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| Chew & Brew and an Author Talk in Winchester Today Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 07:59 PM PST  Weather: The National Weather Service predicts a cloudy day with a high in the low 40s. The evening should be cloudy with a low in the low 30s. Full Story | Top |
| Salem Annual Action Plan Hearing Tonight Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 07:48 PM PST  Today is Thursday, Jan. 16, and here are the five things you need to know: 1. It should be another nice day in Salem. The National Weather Service is predicting that loca Full Story | Top |
| US weather 2013: a respite from extremes, except in the West Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 05:21 PM PST If you were to pick a one-word description of general weather trends for the continental United States in 2013, "mellow" wouldn't be a bad one to choose, if numbers from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) are any indication. To be sure, weather conditions throughout the year didn't spare everyone from weather-related disasters. In 2013, "we saw a relatively benign year, especially when compared to the really increased extremes we saw in 2011 and 2012," said Deke Arndt, who heads the NCDC's climate monitoring branch, at a press briefing Wednesday. Even the NCDC's Climate Extremes Index – which yields the percentage of the country affected by extreme weather – fell slightly below its long-term average, according to Jake Crouch, a scientist at the NCDC offices in Asheville, N.C., who, along with colleague Adam Smith, compiles these monthly and annual reports. Full Story | Top |
| Wet, wetter; dry, drier: U.S. oceanographer has hit with climate-change haiku Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 04:28 PM PST  An American oceanographer who helped write an international report on climate change has condensed several of its key findings - such as how choices made today may shape the future world - into a collection of succinct poems in the Haiku style. The poems came to Gregory Johnson, a 20-year veteran of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as he pored over an executive summary of "Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis," while holed up in his Seattle home on a recent weekend with the flu, he said. "I thought that if I tried distilling these ideas into haiku, maybe that would help fix them in my mind," said Johnson, a lead author on the chapter of the report dealing with the effects of global warming on oceans. "This was not intended for anything but my own personal consumption." After penning the poems and painting watercolors accompanying each of them, Johnson, heartened by feedback from friends and family, agreed to publish them on the website of the Sightline Institute, a Seattle-based environmental policy think-tank. Full Story | Top |
| Forestry Service Extends Closure of Glendora Mountain Road Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 03:57 PM PST  The Glendora Police Department reports that the closure of Glendora Mountain Road will be extended through Friday, Jan. 17 until 12 p.m. due to the extended Red Flag warnings. The National Weather Service has extended the Red Flag warnin Full Story | Top |
| Weather Blog: Several Chances For Rain This Week Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 03:11 PM PST Full Story | Top |
| UN climate chief urges investors to bolster global warming fight Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 01:17 PM PST  By Valerie Volcovici NEW YORK (Reuters) - Institutional investors managing trillions of dollars should shift their portfolios away from fossil fuel investments toward cleaner energy sources to put a stop to the dangerous rise in global temperatures causing climate change, the United Nations' climate chief said on Wednesday. Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, told an investors conference at the United Nations that their investment decisions should reflect the latest scientific evidence of dangerous climate change to protect the health and financial savings of ordinary citizens well into the future. "Climate change increasingly poses one of the biggest long-term threats to those investments and the wealth of the global economy," Figueres added. Full Story | Top |
| Schools Plan for Possible Weather Delays on Exam Week Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 09:57 AM PST  High school exams will be administered according to the following schedule: Full Story | Top |
| A Brief History of 63 Years of Extreme Weather Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 09:55 AM PST  As temperatures in the Midwest plunged thanks to the polar vortex last week, Australia was experiencing record heat. After processing 63 years of data from 90,000-plus weather stations, we have an answer: It's not clear. Full Story | Top |
| Super Bowl 2014: What's the Weather Situation? Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 09:52 AM PST  According to Frank Supovitz, NFL Senior Vice President for Events: "There are contingency plans for multiple different days. There is the potential of a move-up scenario, there is the potential of a move-back scenario, depending on what we are seeing coming. It could potentially be on a Saturday or it could be on the Monday or Tuesday. Full Story | Top |
