts coastline, knocking out power to thousands of customers.
As a result of wind gusts that reached 55 mph at times, a single-masted boat washed up on Short Beach in Revere near the Winthrop line.
It’s not clear where the boat traveled from, but it could be seen Wednesday morning leaning over in the middle of the beach, just feet away from a concrete wall that runs along the road.
The storm downed trees in many other towns and cities. Some coastal areas experienced flooding.
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Storm Events Database
|Begin Date||08/16/2011 00:00:00 CST-6|
|End Date||08/31/2011 23:59:00 CST-6|
|Deaths Direct/Indirect||0/0 (fatality details below, when available...)|
|Episode Narrative||The latter half of August saw Drought conditions deteriorate, a result of days of heat and wind after the first, which continued for most days until month's end - with only a few periods of welcome rainfall, particularly on the 26th and again on the 31st. Along and west of Highway 281, high temperatures reached 100 or higher on twenty days of more, with McAllen/Miller Airport falling one day shy of their 2009 record (28 vs. 29). Dry, hot weather peaked on the 28th and 29th, when even areas near the coast pushed past 100 degrees.
Crop impacts were fully realized by the end of August, when a combination of crop damage with production loss of cotton, corn, and sorghum totalled more $25 million (preliminary insured) for the Rio Grande Valley as a whole (Starr, Hidalgo, Cameron, and Willacy). This was an increase of more than $17 million from the preliminary numbers ($8.8 million) which were largely realized during the late spring (May/June). Preliminary totals were $26,721,548, including earlier damage recorded this year. For each event, values listed are totals based on an additional lump sum of $17,886,641, added since last report (late July).
|Event Narrative||Exceptional D4 drought conditions developed across the northern one third of Brooks County as the month of August progressed. Extreme (D3) Drought conditions prevailed across the south and central two thirds of Brooks County.|
All events for this episode:
|KENEDY (ZONE)||KENEDY (ZONE)||TX||08/16/2011||00:00||CST-6||Drought||0||0||0.00K||0.00K|
|HIDALGO (ZONE)||HIDALGO (ZONE)||TX||08/16/2011||00:00||CST-6||Drought||0||0||0.00K||4.690M|
|ZAPATA (ZONE)||ZAPATA (ZONE)||TX||08/16/2011||00:00||CST-6||Drought||0||0||0.00K||0.00K|
|STARR (ZONE)||STARR (ZONE)||TX||08/16/2011||00:00||CST-6||Drought||0||0||0.00K||1.280M|
|JIM HOGG (ZONE)||JIM HOGG (ZONE)||TX||08/16/2011||00:00||CST-6||Drought||0||0||0.00K||0.00K|
|BROOKS (ZONE)||BROOKS (ZONE)||TX||08/16/2011||00:00||CST-6||Drought||0||0||0.00K||0.00K|


Flood Advisory Issued for Hāmākua Coast, Hilo, Puna Districts
The National Weather Service has issued a flood advisory for the Hāmākua Coast and the Hilo and Puna Districts. The advisory is forecasted to last through the evening of Oct. 30.
The Hawai‘i County Civil Defense Agency advises that heavy rain with possible thunder showers may occur. A flood advisory means that localized flooding may occur.
Residents in flood-prone areas are asked to remain alert for flood conditions. The Civil Defense advises the public to be aware of road closures and advises not to cross flowing water.
The Civil Defense also warns the public to be aware of malfunctioning traffic signals. Treat flashing traffic lights as a four-way stop.
If lightning threatens the area, the safest place to be is indoors.


First Warning Forecast | An Up-And-Down Weather Week
At Least The Means There’s Some Ups!
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - The swirling chill of the weekend is hanging on across the Tri-State, but at least it’s a little quieter out there. Despite working to shed the early clouds, the brighter skies of the afternoon will only get us to the mid-40s, keeping us in the jackets. New clouds arrive before evening, and a couple spots of drizzle or flakes will skip by overnight, mainly in the north.
