News tagged with weather services

Deconstructing a mystery: What caused Snowmaggedon?

In the quiet after the storms, streets and cars had all but disappeared under piles of snow. The U.S. Postal Service suspended service for the first time in 30 years. Snow plows struggled to push the evidence ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

La Nina going away, but too late for Texas drought

(AP) -- Federal weather forecasters say the La Nina weather phenomenon that contributed to the southwestern U.S. drought is winding down.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Global radio experts float new mobile phone standard

Global radio experts have approved radio standards that are to usher in a new mobile phone operating system to replace third generation or 3G technology, the International Telecommunication Union announced ...

Technology / Telecom

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

2011 Britain's second warmest year on record

2011 was the second warmest year on record in Britain, the Met Office national weather service has said, a marked swing from a chillier 2010.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 31, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 78

Billion-dollar weather disasters smash US record

(AP) -- America's wild weather year has set another record: a dozen billion-dollar catastrophes.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 37

Wind energy creating a problem with military and weather radar

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the push for creating green energy, giant windmill farms are becoming more and more common for electricity production. However, the National Weather Service and the United States Air ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 10 | with audio podcast report

Accident app to reduce motorist stress and combat insurance fraud

A new smartphone app that will help to guide stressed motorists through the trauma of a car accident, while potentially saving millions of pounds in fraudulent insurance claims has been recognised for its ...

Technology / Software

created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Tropical Storm Maria threatens eastern Caribbean

(AP) -- Tropical Storm Maria swirled toward the eastern Caribbean on Friday, threatening to unleash heavy rain and wind on islands still struggling to recover from a recent hurricane.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

High grasshopper populations require precautions for fall and winter crops

Grasshopper populations increased dramatically in Montana from 2007 to 2010, from one million acres with more than 15 grasshoppers per square yard in 2007, to 17 million acres with more than 15 grasshoppers per square yard ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Forecasters: New solar flare won't cause problems

(AP) -- Forecasters say a new solar flare should provide only a glancing blow on Earth on Friday and is unlikely to cause any problems.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Weather record tied: Most billion-dollar disasters

(AP) -- This crazy year of weather extremes has tied another record: this one for most billion-dollar weather disasters.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Oklahoma, Texas set heat records in July

(AP) -- Sweltering may have reached a new record last month, as Oklahoma racked up the country's highest monthly average temperature ever.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 09, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (11) | comments 32

GOES-13 satellite movie shows formation of Tropical Storm Don

Tropical Storm Don formed at 5 p.m. EDT last night, July 27, in the southern Gulf of Mexico and appears to be a small storm on GOES-13 satellite imagery. NASA compiled two days of GOES-13 imagery in a 30 second ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

80 percent of world climate data are not computerized

In order to gain a better knowledge of climate variations, such as those caused by global warming, and be able to tackle them, we need to understand what happened in the recent past. This is the conclusion ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Tropical Storm Dora bringing rough surf to southern Mexico

Tropical Storm Dora was just a depression yesterday. Since then, NASA satellite imagery has watched Dora continue to strengthen as thunderstorm cloud tops have grown much colder. Dora is now stirring up high ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0