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Clouds bring respite to ChennaiitesCHENNAI: Chennaiites may have enjoyed some respite from the scorching sun on Thursday as cloudy weather set in by late afternoon but not for long - the weatherman predicts hot days ahead with temperatures at least five degrees above normal.
Topix.net | 18-May-2012 08:50
Below-Average Hurricane Season Predicted For Atlantic Basin
While hurricanes will blow this year, a team of experts predict it will be a below-normal year for the total number of storms that hit the U.S. coastline.
Topix.net | 18-May-2012 03:31
Quantification of Monthly Mean Regional-Scale Albedo of Marine...
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Topix.net | 17-May-2012 23:30
TODAY: School Day at the K
Well it's finally here. After months of planning and meetings, the big show put together by Chief Meteorologist Mike Thompson has arrived.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 19:16
Bulgaria on Highest Alert over Looming Floods
The southern Bulgarian village of Biser was hit by a flood wave on February 6, following a dam failure.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 14:56
Local students chase powerful storms out west
Starting next Tuesday, 15 students and 4 professors, most of whom are from SUNY Oswego, will be departing for a two-week long storm chase in the Plains States.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 12:51
Bulgaria under Code Yellow over Persistent Rain
Hotels 5* Hotels 4* Hotels 3* Apartment Houses Restaurants Rent-a-car Casino Golf Resorts Mountain resorts Sea resorts Entertainment Shopping Health Clinics Public Safety Vaults Beauty Salons Code yellow for potentially dangerous weather has been declared Thursday in central northern and southern Bulgaria due to expected new heavy rains .
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 08:36
Storms not done just yet
A man watches as a car attempts to drive through floodwaters at Phsar Kandal market in Phnom Penh last week, soon after heavy rain inundated a number of areas of the capital.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 08:36
Government's online info offensive a flop
THE Federal Government is spending millions on websites devoted to providing information to the public and Australians in their millions are ignoring them.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 05:27
Heat wave alert in season high
The Celsius soared to a season high of 40.5 degrees on Wednesday, prompting the weather office to sound the summer's first heat-wave warning for Calcutta.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 01:17
The Biloxi Local Area forecast for May 16
Welcome to our new updated edition of the Biloxi weather forecast. Feel free to scroll through our slide show as you will find information from the latest satellite image to our in depth day forecast along with the extended outlook and the boat/beach forecast and the travel cast.
Topix.net | 16-May-2012 14:43
Schneider Electric awarded KNX lighting control contract for...
Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management, announced it has been awarded a contract to provide automated lighting controls system for the Presidency of Meteorology and Environment center in Jeddah by Setra e.Vision, the project's system integrator.
Topix.net | 15-May-2012 21:09
Maryland Weather: Hurricane season getting an early start
The season's first tropical depression has formed in the Eastern Pacific, about 645 miles from the Mexican coast.
Topix.net | 15-May-2012 16:59
Funding surge for weather bureau
APS census to take pulse of the Service :: Cultural institutions to get new culture :: Funding surge for weather bureau :: Antarctic runners to star in snow business :: War veterans win with new website :: Privacy week no longer a secret :: Planning display off the drawing board :: National curriculum to pass the grade :: Science committee is bold ... (more)
Topix.net | 15-May-2012 08:35
With Public Split, Board Approves Bid for Sewer Project
Over the objections and concerns of some, and with pleadings for speedy action from others, the Wauwatosa Board of Public Works voted Monday morning to approve bids for a huge and suddenly controversial sewer project.
Topix.net | 15-May-2012 04:30
Chilly? It's not as cold as you think
Blame a mild April if you've been feeling the chill over the past day or two; Melbourne is actually not much colder than average for this time of year.
Topix.net | 15-May-2012 00:23
A Mother's Day gift for Seattle: Sunshine
The National Weather Service reports a weekend warming trend means temperatures could reach up to 80 degrees Sunday.
Topix.net | 12-May-2012 17:27
Embry-Riddle students soared as campus leaders
Justin Fletcher and Courtney Buzan pose above the flightline at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach on Monday May 7, 2012.
Topix.net | 12-May-2012 13:13
Wild winds and hail set to lash city
SQUALLY winds and hail are expected to lash Melbourne from Saturday afternoon, as arctic winds south of Tasmania blow into the mainland, the weather bureau has said.
Topix.net | 12-May-2012 09:08
Scattered showers shock tillers
Residents might have to restrict their treats on mango and litchi this summer with weathermen fearing a low production of seasonal fruits because of uneven distribution of pre-monsoon shower between March and May.
Topix.net | 12-May-2012 05:04
Weather Central Expands Sales Team to Help Customers Win in Weather
Weather Central LP, makers of the most viewed weather system in the world, today announced key hires had been made to enhance its on-air broadcast and digital sales teams.
Topix.net | 12-May-2012 00:45
Rains reported in some areas nationwide
WAM Abu Dhabi, May 11th, 2012 --The National Centre for Meteorology and Seismology said in a statement today that the moderate to heavy rains lashed Wadi Al Ajaili.
Topix.net | 11-May-2012 19:35
Flight academy camp teaches teens math, science
The panicked voice came into Ambition's air traffic control room - one of the aircraft carrier's young pilots was in trouble.
Topix.net | 11-May-2012 12:21
Friday 11 May 2012
A Queensland fruitfly has been found in an Auckland backyard in New Zealand, raising fears of serious consequences for New Zealand horticulture.
