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Fourth warmest January on record for the U.S.
It wasn't the warmest January in U.S. history, but it sure didn't seem like winter last month--the contiguous U.S. experienced its fourth warmest January on record, and the winter period December 2011 - January 2012 was also the fourth warmest in the 117-year record, reported NOAA's National Climatic Data Center yesterday. The percent area of the U.S. experiencing extremes in warm maximum temperatures was 56 percent--the second highest value on record. Thirteen of t...<br /><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2031">Read More</a>
Harsh winter weather continues in Europe; rare snowstorm hits Libya
Europe's winter onslaught continues unabated this week, with very cold temperatures and heavy snows over much of the continent. Yesterday, a rare snow storm hit North Africa, bringing 2 - 3 inches of snow to Tripoli, Libya. It was the first snow in Tripoli since at least 2005, and may be the heaviest snow the Libyan capital has seen since February 6, 1956. Across Europe, at least 250 deaths have been blamed on the winter weather since the cold spell began on January...<br /><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2030">Read More</a>
Rare February tropical disturbance drenching the Florida Keys
Our calendars may say it's February, but Mother Nature's calendar says it's more like May in the waters of South Florida, where the year's first significant tropical disturbance is drenching the Keys. The disturbance, designated Invest 90L by NHC late Sunday morning, has dumped 1 - 3 inches of rain over much of the Florida Keys this morning, with Key West receiving 4.34" of rain on Sunday, a record for the date. The storm was close to developing a surface circulatio...<br /><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2029">Read More</a>
Super Sunday tropical disturbance forms in Yucatan Channel
OK, this is officially nuts. The first Super Sunday Invest in history formed this morning in the Yucatan Channel between Mexico and Cuba, and is slowly becoming more organized as it moves northeast towards Southwest Florida. The new disturbance, dubbed Invest 90L by NHC late this morning, has a modest but growing area of heavy thunderstorms near its center. Visible satellite imagery shows a pronounced spin at middle levels of the atmosphere, and 90L may be able to c...<br /><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2028">Read More</a>
Europe cold wave deaths hit 200; low-snow winter for the U.S.
Brutal winter cold continues over most of Europe, where at least 200 people have died in a cold wave that began January 26. Hardest hit has been Ukraine, where the temperature bottomed out at -17°F (-27°C) at the capital of Kyiv this morning. It was the second coldest day of the cold wave, behind the -28°C reading of February 2. These temperatures are the coldest winter weather in six years in Ukraine, and at least 101 deaths are being blamed on the cold there. A...<br /><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2027">Read More</a>
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