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Spring weather will continue over Northern California through Friday. A weak weather
system will cross the region bringing cooler temperatures and a chance for late day
thunderstorms over the higher terrain. Dry warmer weather returns for the weekend.
Skies will be mostly clear for Sunday’s annular solar eclipse. Eclipse info may be found
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html
A WIND ADVISORY remains in effect until 3 AM PDT Friday for the Kern County Mountains and
Deserts. Blowing dust is possible with the strongest gusts. Visibilities can drop quickly
and suddenly. Use caution when driving in gusty winds!
An approaching low pressure trough will bring strong gusty westerly winds to the mountains
and deserts late this afternoon and tonight. There will also be a cooling trend today
through Friday.
This is a graphic of the expected river level on the Okanogan River near Tonasket. Keep
track of the latest situation on this river at;
http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=otx&gage=tonw1
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The Weather May Be Warm, But the Rivers, Lakes and Streams are Still Very Cold. High
Temperatures will continue to run warm, in the 80s to near 90, for the first part of this
week. Water Temperatures remain in the Upper 30s to near 50. Rivers and Streams are
Running High from Spring Runoff. Possible Impacts include Cold Water Shock, Hypothermia,
and Dangers from Fast Running Water. See wrh.noaa.gov/otx/hydro/cold_water/cold_water.php
for more info.
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This graphic shows a chart of times for the expected onset of hypothermia given the water
temperatures.
An area of low pressure moving through the Western United States Friday will lead to
multiple hazardous impacts for the Southwest region. First, winds will increase
throughout the day from the west and southwest, possibly gusting as high as 30 to 40 mph
through parts of central and eastern Arizona. These strong winds coupled with low
relative humidity values and dry fuels will result in Dangerous Fire Weather conditions
for locations around the Phoenix metropolitan area, as well as higher terrain across
eastern Arizona, including the Tonto National Forest.
Strong winds have developed as showers spread across the state.
Strong winds in the vicinity of showers will continue into this evening.
Showers will produce little rain. Isolated thunderstorms are possible.
These showers are often referred to as microbursts. For an explanation of microbursts,
refer to the following page: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/slc/microbursts.php
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Strong winds have developed as showers spread across the state.
Strong winds in the vicinity of showers will continue into this evening.
Showers will produce little rain. Isolated thunderstorms are possible.
These showers are often referred to as microbursts. For an explanation of microbursts,
refer to the following page: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/slc/microbursts.php
Wheat prices rose again Thursday on concerns about poor weather conditions, while gold and silver shot higher as traders sought refuge from a steep decline in the stock market.
UN members on Thursday took their first steps in a marathon to negotiate a new global pact by 2015 that for the first time will place rich and poor under a common legal regime to tackle climate change.
More than half of the United States may be in for a hot summer, a continuation of a year-long trend of high temperatures across much of the country, according to scientists with federal agencies that monitor large-scale climate conditions and severe weather.
LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Bad news for waffle lovers. Historic warmth in March slashed this year's U.S. maple syrup output as much as 40 percent as sugar maple trees, which need freezing temperatures at night to sustain sap production, dried up early or largely produced bad-tasting syrup. In the Northeast, where nearly all U.S. maple syrup is produced, sugarmakers traditionally gather sap from maple trees during a six-week season from late February to early April before buds appear on the trees. The 2012 season was cut short by the warmest March on record. ...
UNITED STATES Showers expected in Minnesota, northern Iowa, northern Nebraska and the Dakotas this weekend, bringing 1/2 to 1-1/2 inches of rain to those areas, said Joel Widenor, meteorologist with Commodity Weather Group. The rest of the Midwest should be mostly dry during the next 10 days, although there is a chance for some light showers in the Ohio River Valley early next week. Soil moisture will need a boost in southern areas if rain does not develop, particularly if temperatures rise into the low 90s degrees Fahrenheit as expected. ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Possible El Nino weather conditions later this year could exacerbate a potential global cocoa deficit in the coming 2012/13 season, causing prices to climb, the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) said. "We know that when we have El Nino conditions it's likely that this will impact negatively on world cocoa production. We would have less production and this would have an impact on price," ICCO statistician Laurent Pipitone told Reuters. ...
LONDON (Reuters) - About 750,000 households were lifted out of fuel poverty in 2010 due to rising incomes among cash-strapped consumers and lower consumption following the roll out of energy efficient boilers, helped by stable energy prices, the government said. The latest report on fuel poverty statistics by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) shows that the number of households spending over 10 percent of total income on warmth fell from 5.5 million in 2009 to 4.75 million in 2010. ...
LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Bad news for waffle lovers. Historic warmth in March slashed this year's U.S. maple syrup output as much as 40 percent as sugar maple trees, which need freezing temperatures at night to sustain sap production, dried up early or largely produced bad-tasting syrup. In the Northeast, where nearly all U.S. maple syrup is produced, sugarmakers traditionally gather sap from maple trees during a six-week season from late February to early April before buds appear on the trees. The 2012 season was cut short by the warmest March on record. ...
LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists have abandoned an experiment to test the possibility of spraying particles into the upper atmosphere to stem global warming, largely due to concerns over a patent for some of the technology, the project's leader said. Scientists and engineers from the universities of Bristol, Cambridge and Oxford are behind a three-year, 1.6 million pound ($2.5 million) geo-engineering project called Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering (SPICE). ...
LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists have abandoned an experiment to test the possibility of spraying particles into the upper atmosphere to stem global warming, largely due to concerns over a patent for some of the technology, the project's leader said. Scientists and engineers from the universities of Bristol, Cambridge and Oxford are behind a three-year, 1.6 million pound geo-engineering project called Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering (SPICE). ...
LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists have abandoned an experiment to test the possibility of spraying particles into the upper atmosphere to stem global warming, largely due to concerns over a patent for some of the technology, the project's leader said. Scientists and engineers from the universities of Bristol, Cambridge and Oxford are behind a three-year, 1.6 million pound ($2.5 million) geo-engineering project called Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering (SPICE). ...
LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists have abandoned an experiment to test the possibility of spraying particles into the upper atmosphere to stem global warming, largely due to concerns over a patent for some of the technology, the project's leader said. Scientists and engineers from the universities of Bristol, Cambridge and Oxford are behind a three-year, 1.6 million pound ($2.5 million) geo-engineering project called Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering (SPICE). ...
Home Depot said Tuesday that its first-quarter net income climbed nearly 28 percent as unseasonably warm winter and increased business from contractors and other professional customers boosted results at the world's biggest home-improvement company.
Discovered: Many of our mammal brethren will not survive climate change, high fructose corn syrup keeps getting better, finally a plastic bag solution that works for the environment, and America will get a lot warmer over the next sixty years.Â
Michigan is the leading grower of cherries in the United States. It won't be this year, however. Unseasonably high temperatures coupled with late, heavy frosts have damaged much of the state's cherry crop. Michigan retailers are importing cherries from other countries, says Michigan Radio. Here are details.
The New Hampshire Maple Producers Association says the maple syrup season ran about seven to 10 days earlier this year, with mild weather contributing to lower-than-anticipated syrup production.
Get ready for some solar action. Earth is entering a period where potentially damaging solar storms can wreak havoc on communications and satellites. That's what the experts at the Space Weather Prediction Center tell us.
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