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Cold Weather Kills Corals in Florida

Posted on January 25, 2010 by Greg Marvelous

[picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=coral+reef&iid=287265″ src=”0283/83e52216-d3a7-4d5e-87c2-de360cdb0561.jpg?adImageId=9496958&imageId=287265″ width=”500″ height=”334″ /] You probably noticed the prolonged period of cold weather across much of the country from the end of December through the middle of January.  Many of the college football bowl games held … Continue reading →

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Fun with Extended Forecasts: Syracuse Finale

Posted on September 1, 2009 by Greg Marvelous

We begin here and updated here.  Now for the final numbers: Thurs: 72/49 Fri: 72/55 Sat: 73/58 In short, temperatures did end up below normal, but not as cold as originally anticipated in the long-range forecasts.  I noted in the … Continue reading →

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Fun with Extended Forecasts: Updating Syracuse

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Greg Marvelous

Last week, we begin our experiment with long-range forecasts and their issues with accuracy.  Our first guest was Syracuse, NY.  Accuweather.com and Weather.com were both predicting rather cool temperatures for Syracuse at the end of this week.  The long-range forecasts … Continue reading →

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Cool July in Midwest, Northeast

Posted on August 9, 2009 by Greg Marvelous

A sudden illness in the family took me away from posting for a few days. Thankfully, everything is fine and we can get back to fun with weather. I thought it would be nice to revisit the cool summer on … Continue reading →

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Cool, Cool Summer

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Greg Marvelous

Much of the weather chatter this summer in the Great Lakes and Northeast has dealt with the lack of typical summer weather, particularly in the temperature department.  Chicago is approaching a record for most days that fail to reach 70 … Continue reading →

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