| Ben Cardin, Fellow Senators Vow Action on Climate Change Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 06:35 AM PST  Full Story | Top |
| [$$] Forum Energy Cuts 4th-Quarter Profit Guidance Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 06:18 AM PST Forum Energy Technologies Inc. slashed its fourth-quarter earnings guidance, citing severe winter weather in Texas and Oklahoma, delivery delays and some cost overruns. Full Story | Top |
| How to Run in Cold Weather Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 06:06 AM PST These conditions are tricky, but if you take a few precautions, dress appropriately and have a good, flexible attitude, you can still get your training in when there's snow on the ground and temperatures are below freezing. After working in the business world for years, she decided to make fitness a full time job and founded Hot Bird Running, a run coaching business, in May 2011. Full Story | Top |
| Carroll Schools Open Late Today, Jan. 15 Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 03:22 AM PST  Carroll County Public Schools will be opening two hours late today, Jan. 15. Carroll County is under a dense fog advisory until 9 a.m., according to the National Weather Service. Full Story | Top |
| City Teams Up to Help Homeless In Extreme Cold Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 02:59 AM PST  Over the past month, local community members and the City of Chicago Heights have been teaming up to help the area's homeless stay warm and safe throughout recent extreme weather conditions. Full Story | Top |
| U.S., India meet to get ties back on track after dispute Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 01:39 AM PST  By David Brunnstrom and Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. diplomat met India's ambassador to the United States on Tuesday with the aim of getting bilateral ties back on track after the arrest and strip search of a female Indian diplomat and tit-for-tat expulsions. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns hosted a "productive" lunch meeting with Indian Ambassador S. Jaishankar and both sides affirmed the importance of the U.S.-India strategic partnership and "discussed initial preparations for a range of upcoming bilateral meetings and exchanges," a statement from the U.S. State Department said. The two officials also discussed matters raised by India's Foreign Ministry during the dispute, including alleged issues with the American Embassy School, the statement said. Burns said Washington took the concerns "very seriously and will continue to address them via appropriate diplomatic channels." The statement said both Burns and Jaishankar "affirmed our shared commitment to continue joint U.S.-India work on issues such as clean energy and climate change, defense, economic and trade engagement, counterterrorism, and civil nuclear development." On Saturday, India blamed the United States for what it called a "mini crisis" over the arrest and strip search of its deputy consul general in New York last month and said more work was needed to repair ties. Full Story | Top |
| DirecTV Customers Lose Weather Channel Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 12:10 AM PST  DirecTV subscribers, as of 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, can no longer watch the Weather Channel. Full Story | Top |
| National Weather Service Issues Advisory for Wednesday Morning Tuesday, Jan 14, 2014 11:02 PM PST  The National Weather Service has issued a Dense Fog Advisor Full Story | Top |
| Danish pension funds invest in climate fund Tuesday, Jan 14, 2014 09:22 PM PST Danish pension funds and the government will invest in a state fund to finance projects to fight climate change in developing countries, one of the investors said in a statement. PensionDanmark said it had committed 200 million Danish crowns ($37 million) to the fund, while a further 1 billion crowns will come from pension funds PKA and PBU, private investment fund Dansk Vækstkapital, the Investment Fund for Developing Countries and the Danish government. The Danish Climate Investment Fund will run for four years and have an annual return of 12 percent, PensionDanmark said. It will also finance projects which help communities and geographies prepare for the effects of climate change, such as disaster preparation and coastal management. Full Story | Top |
| Last Chance to Bring in Your Discarded Christmas Trees Tuesday, Jan 14, 2014 08:55 PM PST  Today is Wednesday, Jan. 15, and here are the five things you need to know: 1. It should be another nice day in Falmouth. The National Weather Service Full Story | Top |
| Story Time at the Stoneham Library Today Tuesday, Jan 14, 2014 08:54 PM PST  1. Weather: The National Weather Service predicts a sunny day a high near 50. The evening should be cloudy with a low in the 30s. Full Story | Top |
| Story Time and Soccer Meeting in Winchester Today Tuesday, Jan 14, 2014 08:49 PM PST  1. Weather: The National Weather Service predicts a sunny day a high near 50. The evening should be cloudy with a low in the 30s. Full Story | Top |
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