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Recap: Severe Weather Rattles Texas, Oklahoma

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Accuweather.com - 3/10/13, Brian Edwards

 

 

AccuWeather meteorologists monitored a zone from central Texas to southern Oklahoma for severe weather Saturday afternoon and night.

 

A potent storm system, also responsible fornear-blizzard conditions in the Rockies and Plains, spent Saturday afternoon through early Sunday morning generating strong thunderstorms.

 

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Sprawling Nor'easter still bringing heavy snow, damaging coastal floods

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Wunderground.com - 3/8/13, Dr. Jeff Masters

 

 

 

It's not often that a Nor'easter centered more than 600 miles out to sea brings heavy snow and and major coastal flooding to New England, but Winter Storm Saturn is a one-of-a-kind. The massive storm, which was centered about 600 miles east-southeast of New York City at 7 am EST, sprawls out over a huge area of ocean more than 1000 miles across. While the central pressure of 988 mb is not exceptionally low for a Nor'easter, the sheer size of the storm is allowing Saturn to pile up a formidable storm surge, which hammered the coast of Eastern Massachusetts during the Friday morning high tide cycle, causing severe erosion, widespread street flooding, and damage to roads and houses.

 

Tropical Cyclone Sandra gained more strength and is moving toward New Caledonia

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The Watchers.com - 3/9/13, Adonai

 

 

Tropical Cyclone Sandra (TC 19P) in Southern Pacific Ocean is gaining more strength. Sandra was upgraded from a Category 1 to Category 2 tropical cyclone overnight with the possibility of an upgrade to Category 3 tomorrow and Category 4 on Monday. Sandra’s central convection strengthened over the storm’s center since the previous day, which indicates that Sandra is gaining strength.

 

According to latest report by Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), Tropical Cyclone Sandra is located approximately 645 nm northwest of Noumea, New Caledonia, and is moving eastward at 06 knots over the past six hours. Sandra is expected to continue to move southeast, sparing Queensland’s coastline. Some swells in coastal waters are expected towards the end of next week. Residents of New Caledonia should prepare for impacts from Sandra early next week.  Sandra is expected to pass west of New Caledonia on March 12, and bring heavy rain, possible flooding, strong winds and rough surf.

Winter Storm Saturn: Snowfall Totals, Storm Reports

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Weather.com - 3/8/13, Nick Wiltgen

 

 

 

Snow hit the central and northern Rockies on Sunday, March 3, and spread into North Dakota by Monday, March 4. By Tuesday, March 5, the most significant snows had shifted into the Upper Mississippi Valley and the Great Lakes region. On March 6, snow took aim on the Appalachians and areas to the west of Washington, D.C.  Now, Saturn's snow is blanketing parts of New England and the Northeast.

 

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Freezing Temperatures for Florida, Deep South

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Accuweather.com/3/4/2013, Alex Sosnowski

 

 

 

It was cold enough across Florida that spotty reports of wet snowflakes and sleet mixed in with light rain showers occurred near Tampa late Saturday night.

 

 

Though Sunday night brought sub-freezing temperatures across the interior of the northern third of Florida, the state has seen colder temperatures at this time of the year. Record lows for the first week of March have included: Tallahassee at 20 F, Jacksonville at 23 F, Gainesville at 22 F, Tampa at 29 F, Orlando at 25 F and Fort Myers at 33 F. These records will go untouched.

 

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Cold snaps trigger Monarch butterfly migrations

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science.nbcnews.com-2/21/2013, Elizabeth Howell

 

Cold weather in the Mexico mountaintops, where monarchs spend the winter, triggers the butterflies' migration northward, according to new research.

The finding raises troubling implications, researchers said, for how the approximately half-billion migratory butterflies will find their way if climate change unduly warms the mountains.

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