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    Thursday, November 5th, 2009
    5:29 PM
      
    Reported by: Chief Meteorologist Joe Murgo
    No, I am not being philosophical or making any bad commentary about the colder time of the year that is coming our way. What I am referring to is the start of Solar Winter which started today and ...

    Saturday, October 31st, 2009
    8:24 PM
      
    Reported by: Meteorologist Brian Thompson
    One reason to have a blog is to spout opinions, so I'm going to complain about Daylight Saving Time tonight. It seems stupid to do it tonight since we are actually gaining an hour this weekend, ...

    Saturday, October 24th, 2009
    8:57 PM
      
    Reported by: Meteorologist Brian Thompson
    It's pretty typical during the autumn months that we have spells where it's unusually warm and unusually cool. That's how it will be this again this week, although we are not looking at ...

    Saturday, October 17th, 2009
    8:09 AM
      
    Being a meteorologist and studying the weather for a long period of time, there have been certain weather events that stand out as extraordinarily impressive. In my mind, I have sort of a hall of ...

    Sunday, October 11th, 2009
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    Reported by: Chief Meteorologist Joe Murgo
    I have a lot of people always ask me what the difference is. A frost occurs when the temperature of a surface drops to the dew point which is below freezing. At this point, we get deposition of ice ...

    Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
    7:50 PM
      
    Reported by: Chief Meteorologist Joe Murgo
    October is widely known for colder nights, shorter days, the first frost and snowflakes. But it is also a month where the winds start to blow more. The reason has to do with the contrast with the ...

    Friday, October 2nd, 2009
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    Reported by: Meteorologist Brian Thompson
    We have entered what is my favorite time of year -- early to mid October. The days are still comfortable, but the nights are crisp and chilly. What puts the icing on the cake is...the changing ...

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