WEATHER REPORT

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24 dead as tornado, hailstorms lash south China
Mar 21, 2013 (AFP)
At least 24 people died and scores were injured after a tornado carrying huge hailstones lashed southern China, causing widespread devastation and a ferry to ca...
Cherry blossom season officially begins in Tokyo
Mar 16, 2013 (AFP)
Japan's weather agency announced the official beginning of cherry blossom season in Tokyo on Saturday, equalling the record for the earliest ever start. The nat...
Britain urged to gird for extreme weather
Mar 04, 2013 (UPI)
Britain's Environment Agency says the country must take urgent action to "prepare and adapt" for climate extremes liked floods and droughts. Urgent action was v...
NOAA and NASA's Next Generation Weather Satellite May Provide Earlier Warnings
Mar 04, 2013 (SPX)
A new satellite that will detect the lightning inside storm clouds may lead to valuable improvements in tornado detection. The GOES-R satellite is currently bei...
Giant waves of atmospheric energy driving extreme weather
Feb 26, 2013 (SPX)
The world has suffered from severe regional weather extremes in recent years, such as the heat wave in the United States in 2011 or the one in Russia 2010 coinc...
New study links extreme weather to climate change
Feb 25, 2013 (AFP)
Scientists said Monday they have identified a physical mechanism behind the extreme weather that has plagued many parts of the world in recent years -- and that...
Is there gigantic jet event in middle latitude region in mainland China?
Feb 15, 2013 (SPX)
When talking about lightning, appearances of different lightning which occur along with thunderstorms will emerge in the minds of the people and these lightning...
US tornadoes strike southern states, 60 injured
Feb 11, 2013 (AFP)
Several powerful tornadoes ripped through the southern US states of Mississippi and Alabama injuring at least 60 people and destroying hundreds of homes at the ...
ISS to Scan the Globe for Weather Data with ISS-RapidScat
Feb 05, 2013 (SPX)
Regular measurements of wind speed and direction at the ocean surface alert forecasters to threatening tropical storm conditions, while informing scientists of ...
January hottest month on record in Australia
Feb 02, 2013 (AFP)
Australia experienced its hottest month on record in January, despite floods and storms that devastated parts of the country's east, officials said. The Bureau ...
Satellite Image Shows Eastern US Severe Weather System
Feb 01, 2013 (SPX)
A powerful cold front moving from the central United States to the East Coast is wiping out spring-like temperatures and replacing them with winter-time tempera...
Prediction of monsoon rainfall activity close at hand
Jan 31, 2013 (SPX)
The amount of rainfall and number of tropical storms during the summer monsoon season greatly impact the agriculture, economy, and people in Asia. Though meteor...
SSTL to supply satellites for FORMOSAT-7's global weather program
Jan 31, 2013 (SPX)
SSTL has been awarded the contract by the National Space Organization (NSPO) in Taiwan for the design and manufacture of up to twelve satellite platforms for th...
The storm that never was: Why the weatherman is often wrong
Jan 30, 2013 (SPX)
Have you ever woken up to a sunny forecast only to get soaked on your way to the office? On days like that it's easy to blame the weatherman. But BYU mechanical...
Cities affect weather thousands of kilometres away
Jan 27, 2013 (AFP)
Heat from large cities alters local streams of high-altitude winds, potentially affecting weather in locations thousands of kilometres (miles) away, researchers...
Wild winds hit Australian coast amid flood warnings
Jan 26, 2013 (AFP)
Destructive "tornadoes" hit Australia's northeast coast on Saturday, as officials warned parts of Queensland state to prepare for flooding, with torrential rain...
An early sign of spring, earlier than ever
Jan 18, 2013 (SPX)
Record warm temperatures in 2010 and 2012 resulted in the earliest spring flowering in the eastern United States in more than 150 years, researchers at Harvard ...
Temperature hits all-time record in Sydney
Jan 18, 2013 (AFP)
Temperatures in Sydney on Friday hit their highest levels since records began 150 years ago, after an Australian government agency warned of more frequent and i...
Global warming has increased monthly heat records by a factor of five
Jan 16, 2013 (SPX)
Monthly temperature extremes have become much more frequent, as measurements from around the world indicate. On average, there are now five times as many record...
US experts see more warming after hot 2012
Jan 15, 2013 (AFP)
Global temperatures were above average for the 36th straight year in 2012 and the planet is likely to chalk up more record warm highs over the coming decade, US...
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