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How do tornado winds compare with hurricanes?
Sun SentinelSouth Florida is unlikely to ever see a tornado as devastating as the one that tore through Oklahoma on Monday. The atmospheric conditions aren’t conducive here. Yet the region could see a Category 5 hurricane, which could pack winds almost as...Tags: Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Weather, National Weather Service, Natural Disasters
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America's Cup team calls for changes to make regatta safer
ReutersALAMEDA, California (Reuters) - The head of the Italian sailing team in the America's Cup called on Friday for lowering limits on wind speeds and other safety measures to make the regatta less dangerous following a deadly accident last week. Prada...Tags: Sailing, Larry Ellison, Open-Wheel Racing, Prada
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'May miracle' of above-average rainfall is a gift to firefighters
A "May miracle" of almost perfectly timed, above-average rainfall helped firefighters battling the large Springs fire in Ventura County and guaranteed that Los Angeles would not break a dubious record. The city was on track to having its fourth-driest...
Tags: Guiberson Fire (2009), Wildfires, Jerry Brown, National Weather Service, Fires
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Climate change may bring drought to temperate areas, study says
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON — Climate change may increase the risk of extreme rainfall in the tropics and drought in the world's temperate zones, according to a new study led by NASA. "These results in many ways are the worst of all possible worlds," said Peter...Tags: Guiberson Fire (2009), Natural Disasters, Pacific Ocean, Conservation, Greenbelt (Prince George's, Maryland)
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Early spring climate forecast
BROOKINGS - What a difference a year makes. Statewide, March 2013 in South Dakota was cooler and wetter than a year ago, where extremely warm temperatures contributed to a record warm year nationally and eventual drought development in South Dakota. "In...Tags: Weather, National Weather Service, Natural Disasters, Droughts, Weather Reports
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Record heat forecast Wednesday, with highs around 90 degrees
Maryland skipped over spring and went straight to summer-like weather Tuesday, as a "Bermuda high" system more common to June or July created a chance for record-breaking heat on Wednesday. Temperatures reached 85 degrees at Baltimore-Washington...
Tags: Weather, National Weather Service, Baltimore Weather, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Kennedy Krieger Institute
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Is This Progress?
Channel 2 WeatherWell, well, what have we here? A disappointing early spring perhaps? It just so happens that many are frustrated with what's been happening lately, but at least the gravel is getting picked up. Record snowfall in the winter of 2011-2012 was followed...Tags: Weather
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March 2013 among coldest for U.S., but 10th warmest across the globe
March 2013 brought a chill to Maryland and much of the eastern U.S., but the global average temperature for the month was meanwhile 10th warmest on record, according to U.S. climate researchers. Around here, March temperatures were about 3 degrees below...
Tags: Weather, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport
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'Wake-up call' sounded on stalled renewable energy initiatives
WASHINGTON -- The push to produce more energy from renewable sources has stalled, and “the average unit of energy produced today is basically as dirty as it was 20 years ago,” according to Maria van der Hoeven, executive director of the...
Tags: Renewable Energy, Weather, Environmental Issues, Energy, Global Warming
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Winter colder than average
The state climatologist was right: This winter was slightly colder than average. The average temperature this winter, which runs from Dec. 1 to Feb. 28 as far as the National Weather Service is concerned, was about 14.5 degrees in Aberdeen, state...Tags: Weather, National Weather Service, Weather Reports
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Arlington Heights approves weather sensors
Arlington Heights is installing high-tech weather sensors at two locations in the village. "You can't simply tell (the weather conditions) by looking out the window," said Mike Reynolds, the village's superintendent of maintenance. "We're trying to...Tags: Weather, McHenry, Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, McHenry County, Weather Reports
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February was second colder-than-normal month in 2 years
February's average temperature in Baltimore was below the long-term average, just the second time that has occurred here in two years. It was even colder, on average, than January, and the coldest of what was a relatively mild meteorological winter....
Tags: Weather, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Baltimore Weather, Weather Reports
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