Brief cold spell to hit Midcontinent
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A brief surge of bitter cold and  powerful wind will sweep into the U.S. Midcontinent Wednesday  and Thursday, sending temperatures down as much as 40 degrees  in some cities, weather forecasters predicted.
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The cold snap gripping the eastern United States should ease next week, ushering in warmer temperatures into March for the world's top energy consumer, meteorologists forecast Thursday.
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A heat wave was expected to continue gripping the West on Friday, while the cold front that has brought wet weather to the Northeast was forecast to move offshore, bringing clear skies and dry conditions to the region.
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U.S. forecasters are at odds over how   cold and snowy the coming winter will be, with predictions   ranging from frigid to mild in the key Northeast and Midwest   heating regions.
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Warmer than normal temperatures are  forecast to blanket the Western United States and Plains states  this winter, but it is unclear whether the Northeast and  Midwest will face warmer, colder or normal winter weather, U.S.  government forecasters said on Wednesday.
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By Staci Matlock, The Santa Fe New Mexican  Mar. 9--El Nino's winter moisture is dead, and La Nina's drying trend appears on its way to New Mexico, forecasters say.
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La Nina, the cooling of sea surfaces in the Pacific Ocean which can wreak havoc with weather patterns, is likely to develop by the end of the year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday.
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The U.S. Northeast from upstate New York to Maine will have equal chances of above- or below-normal temperatures during February and in the 3-month February-April period, the National Weather Service predicted on Thursday.
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By Matt Russell, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  Feb. 3--As we go through the heart of winter, it's time to get off the couch and enjoy what the frosty months of Minnesota have to offer.
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WASHINGTON, DC, Nov 1 (OneWorld) ï¿½ With only eight weeks left before the elves finish their work and Santa Claus mounts his sleigh, an eight-nation study on global warming co-sponsored by the United States has concluded that the North Pole is melting
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The weather will turn milder through  the weekend in the central and eastern United States, thawing  out the regions after the first arctic blast swept through them  last week, according to weather forecasters.
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The forecast this week is for balmy days in the mid-70s and low 80s in both Washington and New York. This could provide, depending on your perspective, either a fitting or discomfiting backdrop to two major international events on the climate.
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Q I would like to take my family to the Yucatan Peninsula this winter, possibly somewhere on i the coast although I would be prepared to look inland.
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Winter weather in the United States,  affected by a weak El Nino, will be warmer in the West and  cooler and wetter in the South and Southeast, forecasters  predicted Thursday.
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Winter will be warmer than normal in  the U.S. Western and Plains states and colder than usual in the  Southeast and mid-Atlantic regions, but the return of El Nino  is making it hard for forecasters to hazard a guess for much of  the country, meteorologists said on Wednesday.
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This Groundhog Day's prediction of an early spring may be cold comfort to hibernators. Global warming is disrupting long winter's naps, sometimes fatally.
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A cold front barreling through the eastern half of the country Wednesday was expected to cause temperatures to plunge.