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Weather news
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Readers' photos
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Data from the The Sun's weather station
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2011 stargazers' calendar
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Become a backyard astronomer in five simple steps
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Baltimore Weather Archive
Daily airport weather data for Baltimore from 1948 to today
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National Weather Service:
Sterling Forecast Office
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Capital Weather Gang:
Washington Post weather blog
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CoCoRaHS:
Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network. Local observations by volunteers
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Weather Bug:
Webcams across the state
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National Data Buoy Center:
Weather and ocean data from bay and ocean buoys
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U.S. Drought Monitor:
Weekly maps of drought conditions in the U.S.
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USGS Earthquake Hazards Program:
Real-time data on earthquakes
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Water data:
From the USGS, Maryland
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National Hurricane Center
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Air Now:
Government site for air quality information
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NWS Climate Prediction Center:
Long-term and seasonal forecasts
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U.S. Climate at a Glance:
NOAA interactive site for past climate data, national, state and city
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Clear Sky Clock:
Clear sky alerts for stargazers
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NASA TV:
Watch NASA TV
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Hubblesite:
Home page for Hubble Space Telescope
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Heavens Above:
Everything for the backyard stargazer, tailored to your location
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NASA Eclipse Home Page:
Centuries of eclipse predictions
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Cruise Critic: Hurricane Zone:
Check to see how hurricanes may affect your cruise schedule
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Warming World:
NASA explains the science of climate change with articles, videos, “data visualizations,” and space-based imagery.
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What on Earth:
NASA blog on current research at the space agency.
Comments
Frank, Welcome back hope your vaca went well. Help us understand how a few dry weeks can strip away the benefits of the wettest 3 month period on record? I realize we were in drought conditions until March, but with the surplusses in April-June I didn't think we would be facing more drought?!
FR: Not drought. That's a long way off. Just abnormally dry, mostly in Southern Maryland and the Eastern Shore. The Drought Monitor calculations consider a wide variety of factors, so it's hard to know which one has kicked that region over in to "dry." Could be the low rainfall and consequent drying of the soil from mid-June through mid-July, or water tables. Sandy soils east of the Fall Line drain very quickly. SE Virginia and eastern NC are seeing the same thing. And the dry conditions have actually eased some in the past two weeks, after reaching almost 75 percent of the state in the third week of July.
Posted by: Drew | August 7, 2009 8:29 AM