Archive for the ‘National Weather’ Category
Thursday, January 26th, 2012 1:46pm MDT
When NASA launched the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project, or NPP, in October, it ushered in a new generation of climate and weather satellites. The school bus size spacecraft is now securely in polar orbit making 14 passes over the Earth each day. The five main instruments are critical to enhancing not [...]
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Tags: nasa, NPP
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Monday, August 29th, 2011 4:23pm MDT
The Atlantic’s first major hurricane struck the United States over the weekend becoming the first hurricane to make landfall in the country since 2008. It adds to the nation’s tally of billion dollar disasters this year and leaves at least two dozen people dead in its wake. As reported by the Natural Disasters Examiner, initial [...]
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Tags: Examiner.com, Hurricane Irene, hurricanes, Natural Disasters Examiner
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Monday, July 4th, 2011 3:29pm MDT
Certainly anyone who has studied the Founding Fathers is well aware of Benjamin Franklin’s electrifying kite-flying experience. What many Americans may not know is that he was one of the first storm chasers and his fellow signer of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, was a weatherman in his own right. Benjamin Franklin’s interest in [...]
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Tags: 4th of July, Ben Franklin, Denver Weather Examiner, Examiner.com, Independence Day, Thomas Jefferson
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Tuesday, June 28th, 2011 5:44pm MDT
It has been a veritable ‘summer of fire’ for Arizona and New Mexico as hundreds of thousands of acres have gone up in flames. A new blaze, started Sunday, now threatens the nation’s premier nuclear laboratory near Los Alamos. The Las Conchas fire has grown to 60,741 acres in less than 48 hours and has [...]
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Tags: Las Conchas fire, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico
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Thursday, June 9th, 2011 11:20am MDT
Four firefighters from North Metro Fire Rescue will be joining nearly 2,000 others from across the nation in battling a monstrous wildfire in Arizona. In less than two weeks the Wallow Fire has exploded to cover more than 600 square miles and sent smoke as far as the Denver area. The hometown heroes from North [...]
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Tags: Natural Disasters, North Metro Fire Rescue, Wallow Fire, Wildfire
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2011 4:50pm MDT
The Bay State is not one which is normally associated with tornadoes having only seen 152 twisters in the past 60 years – up until last week. Massachusetts took a big hit last week though as a massive tornado ripped through the Springfield area killing four people. Satellite imagery released by the USGS and NASA [...]
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Tags: june weather, Massachusetts, nasa, Satellite Imagery, Severe Weather, tornado, usgs
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Monday, May 16th, 2011 7:17pm MDT
The devastating tornado outbreak that struck across the southern United States last month continues to be analyzed by the National Weather Service. At latest county 326 people were killed and as many as 305 tornadoes resulted in in the outbreak. What follows is NOAA’s latest update on the events: From NOAA: NOAA’s preliminary estimate is [...]
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Tags: April weather, NOAA, Severe Weather, Tornado Outbreak, tornadoes
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Saturday, April 30th, 2011 6:02pm MDT
With entire towns reduced to rubble and damage spread across seven states, people in the southeastern United States began the long task of recovery. The tornadoes that struck this past week claimed 341 lives and achieved the unwanted status as the 2nd deadliest single-day tornado outbreak in U.S. history. President Barack Obama toured the devastated [...]
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Tags: Alabama, April weather, Arkansas, Barack Obama, Georgia, Mississippi, Severe Weather, Tennessee, Tornado Outbreak, tornadoes
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Thursday, April 28th, 2011 6:14pm MDT
A virtually unrivaled severe weather outbreak hit the southern United States yesterday bringing death and destruction. The death toll from the event continues to climb and now ranks as the second worst since 1950. The evaluation on the number of tornadoes and their power has begun by the National Weather Service. The Storm Prediction Center [...]
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Tags: Alabama, April weather, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, Severe Weather, Tennessee, Tornado Outbreak, tornadoes
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Sunday, April 24th, 2011 5:15am MDT
Severe weather struck the St. Louis area Friday evening bringing large hail, damaging winds and powerful tornadoes. One twister tore a lengthy pass through the city hitting the airport and causing extensive damage to the facility and nearby homes. The most significant component of the storm system was a powerful EF4 tornado packing winds of [...]
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Tags: Missouri, St. Louis, tornado
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