Sunshine makes another run at us tomorrow, but this time with a gathering southerly breeze. We’ll make use of it, helping to push us to the 60°-mark in the afternoon (fairly respectable). Yet another system will approach Tuesday afternoon and evening, but will be kicking out of here Wednesday morning, after bringing a few showers across. Wednesday afternoon will feature our best air of the week, potentially even sneaking to the 70-degree mark depending on the amount of sunshine that comes back in.
For whatever goodness the mild air brings mid-week, we’ll be losing it just as quickly in the days that follow. Yet another system moves through Thursday afternoon, sending us tumbling back to the 40s on Friday. High school playoff teams (and their fans) better be prepared for the chill again this weekend.
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.24 hr Summary…
Solar activity was very low and no solar flares were observed this
period. Region 2476 (S10E41, Cao/beta) exhibited minor growth
throughout the period while the remaining active regions were stable.
An eruptive prominence on the limb was observed near S38W90 in SDO/AIA
304 imagery between 03/0930-1030 UTC. The eruption propagated along the
filament channel from southeast to northwest and while relevant
coronagraph imagery was unavailable at the time of this writing, this
event is not expected to be Earth-directed.
Solar activity is expected to be very low with a chance for C-class
flares over the next three days (03-05 Jan).


GENEVA, Switzerland – The Swiss meteorological office, MeteoSwiss, has issued a Degree 3 alert for strong, gusty winds for most of Switzerland for the next 48 hours.
Gusty winds between 70 and 90 km/h can be expected until Wednesday 10 February.
The southwest winds will be particularly felt in elevations below 1,800 metres.
The Lake Geneva region and most of western Switzerland are under a strong advisory. Most of the Valais will also be affected.
Storm Imogen which is causing havoc in northern Europe is also affecting western Switzerland. Swiss TV network, RTS, broadcast today images of the high winds over Lake Neuchatel.
Meanwhile, more than 100 passengers on a ferry sailing between France and Ireland were forced to take shelter off the UK coast after Imogen caused heavy seas and strong winds.
In spite of increasingly forceful winds over Geneva late this afternoon, the first Boeing 777 from Swiss Airlines landed successfully at Geneva Airport.
The 777 will connect Switzerland in long-haul flights to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sao Paulo, Bangkok and Hong Kong, carrying up to 340 passengers.
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South swell a'plenty for Southern NSW
Sydney, Hunter and Illawarra Surf Forecast by Ben Matson (issued Wednesday 10th June)
Best Days: Thurs: good S'ly swell with rapidly improving conditions as winds become light and variable. Fri/Sat/Sun: fun pulsey S’ly swells with light winds. Mon: new pulse of S/SE swell with generally light winds.
Recap: Near-flat conditions Tuesday. A new south swell has started building across Southern NSW this afternoon, with early 3ft sets at south facing beaches now pushing 4ft and expected to be a little bigger by later today. Winds have been mainly moderate S’ly although periods of W/SW winds have been reported about the coast.
This week (June 11 - 12)
The frontal progression responsible for the current south swell tracked a little off axis compared to Monday’s model guidance, which has resulted in a slight downgrade for Thursday.
Nevertheless, we’re still looking at a strong secondary pulse of south swell holding steady for much of the day, with south facing beaches likely to reach 4-5ft (bigger 6ft+ sets in the Hunter). Expect smaller surf at beaches not open to the south.
Local winds should become light and variable on Thursday as a weak high pressure system pushes across the south-western Tasman Sea, however there may be a lingering SE flow across the Hunter. For what its worth, model guidance also has a brief restrengthening S/SW flow across the Sydney/Illawarra coasts through the morning but I don’t think this will eventuate. For the most part conditions should be reasonably good across most of the Southern NSW coast, especially in the south.
On Friday, the south swell will slowly trend downwards. However, a succession of trailing fronts through the lower Tasman Sea will maintain plenty of background southerly swell energy, that should slow the easing trend. As such, south facing beaches should see inconsistent 3ft+ sets (smaller elsewhere, but bigger in the Hunter) and light variable winds - mainly W’ly - should keep conditions nice and clean. Smaller surf is likely through the afternoon as wave energy continues to subside.
