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Although the fixture survived a morning inspection, called due to the threat of waterlogging, the Co Kilkenny venue has been declared unsafe for racing. Cliff Noone, Irish Turf Club press officer, said: “The track is perfectly raceable, but the high...
Tags: Ireland, Dublin, Kilkenny, National Hunt racing, Wind, Gowran, County Kilkenny, Waterlogging
MetService is warning of severe weather in parts of the country. Heavy rain ahead of a front will hit the ranges of Buller, northwest Nelson and the Tararua Range tonight and overnight. Strong northwesterlies ahead of the front are reaching gale strength...
Tags: New Zealand, Auckland, Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited, Wairarapa, Wind, Wellington Region, Rimutaka Range, Tararua Range, Disaster Accident, Weather
The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook for the Central Coast, including the Salinas Valley and Monterey Bay area. A cold front pushing southeast is causing showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms, especially in areas...
Tags: Santa Cruz, Wind, Cold front, Santa Cruz California, Hazardous weather outlook, National Weather Service, Thunderstorm, Disaster Accident, Weather
Mich. — Michigan State University will receive $83,806 to measure wind speeds in five areas around the state. The state says in a release Thursday that the project is designed to assess Michigan's wind energy potential and encourage job growth in that...
Tags: Michigan State University, Michigan Michigan, wind speeds, Seattle, Anemometer, Wind power in the United States, Environment, Wind power, Michigan, Wind
The only crumb of comfort is that Met Office forecasters see a slight shift in wind direction next week that will bring cooler air streaming in, which means rainfalls will drop off somewhat. But with the ground saturated and so many rivers running high,...
Tags: El Nino, jet stream, Met Office Hadley Centre, Britain, Southwest Scotland, United Kingdom, London, El Niᅢᄆo-Southern Oscillation, Weather, Heat wave, Atmospheric dynamics, wind
Sunshine should then dominate the day, with high reaching the mid-50s in Wichita. Winds will be out of the north, but should stay light: single digits for the most part, but occasionally touching double digits. Lows tonight should dip to the low 40s,...
Tags: Wichita, Weather, Wichita Kansas, Wind, Fog, Psychrometrics
A Powercor spokesman, whose company supplies electricity to much of the western suburbs, says power had been brought back to the majority of households. He said a tin roof had been blown off a shop on Friday which hit power lines and caused outages. An...
Tags: Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, Environment, Healesville Victoria, Black Saturday bushfires, Weather, Wind, European windstorm, Disaster Accident
He said water spouts were not strong enough to suck up fish or boats. "I think they are a little bit weak for that," he said. "I know there's reports of tornadoes doing that, but waterspouts are a really, really weak cousin to tornadoes." He said there...
Tags: Darwin Harbour, ABC Darwin, Australia, Sydney, Waterspout, Weather, Wind, Thunderstorm, Darwin Northern Territory, Storm, Tornado, Vortices
A wide temperature differential between water and air makes for a more stable atmosphere with calmer winds over the relatively cold water. However, as warming water closes the gap, as in Lake Superior�s case, the atmosphere gets more turbulent. �You get...
Tags: Lake Superior, Ankur Desai, Galen McKinley, India, Thiruvananthapuram, Climate change, Wind, Lake, Atmospheric dynamics, Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Great Lakes, Environment
Barrier Highway in the North East of the state. A large dust storm has created a major danger for traffic near Yunta. A police spokeswoman has advised drivers to put on their headlights and slow down during the storm. Winds are blowing in a northerly...
Tags: dust storm, storm warning, Poland, Police, Dust, Storm, Wind, Disaster Accident, Weather, Environment