Meteorology News
- Where are they now? Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 5:32AMBuffalo’s broadcast personalities may fade from our wide screens, but not from our memories. Our on-air celebs become like friends to be greeted by their first names in public. Their absence we note. When they’re sick, we send cards.
- Publicity Activities for Preventing and Reducing Disasters Start in China Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 1:26AMBeijing, July 14 (KCNA) -- "2011 China Action of Volunteers for Publicity for Preventing and Reducing Weather-related Disasters" was kicked off in Beichuan County, Sichuan Province on July 10.
- Weather is wetter, warmer Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:40PMTV meteorologist Jeff Lyons says Earth is warming, regardless of causes
- Heat wave arrives in area Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:17PMMost folks make preparations when a blizzard is headed this way, but not necessarily when there’s a heat wave in the summer.
- Heat advisory forecast for Tri-States Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:22PMThe Tri-States will be under a heat advisory for most of next week.
- What's with this wacky weather? Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:51AMWe've taken notice that the weather has had it's share of ups and downs recently and we decided to ask some questions!
- Fog to clear soon Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:08AMFOG is still lingering, prompting a warning from ambos, but it will clear by lunchtime.
- Tigers warm up for Suns with heat chamber Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 3:59AMRichmond has used a heat chamber to prepare for the expected warm weather in their historic AFL clash with Gold Coast in Cairns on Saturday.
- Kenya: When Will We Learn? Country Reels in Cycles of Droughts Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:29AMWe have weathered many droughts and this one too will come and go - this seems to be the thinking dominating the government's food security meetings. That is because while a string of studies have predicted droughts will now be common in East Africa, little has been done to mitigate the effects.
- Tributes for glider pilot Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:51AMFriends and Family of the glider pilot who died in a crash on Bluff Knoll yesterday have paid tribute to him as it emerged that he nearly missed the event from which he launched the flight.
- Get ready for a cold, miserable weekend Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:35AMThis weekend will be one for hot chocolate and extra blankets with the temperature not expected to rise above 15 degrees.
- Camp Teaches Girls About Math and Science Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 10:40PMGirls came from all over the U.S. and as far away as Saudi Arabia to learn about different professions in the math and science industries.
- Tens of Hotspots Located in Indonesia Riau Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:43PMThe large number of hotspots in Riau changed the temperature of the island.
- Events like Grantham 'likely to increase' Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 8:32PMA MAJOR gap exists in providing effective alerts for flash flooding in Australia, a report by Queensland's Chief Scientist Geoff Garrett has warned.
- Web-footed visitors call family's pool home Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 8:29PMThe Coon family swimming pool on Springfield Drive is no wildlife sanctuary but a family of ducks has taken to it like, well, ducks to water.[...]
- Brisbane has coldest morning in three years Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 6:41PMBrisbane residents have shivered their way through the coldest morning in three years.
- Pesticide pathways into the atmosphere Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 3:24PMScientists have found that herbicide volatilization consistently resulted in herbicide losses that exceed losses from field runoff.
- Researchers study pesticide pathways into the atmosphere Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 3:22PMWhen soil moisture levels increase, pesticide losses to the atmosphere through volatilization also rise. In one long-term field study, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists found that herbicide volatilization consistently resulted in herbicide losses that exceed losses from field runoff.
- Why It's Scary That I'm Not Scared of AIDS Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 2:24PMOutside of a committed, long-term relationship, I have never had unprotected intercourse. The thought of having sex without a condom gives me pause for a lot of reasons, the biggest of which is that, as someone who just last week ate hamburger buns for dinner, the prospect of having to feed a child multiple times a day terrifies me. I’m also afraid of getting herpes or HPV. I wear condoms for a ...
- Has the India Meteorological Dept failed us? Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 1:04PMWhile predicting the monsoons is a tricky job, the IMD has got it consistently wrong and impacted food prices.
- Cal Fire plans controlled burn Wednesday morning east of San Jose Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:34AMThe California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection is planning to burn about 600 acres of Joseph D. Grant County Park in south Santa Clara County on Wednesday.
- Major airports face ash cloud shutdown Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 10:15AMThe nation's two major airports face the prospect of being shut down for up to 48 hours as the ash cloud from a Chilean volcano continues to drift across southern Australia.
- Tasmania Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 9:45AMTop news stories, features and analysis filed by the ABC's network of journalists around the state.
- Research and Markets: Philosophy of Complex Systems: Handbook of the Philosophy of Science Part No. 10 Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 7:16AMResearch and Markets has announced the addition of Elsevier Science and Technology's new report "Philosophy of Complex Systems. Handbook of the Philosophy of Science Part No. 10" to their offering.
- +4C scenarios for Australia's future climate Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 6:22AM(PhysOrg.com) -- The impacts on Australia of a 4 C increase in average annual temperatures – including major reductions in annual rainfall in southern Australia, marked increases in evaporation nationwide and reduced snow cover in alpine regions – were presented today by CSIRO's Dr Penny Whetton at the Four Degrees climate change conference in Melbourne.