Topix.net | 11-May-2012 11:16
Rainfall throws a drench into works of state's drought
Pedestrians make their way across the north Plaza toward the Government Center in the rain in Minneapolis, MN, Thursday, May 3, 2012.
Topix.net | 11-May-2012 07:01
Prince Charles fills in for weatherman on BBC
Your forecast today: cloudy with a chance of royalty. None other than Prince Charles delivered the weather report on the BBC.
Topix.net | 11-May-2012 01:37
Lack of twister data stymies forecasts
The deadly tornadoes that struck the Kanto region last weekend have again shown the difficulties of predicting the phenomenon and the risk to the public.
Topix.net | 10-May-2012 20:13
Uganda: Mobile Weather Service Improves Safety of Fishermen
Stockholm - The Uganda Department of Meteorology , World Meteorological Organization , MTN, Ericsson, National Lake Rescue Institute and the Kalangala Fishing community have come together in a unique partnership, and combined mobile technology, weather forecasting and local know-how, to provide a localised weather alert service to fishing villages ... (more)
Topix.net | 10-May-2012 19:13
Asia faces threat to crops if El Nino unleashed again
The almost completely dried up soil bed of the Magat dam is seen in Ramon, Isabela province, the province most affected by El Nino, north of Manila March 3, 2010.
Topix.net | 10-May-2012 13:03
'Hold on to your hamburgers'
"Welcome to Salina ... the heart of Tornado Alley. We experience a lot of extreme weather here," said Koch, the director of Saline County Emergency Management.
Topix.net | 10-May-2012 11:58
Clouding the climate-change picture
A New York Times story last week focused on one of those ideas and the man behind it: Richard S. Lindzen , a professor of meteorology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Topix.net | 10-May-2012 07:44
Farmers forecast better disaster preparation
The Queensland Farmers Federation says a federal budget funding boost to the weather bureau will help farmers better prepare for natural disasters.
Topix.net | 10-May-2012 03:44
Is Your Community... StormReady?
In the vast world of meteorology, certain dates stick out in the minds of weather fanatics.
Topix.net | 09-May-2012 23:24
National Science Foundation Awards Graduate Research Fellowships to Three Students
The Graduate Research Fellowship Program provides graduate-degree seeking students in the STEM fields with three years of support through a $30,000 annual stipend and a $10,500 cost-of-education allowance.
Topix.net | 09-May-2012 19:20
Rainfall relief in Dallas weekend forecast?
A mid-level low is expected to move along within the southern jet stream, and be close enough to start some rain by Friday.
Topix.net | 09-May-2012 15:15
Report: Failing satellites jeopardize weather forecasting
The number of U.S. satellites watching Earth is expected to plummet by 2020, and weather forecasting - including hurricane tracking - could suffer as a result, a new report warns.
Topix.net | 09-May-2012 11:11
El Ni o may develop this year, forecaster says
El NiA o conditions, which can parch Asia and bring cooler weather to the United States, may develop this year as the Pacific Ocean warms, according to Australia's Bureau of Meteorology, citing data from some weather models.
Topix.net | 09-May-2012 06:56
Forecasting system by the BoM makes finalists in ICT awards
A forecasting system at the Bureau of Meteorology has made it to the finalists in the 2012 Australian Government ICT Awards in the 'Excellence in eGovernment' category.
Topix.net | 09-May-2012 06:56
LRR and Tornado Eye: Interesting Weather Radar Images
Researchers from the VORTEX2 project have noted a new component to a supercell thunderstorm called a "low reflectivity ribbon ." The LRR, although recently noted by the VORTEX2 project in a 2009 radar image , was associated with radar data [ PDF ] as early as 2008 .
Topix.net | 09-May-2012 02:51
Rain could dampen our May days
Townsville resident and Miss Fashion Bash Australia entrant Amiria Reid-Oleary, 12, said she put school work aside to enjoy the great outdoors.
Topix.net | 08-May-2012 22:37
News Team Biographies
Twitter I grew up on the Great Plains of south central Kansas along the Chishlom Trail in Tornado Alley.
Topix.net | 08-May-2012 18:22
Weather bureau website to take ads
The Bureau of Meteorology will accept advertising on its website, to help it fund better forecasting of floods, bushfires and cyclones.
Topix.net | 08-May-2012 14:22
Code Yellow Declared for Half Bulgaria over Thunderstorms
Hotels 5* Hotels 4* Hotels 3* Apartment Houses Restaurants Rent-a-car Casino Golf Resorts Mountain resorts Sea resorts Entertainment Shopping Health Clinics Public Safety Vaults Beauty Salons A shifting weather bringing strong thunderstorms will set in Tuesday in large parts of Bulgaria, with the national weather service calling code yellow for ... (more)
Topix.net | 08-May-2012 11:07
E-Government plugs into ICT awards
Finalists in the 2012 Australian Government ICT Awards have been announced by the Special Minister of State, Gary Gray.
Topix.net | 08-May-2012 06:53
Expect flash floods, cold nights ahead
Little Grace Talei Bale cuddles up to dad Laisenia Vatuwaqa as the cold is felt in some parts of the country.
Topix.net | 08-May-2012 02:39
Arctic sea ice loss not random
The ongoing rapid retreat of Arctic sea ice is often interpreted as the canary in the mine for anthropogenic climate change.
Topix.net | 07-May-2012 22:39