This weekend (June 13 - 14)
A strong front within this recent progression, passing east of Tasmania on Thursday, will deliver a renewal of south swell that's due to arrive on Saturday morning. It’ll display longer swell periods (due to stronger core wind speeds) however the less-favourable storm track means swell size will be smaller across the NSW coast.
That being said, with light variable winds on offer all day conditions should be nice and clean. South facing beaches should build all day with sets in the 3ft+ range at south facing beaches by lunchtime, and bigger 4-5ft sets across the Hunter Coast. As per usual, expect smaller surf at beaches not open to the south. The timing on this pulse isn't clear so dawn may reveal smaller waves ahead of its arrival.
Sunday will then see this south swell ease slowly in size, but Sydney’s south facing beaches should again pick up fun 2-3ft surf, with bigger 4ft waves across the Hunter coast (ahead of an easing trend into the afternoon). Light winds are expected throughout the day once again thanks to the presence of a weak high across the Southern Tasman Sea.
Next week (June 15 onwards)
The front and low responsible for Saturday’s pulse is expected to undergo a further re-intensification, well to the south of New Zealand on Friday (see chart below). As this happens, a fetch of storm force S’ly winds are expected to wrap around the primary low, and should kick up a new long period S/SE swell that’s currently modelled to arrive mid-late morning on Monday.
Prior to the arrival of the new swell (early Monday), we’re looking at smaller residual southerly energy across much of Southern NSW. This new pulse of groundswell should however bring some strong sets to exposed regions throughout the afternoon, possibly between 3ft and maybe even 5ft, holding into Tuesday morning too.
Local winds look reasonably good at this stage - only light in strength - however a broad, weak front to the south may instigate a southerly regime across the region on Monday, before the synoptic flow swings NE on Tuesday. I’ll reevaluate this in more dateline Friday - but nevertheless it looks like a good swell event for the region.
Following this, it looks like the middle of next week will see a series of smaller S/SE swells originating from trailing fronts skirting the far eastern waters of the Tasman Sea, right along the West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island.
The other main feature for the longer term is a deepening trough across the eastern states from Tuesday through Wednesday which should strengthening NE winds about the coast, and kick up a generous short range NE windswell, probably somewhere in the 3-4ft range through Wednesday. However surface conditions will probably be quite average at first with the accompanying nor’east airstream.
What we’ll be looking for during this period is the timing for the trough to move offshore and local winds to swing around to the west, just as the swell starts to decline. At this stage it’ll probably occur somewhere around Thursday but I’ll take a closer look at this in Friday's notes.


Thirty-three departments in the northern half of France are under orange weather alerts for snow and black ice today (December 14), as this week’s cold temperatures continue.
The departments are: Côtes-d’Armor, Ille-et-Vilaine, Morbihan, Manche, Calvados, Orne, Mayenne, Sarthe, Eure-et-Loire, Eure, Seine-Maritime, Oise, Val d’Oise, Paris and its surrounding departments, Loiret, Seine-et-Marne, Aisne, Marne, Aube, Yonne, Meuse, Haute-Marne, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Moselle, Vosges, Territoire de Belfort, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin.
The surrounding departments are under yellow alerts for snow and ice. Further information can be found on the Météo France website.
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This morning, the national forecaster has stated that the south of France is seeing noticeably milder temperatures, while cold air lingers over the north, with temperatures sitting around 0C or below.
“The risk of icy conditions is high across all of the departments under an orange alert,” it said, adding that the nature of the precipitation forecast for today is not yet certain.
“Icy rain should dominate in the south of the area under orange alert, while snow should dominate in the north, with around 2-5cm accumulating on the group, with a bit more in some areas, potentially up to 10cm.”
Anne Lavaud of the Prévention routière road safety organisation has told Franceinfo that people needing to go out today should “keep further away from other cars” and “reduce their speed”.
She said that cyclists should choose “a different mode of transport”.
The police prefecture of Ile-de-France also called on people in Ile-de-France to work from home today if possible and to take public transport rather than driving if not.
Several departments, including Haut-Rhin and Bas-Rhin did not run school buses this morning.
In Paris, 20% of flights departing from Charles de Gaulle have been cancelled today, while at Orly the figure is 25%.
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