- STAR WEATHER Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 6:25AMMERIDIAN — Dangerous summer heat is expected for much of this week across the southern United States. Upper level ridging has once again expanded eastward into East Mississippi and West Alabama, and with the high moisture content outdoor conditions will be very oppressive.
- Perth shivers on coldest day of the year Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 4:35AMPerth has recorded its coldest day for 2011 with the temperature reaching just 12.9 degrees.
- Rainy outlook looks set to continue: BoM Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 4:33AMWET times are set to continue across most of Australia due to continuing La Nina conditions, the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) reports.
- Freie Universität Berlin Selects ClusterVision to Design New HPC Facility Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 4:12AMThe new Intel® Xeon® based cluster will provide a cost-effective and efficient HPC capability to an extended research community at one of Germany’s most prestigious educational institutions (PRWeb July 11, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/7/prweb8631983.htm
- More cold weather on the way Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 3:38AMBAD news for Toowoomba residents who shivered over the cold weekend— it’s going to get colder before it gets warmer.
- Australia puts a price on carbon Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 9:58PMThe Australian government yesterday unveiled plans to impose a "carbon price" on industrial emissions in a bid to combat climate change.
- CropMate proves the grain growers’ friend Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 8:54PMA Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)-funded online decision support tool – CropMate – is helping grain growers make sense of weather and climate information.
- Rescue ordered for Dutch tourists in Bolivia Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 8:12PMLA PAZ (AFP) - Bolivian authorities have ordered the rescue of a family of Dutch tourists stranded near the border with Chile due to heavy snowfall, officials have said.
- Gale force winds set to lash NSW Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 8:11PMGale force winds of up to 100km/h are expected across NSW and the ACT.
- Massive waves pound south-west Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 6:11PMLARGE swells provided a spectacular display along the south-west coast with waves up to 10 metres smashing against some of the region’s iconic limestone cliffs and rock formations.
- More wild weather on the way Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 4:33PMGALE force winds of up to 100km/h are expected across NSW and the ACT again today as residents wake up to another frosty morning.
- Weather warnings for NSW and ACT Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 4:26PMGale force winds of up to 100km/h are expected across NSW and the ACT.
- Gale-force winds to lash the state Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 4:22PMNo end in sight to wild weather hitting NSW as Sydneysiders wake up to another chilly morning.
- Column - A fraud on the Australian people Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 3:32PMJULIA Gillard’s carbon dioxide tax is the most brazen fraud to be perpetrated by an Australian government. Warming believers should be outraged that…
- Illawarra reels from ferocious wind storms Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 1:21PMScores of volunteers worked through the weekend clearing fallen trees, fixing damaged roofs and aiding properties under threat as the region reeled from ferocious wind storms.
- Gale force winds set to lash NSW and ACT Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 11:35AMGALE force winds of up to 100km/h are expected across NSW and the ACT as residents wake up to another frosty morning.
- First cuts won't be the deepest Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 9:30AMTHE Federal Government says its tax will lead to bigger cuts in carbon - prompting the adoption of a dramatically tougher emissions-reduction target.
- You are paying a high price for a con Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 8:43AMJULIA Gillard's carbon dioxide tax is the most brazen fraud to be perpetrated by an Australian government.
- Bulgarians, Visitors Advised to Stay Inside over Heat Wave Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 5:58AMThe Bulgarian regions of Vidin and Blagoevgrad are under code orange Sunday, the National Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) declared. The mercury in these regions is expected to hit the 39 degrees Celsius mark. The rest of the country is under code yellow with temperatures between 34 and 37 degrees and 31-33 on the Black Sea coast. ...
- Region burns through ozone limits Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 1:18AMIt wasn't much of a race. Before the dog days of summer arrived, air monitors in Denton and northern Tarrant counties had already racked up records of excessive ozone. The Keller monitor logged its fourth day above a federal limit on Wednesday. Denton's monitor logged its fourth on Thursday. It's been five years since ozone violations occurred so quickly in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.
- Oosterling assumes command of the Naval Oceanographic Office at Stennis Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 1:07AMCapt. Paul Oosterling relieved Capt. Brian Brown, USN, who will transfer to Washington, D.C., to serve as executive assistant to the oceanographer of the Navy.
- Coast belted by strong winds and wild weather Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 12:03AMTHE Coast was battered by winds of over 80 kph last night the wild wind brought down trees and cut power lines leaving some 1300 homes without power.
- 'Empire of Ice': The scientific quests of the Antarctic explorers Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 9:10PMIn "Empire of Ice," Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Edward J. Larson looks at how dedication to science powered many of the Antarctic's most daring expeditions.
- Winds tipped to lash NSW again Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 7:39PMSydney and the Illawarra can expect more wild and windy weather today.
- Civil War aeronautics: The use of balloons for reconnaissance Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 7:18PMDuring four years of the Civil War, there were many innovations in weaponry, tactics, medicine and naval vessels. In July 1861, Thaddeus Lowe, with the help of President Abraham Lincoln, ushered in a new phase of gathering military intelligence with the Union Army Balloon Corps.