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La Nina weather pattern to continue

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, known as NOAA, has confirmed that the La Nina weather pattern that began to develop a couple of months ago is here, and looks to continue.La Nina is the flip side of the warmer El Nino pattern, and is responsible for a busier Atlantic and ...

Mother Nature to close up shop

Early October is still a nice time of the year across Southwestern Pennsylvania.The summer wildflowers have give way to autumnĢƵ display of yellow goldenrods, orange and yellow touch-me-nots and the very colorful selection of lavender and purple wild asters. Mountain areas have had a bit of ...

Takes a lot to get your weather forecast

A lot of effort goes into the weather forecast for your area. Data has to be collected from many sources, including weather observations from many locations, weather balloons, buoys, radar and satellite images need to be analyzed. Today, the computer does a lot of the heavy lifting, but it was ...

I think we’ve got a problem

Dave GrandlundĢƵ cartoon in WednesdayĢƵ edition of the <em>ĢƵ</em> where he depicted a movie theater showing the two movies playing as “West Coast Fires” and “Gulf Coast Hurricanes.” I guess he could have added a third feature film titled ...

Weather fascinates most of us

Most folks are fascinated by weather. Over our long history as people on our planet the weather has always played an important role in where we live, how we shelter and what we eat. Weather has been responsible for the development and the destruction of civilizations. People simply vanished ...

WhatĢƵ going on with our weather?

The fires are still racing up and down the hills of California. The heat out West has been deadly and severe with the city of Phoenix registering 50 days of temperatures of 110 degrees or higher and setting a new record of 117. The planet has a new record of 130 degrees at Death Valley and ...