Zapping the twist out of a tornado 03.07.00: A blast of microwave energy could tame a twister, researcher claims.

TIROS-1: A look back on a weather satellite that looked ahead 03.31.00: The first weather satellite, launched 40 years ago, changed everything.

New satellite eyes looming U.S. drought 04.03.00: Flows on Mississippi are near record lows as drought spreads west.

futurewatch Looking at history through a gnarled pine 09/27: By putting together the rings of one live tree and one dead tree, climatologists can see more than 10,000 years back in time. links ez weather reference El Niño & La Niña Global Warming Hurricanes Jet Stream Lightning Nor'easters Pressure: High/Low Tornadoes Weather Fronts Wind Chill Factor Your local forecast NWS warnings Satellite images U.S. radar image web news 01.06: La Nina used to predict flooding / AP 12/28: Death toll exceeds 100 in European storms / CNN Looking for tornado trouble 01.17.00: You gotta get close to get shots like this. Just ask David Johnson.

The $30 billion question: When will hurricanes go hyperactive again? 03.03.00: Study shows more hurricanes hit U.S. in past millennia. headlines Listen to the rain ... and learn 03.09.00: Raindrops on the ocean slap or ring, sounds that reveal much about a storm. Atlantic hurricanes tied to Indian Ocean cycle 03.17.00: Short-term, far-away cycle appears to foretell U.S. storms.   Predictions of floods in Mozambique were ignored 03.09.00: Climate modeller Mark Jury warned in a press statement last September of a "wet, wet" start to 2000 in southern Africa. Wyoming ice hints at abrupt end to Little Ice Age 02.29.00: Glacier yields clues to volcanic eruptions from the 1800s. El Niño electrifies winter 02.16.00: Warm water in the tropical Pacific can nearly triple the number of lightning hours around the Gulf of Mexico. Eastern Africa caught in vicious weather cycle 02.16.00: New study links heavy rainfall to heightened solar activity. A catastrophic dry period could be on the way, researchers say. Southwest could see prolonged drought 02.07.00: Long-term cycle in the Pacific may have changed, which some climate experts say could bring drought for a decade or more. Risk of ice jams and flooding grow in East 02.03.00: Heavy snow and ice spell danger when temperatures warm up. Image: The Ohio River all jammed up in 1918. Reading El Niño in a coral reef 02.01.00: Growth rings in coral link El Niño to decades-long cycle in Indian Ocean. Migraines triggered by wind, study shows 01.25.00: If you sometimes think the weather is giving you a headache, you might be on to something. Global warming is real, 11-member panel says 01.17.00: Despite conflicting data, surface temperatures are said to be climbing. Rainfall data to improve hurricane forecasts 01.12.00: The TRMM satellite measures latent heat in a storm, critical to forecasting development. New "twister" on lightning data 01.10.00: New study shows where cloud-to-cloud lightning is most common, information that might help forecast tornadoes. What's warm and dry and definitely not white? Winter! 01.06.00: Lack of snow seen from above. Bitter cold hiding in the far north may soon break the trend. Divining potato harvests in the stars 01.06.00: The brightness of the Pleiades has long helped Andean farmers predict the weather and know when to bury the spuds. How swirling Arctic winds change world weather 12/29: The cause, Arctic Oscillation, may be affected by human activities, new research shows. 1999 is second warmest year of the century in U.S. 12/13: On the heels of the warmest year of the century comes another scorcher, part of a trend of higher temperatures since the mid-1970s. Hurricane 2000 forecast: Milder but above average 12/10: Forecasting guru Bill Gray and his team roll out the early look. Expect more, but not quite as much, of the same. Legacy of 1999 hurricane season: Drenching rains 12/01: This hurricane season will be known as the year Floyd washed out several East Coast states and even threatened New York City. Floyd's lesser known damage monitored from space 11/10: The legacy of Hurricane Floyd has drifted out to sea, literally, as dying organic matter and sediment threatens the marine food chain. New satellite data to improve forecasts of hurricane strength 10/20: Combined with a new forecasting model, projections of intensity could improve next year. Simpler model to forecast hurricane intensity 10/13: Better computer model looks less at the winds around a storm and more at interaction with the ocean. La Niña again forecast to hang on through winter 10/11: In a forecast we've heard before, researchers predict the pool of cool equatorial Pacific water will hang around a while longer. Summer was hot and dry 09/23: Another scorching season produces little rain. Expect more Floyds: Two active decades ahead 09/16: A conveyor belt of water that fueled Floyd is part of a long-term cycle that affects El Nino, too. September the busiest hurricane month in recent years 09/07: With that pesky Dennis finally out of the picture and fall just around the corner, one might think the tropical crystal ball should brighten. How the new 3D hurricane images are made 09/13: Hurricane Floyd is shown in this 3D image, produced today. Find out how NOAA generates the shots. Tropics heat up right on schedule, more systems being watched 08/23: Two new systems form. Drought's weird consequences 08/19: Salt is bad for corn ... at least when it's still trying to grow. And other dry tales. Atlantic hurricane season may soon get climatic jump start 08/11: Expert says final needed elements may come soon. What drought? Mt. Baker sets U.S. snowfall record 08/03: Enough to bury 18 Jeeps. The Great 1999 Drought Low water threatens fish 08/02: Not enough to swim in. special report The great 1999 drought 07/29: Hot and dry is the story of July, throughout the East and much of the country. See how dry, where, and why. Water flowing in the Passaic River, NJ, in cubic feet per second: Heat waves increasingly frustrate aged and sagging power lines 07/29: The problem is not a lack of power, but rather an inability to get the power to where it's needed. Hurricane inactivity: Calm before stormy season? 07/21: NHC specialist: "It could still be a busy season -- or not." La Niña just won't go away, no matter what the experts say 07/14: Cold water in equatorial Pacific may persist into winter. feature story Siberian trees pull snow job on scientists 07/08: Answers at last to head-scratching growth questions, with implications for global warming. Heat wave gone, hot debate lingers 07/07: Heat waves like the one that broke last night in the East invite questions about global warming. Global warming increasingly fueled by jet contrails 06/24: More than 5 percent of the sky is covered in some places. More evidence humans cause ozone hole 06/24: Proof found 300 feet under the ice. World's fastest glacier near critical melting point 06/21: More icebergs may flow into shipping lanes, or a rapid retreat may ensue. Pinning down when and where lightning strikes 06/11: Electrical discharges follow the Sun and may even track long-term climate changes. Global warming may reduce western snowpack, move forests 06/04: Shift could threaten water supplies, change agricultural practices and even move forests. Scientists move closer to predicting deadly monsoon 06/02: The hurricane's Eastern cousin, the cyclone, is at the root of the drenching monsoon evil. Double-edged sword of La Niña: Drought and hurricanes 06/10: Relief may be damaging. Quiet start to expected busy hurricane season 06/01: Two forecasts call for active 1999 season. El Niño increased evaporation of Great Lakes 05/18: Effects will be felt by shipping concerns and recreational boaters. Study said to confirm recent acceleration of global warming 05/13/99: 20th Century is the warmest of this millennium. 318 mph! 05/12/99: Oklahoma tornado yields fastest wind ever recorded, plus clues to twister dynamics. Birth of an F-5 05/05/99: The science behind the killer tornado in Oklahoma City. 05/04: Clinton declares 11 counties disasters after deadly tornadoes 04/27: Plans to launch a backup severe-weather watcher into orbit 04/26: Northeast at risk for hurricanes, NHC director warns 04/26: La Niña finally begins to fade 04/19: Global warming may make winter in much of U.S. more miserable 04/16: El Niño found to reduce greenhouse gases 04/12: Approaching solar maximum expected to change climate 04/09: Antarctic ice shelves falling apart rapidly 04/07: Busy hurricane season coming? Also: East Coast may be at greater risk. 04/05: Greenhouse gas may kill coral reefs 04/01: Recalling a severe tornado outbreak 25 years later 04/01: New way to "see" high-altitude lightning 03/29: National plan needed to measure human effects on the climate 03/22: Urban heat island worsens smog and creates man-made thunderstorms 03/11: La Niña weakening, but only slowly 03/04: Warmest decade of millennium reverses long cooling trend, researchers say Archived headlines

