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Early forecast calls for above-average 2013 hurricane season
An early 2013 hurricane season forecast is calling for a busy summer and fall, with a nearly 50 percent chance of a major storm striking the U.S. East Coast. Forecasters at Colorado State University on Wednesday predicted 18 named storms would form in...
Tags: Weather Reports, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Natural Disasters, Atlantic Ocean, Tropical Storms
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Colorado Forecasters: Atlantic Hurricane Season To Deliver 18 Named Storms
The Hartford CourantThe Atlantic Ocean is expected to churn out 18 named tropical storms, nine hurricanes and four major hurricanes during the season that stretches from June through November, according to a report released Wednesday by Colorado State University's...Tags: Weather Reports, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical Storms, Weather, Oceans
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National Hurricane Center tweaks warning policy after Sandy confusion
The National Hurricane Center will in the future maintain any necessary hurricane watches or warnings even if a storm is no longer technically a hurricane, as in the case of Superstorm Sandy. Center officials made the changes permanent Friday in light...
Tags: Weather Reports, Weather Warnings, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Long Island, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Sandy prompts change in watches, warnings
Sun SentinelAlthough Superstorm Sandy slammed the Northeast coastline with the force of a hurricane last October, no hurricane warning was issued. That won’t happen again, the National Hurricane Center said Thursday. As of June 1, the center is officially...Tags: National Weather Service, Weather Reports, Weather Warnings, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Natural Disasters
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Closing schools for last week's snow, better safe than sorry [Commentary]
Football season's over and baseball spring training games often don't rise to the level being topic for casual conversation, so last week's big snow that wasn't quickly became fodder for plenty of commentary at many levels. A major target when stormy...Tags: National Weather Service, Weather Reports, Snow Storms, Spring Training, Tropical Storms
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Winter Storm Nemo is just the beginning
Ever since Winter Storm Nemo lit up the Twitterverse and The Weather Channel's round-the-clock coverage, I've been fascinated with the idea that commercial enterprises can go far beyond the National Weather Service's rather stodgy names for hurricanes and...
Tags: Donald Trump, Fires, Allentown, The Weather Channel (tv network), Tropical Storms
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Warm Weather Has Plants Excited
Tom's Digs - Orlando SentinelA warmer than normal winter has most plants thinking spring. You might say they are excited bursting into bloom and new growth much ahead of time. Have you checked your citrus trees lately? Many have lots of flowers and are perfuming the air with that... -
It's a storm, not a person
The Baltimore SunI'm not keen on anthropomorphizing nature, a tendency best left to nineteenth-century poets: Shelley, Wordsworth, that element. So I grit my teeth and endure the National Weather Service's practice of naming tropical storms and hurricanes. It's a well-...Tags: National Weather Service, Weather Reports, The Weather Channel (tv network), Tropical Storms, Weather
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Weather service fires former hurricane chief Bill Proenza
Sun SentinelBill Proenza said fighting to ensure forecasts are as accurate as possible and speaking his mind has gotten him into trouble again. This time, he was fired as a top manager for the National Weather Service. Proenza, 68, was ousted as National...Tags: Melbourne, Key West, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), U.S. Congress, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Making scuba-diving a family sport
Never mind the moray eel. I'm focused on rubbing the "lucky" porthole of a ship that sunk here in a hurricane nearly 150 years ago.
Did I mention that I'm 60 feet underwater, diving mask on my face, breathing oxygen from a tank strapped to my back?...Tags: Travel, Salt, Trips and Vacations, Meteorological Disasters, Natural Disasters
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Letter: Eastern Shore senator questions state's plan for dealing with sediment behind Conowingo Dam
This letter was sent to the head of the Maryland Department of Environment and a similar one was sent to the head of the Department of Natural Resources. A copy was provided for publication. In August, the U.S. Geological Survey published a report...Tags: Environmental Issues, Conservation, Tropical Storm Lee (2011), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Hurricane Irene (2011)
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Change in air for blizzard of winter weather terms
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Ever hit a mental whiteout pondering the difference between a winter storm watch and winter weather advisory? The National Weather Service is looking at the idea that less is more when it comes to such jargon. This winter,...
Tags: National Weather Service, Weather Reports, Twitter, Inc., Weather Warnings, Social Media
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