WEEKLY WEATHER AND CLIMATE NEWS

13-17 August 2012

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  /// Check these sources:
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/main/index.html and
  http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/
  
• Eye on the tropics -- Some tropical cyclone activity was found across tropical ocean basins last week:
• In the North Atlantic basin,.
• In the eastern North Pacific basin,
• In the western North Pacific,
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  http://www.noaa.gov/newsarchive.html
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  Review of US weather and climate for July 2012 -- Scientists with the NOAA National Climatic Data Center recently released their preliminary monthly climate statistics for July 2012, which indicates that....
  From http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/national/2012/7
  [NOAA NCDC State of the Climate]
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  July drought report -- The National Climate Data Center has posted its July 2012 drought report online. Using the Palmer Drought Severity Index, approximately ?? percent of the coterminous United States experienced severe to extreme drought conditions at the end of July, while ?? percent of the area had severely to extremely wet conditions.
  From http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/drought/2012/7
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• An All-Hazards Monitor-- This Web portal provides the user information from NOAA on current environmental events that may pose as hazards such as tropical weather, fire weather, marine weather, severe weather, drought and floods. [NOAAWatch]
• Global and US Hazards/Climate Extremes -- A review and analysis of the global impacts of various weather-related events, including drought, floods and storms during the current month. [NCDC]
• Earthweek -- Diary of the Planet [earthweek.com] Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.

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