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Wind crushed an old shed in Hooper on Monday. (KENDAL RUSSELL/Standard-Examiner)

High winds blast Northern Utah

Last updated Monday, March 26, 2012 - 9:32pm

OGDEN — Northern Utah was buffeted by high winds and brief heavy rains Monday morning.

The winds are related to showers and thunderstorms moving through Northern Utah, said Mike Conger, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Salt Lake City.

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No drought for Northern Utah this spring, forecasters say

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 16, 2012 - 6:15am

OGDEN — NOAA predicts a drought-free spring for Northern Utah’s Wasatch Front.

But the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in a chart released Thursday, projects that most of central Utah will have drought that persists or intensifies and that, for Southern Utah, a drought is likely to develop.

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One snowman appears to be gleefully pushing the other into the street in an unknown artist’s creation on the side of Monroe Boulevard in Ogden on Monday. Temperatures today are expected to reach a high of 38 and a low of 30. A pattern of partly cloudy skies is expected to continue until Thursday night, when showers are possible. Friday is the next time weather forecasters expect any snow to fall, giving snowman makers enough new material to work with in expressing their creativity. (CHARLES TRENTELMAN/Standard-Examiner)

A real snow thrower

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, January 23, 2012 - 11:41pm

OGDEN -- One snowman appears to be gleefully pushing the other into the street in an unknown artist’s creation on the side of Monroe Boulevard in Ogden on Monday.

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Very abrupt change to weather coming to Top of Utah

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - 10:58pm

OGDEN -- Last week was perfect late-summer bicycling weather, and this week the National Weather Service has "be sure to put a winter storm survival kit in your car" on its telephone hold message.

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A photo provided the the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows the tropical low pressure system in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday Sept. 1, 2011 at 415p.m. EDT as viewed from the NOAA GOES-13 satellite. The storm could drench the region with up to 20 inches of rain. (AP Photo/NOAA)

Building Gulf storm could be next billion-dollar weather disaster

Richard Fausset Los Angeles Times

Last updated Friday, September 2, 2011 - 12:16pm

ATLANTA -- The tropical depression designated, for now, with the unlucky number 13, is parked in neutral just off the Gulf Coast, where meteorologists say it is likely to gain strength in the coming days, becoming a named storm or hurricane and creating flooding that could become the next billion-dollar disaster for the U.S.

As of Friday morning, Tropical Depression 13 was about 210 miles southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi River and creeping toward the coast at about 1 mph, with the center expected to approach the Louisiana coast over the weekend, the National Hurricane Center reported.

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"I think the retailers will jack up prices overnight. We'll go through the gas anyway," said Plantation Resort landscaping manager Chris Jaeger as he filled his truck and ten five-gallon gas containers Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011 in Garden City, S.C. He said they gassed up their vehicles Monday and just want to be prepared in case Hurricane Irene hits the area. (AP Photo/The Sun News , Steve Jessmore)

Hurricane Irene marks 1st big US threat in years

Curt Anderson The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, August 23, 2011 - 11:48am

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Emergency officials from Florida to the Carolinas were closely watching Irene Tuesday as the first hurricane to seriously threaten the U.S. in three years churned over energizing tropical waters. The storm has already cut a destructive path through the Caribbean.

Forecasters say the hurricane could grow to a monstrous Category 4 storm with winds of more than 131 mph before it's predicted to come ashore this weekend on the U.S. mainland. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami expected Irene to reach Category 3 strength on Tuesday, said spokesman Dennis Feltgen.

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A storm tonight, floods tomorrow?

Amy Macavinta Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Friday, April 1, 2011 - 10:03pm

BRIGHAM CITY -- A storm forecast for tonight and Sunday has emergency coordinators in Box Elder County on edge, but instead of waiting to see how much water flows down Box Elder Creek, they are taking action now.

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Sunset Mayor Chad Bangerter holds up Sunset Sam so he can see the sunset signaling six more weeks of winter during the 17th annual event Wednesday at the Sunset City Building in Sunset.

And Sunset Sam's prediction is...

Ruth Malan Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Thursday, February 3, 2011 - 12:20am

SUNSET -- It doesn't look like Utah will have an early spring.

Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., so spring will come soon in Pennsylvania.

But here in Sunset, the cold, sunny day with blue skies ended with a golden sunset over the Great Salt Lake, and the guinea pig Sunset Sam watched as the sun went down in the west, predicting at least six more weeks of winter.

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Wind blows snow over the peak of Mt. Ogden on Tuesday. The National Weather Service issued a high-wind warning for the northern Wasatch Front because of easterly winds at 20-40 mph with gusts approaching 60 mph.

Chilly weather hits Top of Utah

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 12:24am

February blew in with one cold day for the Top of Utah.

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Despite advances, storm forecasts far from perfect

Chicago Tribune, Joel Hood, William Mullen

Last updated Tuesday, February 1, 2011 - 5:57pm

CHICAGO -- By Wednesday night, you'll know whether the stronger, faster computers of today are any better at predicting severe storms than the weather balloons and pen on paper used in the old days.

The same advanced computer software and satellite images have been tracking this storm's movement since it churned off the coast of Los Angeles late last week.

The brunt of the massive storm sweeping in from the south was expected to bring high winds and inches of snow, including as much as two feet in parts of Chicago

If you're among those who said, "I'll believe it when I see it," you're in good company.

The unpredictable nature of severe storms has always made weather predictions a bit of a guessing game. On Jan. 26, 1967, the forecast was for four inches of snow in Chicago. The city got 23 inches. On Jan. 13, 1979, the forecast again was for four inches, but 18.8 inches of snow fell. On Jan. 1, 1999, the forecast was for six inches of snow, but the city got 21.6 inches.

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