Soon enough, the world will learn whether or not to expect six more weeks of winter, thanks to the weather predictions of Punxsutawney Phil, the most famous groundhog in the world. In the meantime, the world can ready itself for the groundhog’s big debut with this numerical look at what makes Groundhog’s Day one of America’s quirkiest holidays. Read full article > >

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Groundhog Day: Punxsutawney Phil is not the only predictor out there

Like a few million other people this past holiday season, we bought an iPhone 4S, with its much-hyped Siri feature. The vocal interface allows users to speak all kinds of commands into the phone (“What’s the weather in San Francisco?”) and get answers from a sultry-voiced robot/concierge. Read full article > >

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How Siri is ruining your cellphone service

In the weather nightmares in the history of New York’s marathon, cold has very seldom been the concern. Heat has actually been the more worrying option.

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New York City Marathon Weather Has Been Taken to Extremes

Rain that fell last week in part of the Washington area came down so fast for so long that it might have been a once-in-a-millennium event, according to a report from the National Weather Service. At Fort Belvoir, the weather service said, the three-hour Sept. 8 rainfall from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee was “an incredible 7.03 inches.” Read full article > >

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D.C. area’s recent rainfall might be once-in-a-thousand-years event

Twenty-three people were killed in North Carolina, hit by monster supercells on Saturday, the weather service reports. Across the Southeast, as many as 44 people have died in three days of severe weather.

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North Carolina hardest hit by latest wave of severe weather

Scotland’s ski centres are expecting a busy weekend, if the weather does not affect travel on the roads.

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Scotland’s skiing season takes off

Scotland’s ski centres are expecting a busy weekend, if the weather does not affect travel on the roads.

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Hopes for busy weekend on slopes

Sunday’s AIB Ulster Club Football final between Crossmaglen and Naomh Conaill at Clones is postponed because of the weather conditions.

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Ulster Club decider is postponed

Once a sputtering tropical storm in the Atlantic Ocean, the weather system known as Danielle is back with a vengeance.

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Hurricane Danielle picks up strength