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Arctic ice breaks up in Beaufort Sea

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The Watchers - 24 March 2013 - by ChillymanjaroA series of intense storms in the Arctic has caused fracturing of the sea ice around the Beaufort Sea along the northern coasts of Alaska and Canada. High-resolution imagery from the Suomi NPP satellite shows the evolution of the cracks forming in the ice, called leads, from February 17 – March 18, 2013. The general circulation of the area is seen moving the ice westward along the Alaskan coast. The NOAA VisLab used the imagery from NOAA‘s weather and climate satellites to produce animations that show the dynamic nature of Earth and its environment. This time NOAA’s Visualization Lab released animation showing Arctic ice  breaks...

 

A series of intense storms in the Arctic has caused fracturing of the sea ice around the Beaufort Sea along the northern coasts of Alaska and Canada. High-resolution imagery from the Suomi NPP satellite shows the evolution of the cracks forming in the ice, called leads, from February 17 – March 18, 2013. The general circulation of the area is seen moving the ice westward along the Alaskan coast.

Sydney heating up like February should have

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weatherzone Brett Dutschke, Sunday March 24, 2013 - 10:14 EDT

Sydney is on target for its hottest week since January and hottest March week in a decade with an average maximum temperature of about 29 degrees.

The city has already begun its unusually warm week, last Friday. On Friday the mercury rose to 31.8 degrees, six degrees above the long-term monthly average and the first 30-degree day since January.

Between now and Thursday maximum temperatures will range from about 27 degrees to about 30, helped along by plenty of sunshine and northerly winds almost every day.

 

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Fans on and doonas off last night in southeast QLD

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weatherzone Sam Brown, Sunday March 24, 2013 - 11:41 EDT

Last night in southeast Queensland, temperatures only dropped to 23.2 degrees at Coolangatta - their warmest March night in 3 years. Further north, it was the warmest March night in 4 years for Archerfield, only
reaching a minimum of 23.3 degrees. Nearby at Brisbane temperatures dropped to 23.6 degrees during the evening, its warmest night in a month. The temperatures recorded last night at Archerfield and
Brisbane, were 5 and 4 degrees respectively above the long term March average.

Last night?s warmth can be attributed to a warm air mass lingering over eastern Australia, combined with moist air and above average sea surface temperatures. This heat and moisture in the atmosphere are also producing excellent conditions for thunderstorm development.

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Meteor Over Manhattan: East Coast Fireball Sets Internet Abuzz

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Yahoo News-March 23, 2013- Tarik Malik

 

This map created by Mike Hankey of the American Meteor Society depicts the sighting reports of the March 22, 2013, fireball that lit up the East Coast night sky.

A bright meteor briefly outshined the lights of New York City Friday evening (March 22), according to reports by witnesses who used Twitter and the Internet to report sightings of the fireball streaking over a broad stretch of the U.S. East Coast.

"Strange Friday night … a meteor passed over my house tonight!" wrote one New Yorker writing as Yanksmom19.

Tremors detected at Assumption Parish sinkhole

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Nola.com-23 March 2013- Sheila V Kumar, The Times-Picayune

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The sinkhole in Assumption Parish has grown to 13 acres. (Photo by Assumption Parish Police Jury video screenshot)

All work has been ceased at the Bayou Corne sinkhole after monitoring systems detected tremors Friday morning, officials said Friday.

According to the Assumption Parish Police Jury website, the Office of Conservation and the Assumption Parish Incident Command detected elevated subsurface activity in the area around a massive 13-acre sinkhole.

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