science snapshot Cold-air clouds off eastern U.S. briefly Climate change linked to long-term ocean cycles 03.23.00: Era of rapid warming could be on the horizon. The latest tornado stats 03.20.00: Last year, while not as active as 1998, was still an historically acitive season. Warm weather produces more boys 03.15.00: Where it is warmer, more boys are born, according to a new study. U.S. drought poised to spread westward 03.14.00: The East is still dry, and conditions are worsening elsewhere. Record warm winter 03.13.00: 1999-2000 was the warmest winter on record for the United States. Record heat may signal faster global warming 02.24.00: Study finds recent warmth likely signals accelerated change. Holes in Earth show planet is warming 02.17.00: Boreholes indicate accelerated trend. Winter snow slow to end drought in East 02.15.00: Culprits: Frozen ground and a slow snow melt. New names for typhoons 02.10.00: Local languages will be used to name storms. 16th Century mega-drought 02.09.00: Tree ring records in North America reveal drought that unsettled settlers. When snowflakes screech 02.01.00: The noisy death of snow falling on water. Warmer and wetter 01.31.00: Water vapor in Earth's atmosphere increased 2 percent over past 11 years. Frigid East Coast air sign of things to come Good-bye, Cray C-90 (finally) Overstating climate change 01.11: Factors used to estimate climate change don't reflect the entire picture, says Colorado State University researcher Roger Pielke. At the 11th Symposium on Global Change Monday, Pielke argued that General Circulation Models only look at a subset of the effects of greenhouse gases and aerosols, failing to incorporate other important effects, such as land-use change and the biological effect of increased carbon dioxide. As a result, Pielke said, the range of possible scenarios predicted for the 21st century may be larger than commonly figured. "This does not mean that we should not worry about future changes in climate," Pielke said. "Rather, it should raise serious questions as to our ability to reliably predict such changes." In Fujita's honor 01.07: Had he lived another 14 months, Tetsuya Theodore "Ted" Fujita, the University of Chicago scientist who developed the F-scale for measuring tornado severity, would have been the first living scientist ever to have an AMS symposium named in his honor. "The American Meteorological Society, in all its history, has never held a symposium named after somebody while that person was still living," said Roger Wakimoto, an organizer of the Symposium on the Mystery of Severe Storms: A Tribute to the Work of T. Theodore Fujita, scheduled for Jan. 10-11 in California. "Fujita was going to be the first. We didn't do it quickly enough, unfortunately." Fujita, who died in late 1998 at the age of 78, was also known for the discovery of microbursts. European storm 12/28: A powerful low pressure system produced heavy precipitation and high winds in portions of central Europe over the weekend. Especially hard hit areas included northern France, southern Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Damage due to winds was widespread. Paris reported gusts over 85 knots (97 mph) and winds exceeded 110 knots (127 mph) in portions of southern Germany, Switzerland and Austria. More than 80 people died in the storm, about half of them in France. While its winds matched those of a Category 3 hurricane, the storm was not a hurricane, which by definition must begin in the tropics. The above image (click to enlarge) shows the storm centered in northeastern France during early morning, Dec. 26.

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