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Feel that chill in the air friends? That can mean only one thing. The Weather Channel Half Marathon (and let's not forget about Thanksgi...

No, that's not a typo in the title. In 2005 I posted an entry titled "November 15," followed in 2006 by "November 15 strikes again." S...

A couple of folks posting comments to recent entries have asked about what happened in Maine the afternoon of October 28, when several hug...

My blog back on November 5th talked about the possibility of tornadoes with that weather system. It did not produce a lot, but did produc...

We're gearing up for the launch of a new show here on The Weather Channel. November 10 is the premiere of Cantore Stories: On Top of th...

[Mon. Nov. 10 note: There was a technical glitch which delayed this Sat. Nov. 8 entry being pushed to the site until today; here is the or...

October was relatively quiet in terms of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes, but November is threatening to become stormy. Computer weath...

November 10, we are premiering a new show here on The Weather Channel—Cantore Stories: On Top of the World . It chronicles the lives o...

When I first heard of the prospect of going to Alaska to do a show on how people survive and cope with such a brutal climate I thought, ...

[AP Photo / Gene J. Puskar] What a convergence of the Fall Classic in sports with a fall classic in weather! From an FAQ on mlb.com...

No, this blog isn't about political races -- I just thought I'd use this topical theme to refer to our tornado pace for the year. What I ...

Windfall Profits Tax Mike Bettes, On-Camera Meteorologist October 23, 2008 By definition, "windfall" means an unexpected, unearned, or s...

Both Barack Obama and John McCain are offering tax breaks when it comes to fuel efficient and zero emission vehicles. You can read the de...

Don't worry, this entry is about weather, not politics: the atmosphere pulled a fast one -- literally, as in Omar's winds. HURRICANE OM...

I was under the weather last week rather than writing about it, and traveling the previous week, but there have continued to be notable go...

I know you have all heard of "storm surge", the term used to describe some of the water rise on the coast from a tropical storm or hurrica...

So in the run-up to the election I've been paying close attention to the candidates' energy policies. I'm sure you've heard the phrase "D...

There have been a lot of topics in the news lately, including an active tropical cyclone season, gas prices and shortages, political campa...

THE UNNAMED STORM [Updates on Kyle and Jangmi are after original entry, followed by a comparison of the no-named storm and Subtropical St...

I have written blogs on the Saffir/Simpson hurricane scale in the past, but felt it was time to rehash some of the points I made before, e...