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8 month long lightning storm a record breaker
A powerful lightning storm in Saturn’s atmosphere that began in mid-January 2009 has become the Solar System’s longest continuously observed…
International: 9/11 weather forecast
A rain storm on the East Coast is producing plenty of rain from New Jersey to southern New England for…
Weather Computer: 69.7 trillion calculations/second
Recently we ran a story about NIWA’s new supercomputer – but here’s a weather computer that’s more than twice as…
Hurricane Fred now a major hurricane
The second hurricane of the Atlantic season formed yesterday afternoon NZT and this morning Hurricane Fred rapidly strengthened into a…
Tropical Storms Fred & Linda
Tropical Storm Fred has strengthened today and as of 11 am ET top winds were near 115kmh. Fred is located…
What’s happening in the tropics?
The Atlantic Hurricane season was late to form then quickly burst in to life…but almost as fast as it began,…
Hurricane Jimena approaches Mexico
Tonight NZT Hurricane Jimena was located west-northwest of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Maximum sustained winds have lowered to near 180km/h, which…
Storms on both sides of North America
Tropical Storm ERIKA… Tropical Storm Erika formed in the Atlantic late on Tuesday. Erika is centered east of the northern…
Hurricane Bill nears USA & Canada – clears Bermuda
Hurricane Bill is accelerating north, well off the Eastern U.S. coast, and is still expected to turn northeast overnight. Bill…
Animals: Can they tell us a story?
Can animals predict the weather? Some people believe they can and here are a few examples… In the USA, a…
