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• A Whole Summer of Movies

Here are the release dates of upcoming movies. Remember: These dates are like long-term weather forecasts -- subject to change. May 9

• The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• May 02, 2008

• Today's Tmj4 Weather Plus; Long-Term Hurricane Forecasts Can Be Tricky

You may have heard that NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, recently released its outlook for the upcoming hurricane season. The organization believes there is a high probability for an above-average season. NOAA predicts the development of 13 to 17 named storms, with seven to 10 of them becoming hurricanes, and three to five of those reaching major hurricane strength. NOAA forecasters stress that they cannot predict how many hurricanes will make landfall or where. This forecast may very well turn out to be right on target. In fact, given the skill and expertise of the scientists making the projections, I'd be surprised if the forecast wasn't at least pretty close. Still, long-term forecasts are tricky propositions. We need look back no further than exactly one ye...

• The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• May 25, 2007

• Today's Tmj4 Weather Plus; Long-Term Forecasts Can Be Tricky

I've recently written and talked about the National Weather Service's outlook for the winter season. While huge strides have been made in forecasting weather trends on a seasonal basis, it remains a very tricky proposition. Any forecast for more than about a week in advance should be viewed with a healthy degree of skepticism. Exactly what these Weather Service outlooks indicate is often misunderstood and misreported. For example, you may have heard that the outlook for this winter in Milwaukee is for above-normal temperatures. That's not exactly accurate.

• The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• October 19, 2007

• Floods Looming As Major Menace -- Tributary Troubles

Toggling between local forecasts and weather reports from hundreds of miles away, officials warned Monday that Memphis faces dangerous flood threats on two fronts: the highest stages on the Mississippi River since 1937 and flash flooding along local streams. The National Weather Service placed the area under a long-term flood warning amid forecasts for the Mississippi to reach 45 feet on the Memphis gauge - 11 feet above flood stage - by May 10. At that level, it will begin lapping onto Tom Lee Park during the Memphis in May International Festival and spread into a vast inland sea a dozen or more miles wide in some places.

• The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)
• April 26, 2011

• Test of Snow Pack Shows Some Improvement in Water Supply

California's mountains from south to north may be capped with beautiful white snow, but so far it's looking like the state will face its third dry year in a row. The results of the state's first measurement of snow pack this season are an improvement over last year, officials said last weed. However, they don't promise enough water to secure water supplies and neither do long-term weather forecasts.

• Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
• January 08, 2009

• Test of Snow Pack Shows Some Improvement in Water Supply

California's mountains from south to north may be capped with beautiful white snow, but so far it's looking like the state will face its third dry year in a row. The results of the state's first measurement of snow pack this season are an improvement over last year, officials said last week. However, they don't promise enough water to secure water supplies and neither do long-term weather forecasts.

• Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
• January 06, 2009

• Rep. Ralph M. Hall Holds a Hearing On the Noaa and Epa Budgets

...'ll reduce the risk of a potential gap in weather and climate data. Furthermore, we have still not s... to modernize our aviation weather forecasts and warnings to support NextGen developmental acti...

• Political Transcript Wire
• March 14, 2011

• The Perfect Storm: Hurricanes, Insurance, and Regulation

... comprises short- and long-term weather patterns and cycles principally, the frequency and..., medium- and long-term weather forecasts, risk assessments and the confidence in them, and ...

• Risk Management and Insurance Review
• Vol. 12 Nbr. 1, April 2009

• Summer May Heat Utah a Little More Than Usual

It isn't the kind of global warming experienced at the end of the last Ice Age, but Utah should have slightly elevated temperatures this summer. At the Climate Prediction Center, Camp Springs, Md., National Weather Service scientists run computer models twice daily on long- term forecasts.

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• May 16, 2006

• Today's Tmj4 Weather Plus; Long-Term Outlooks Easy to Access

I'd be the first to tell you that there is a high degree of difficulty in making long-term weather forecasts. When discussing monthly or seasonal outlooks, it's all but impossible to be specific. That said, there have been advancements in identifying long-term trends that can give us an idea whether temperatures and precipitation might average above or below normal.

• The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• January 19, 2007