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Tropical Storm Earl roared ashore over western Nova Scotia late this morning, bringing heavy rain and tropical storm force winds to much of the province. The capital of Halifax recorded sustained winds of 51 mph, gusting to 75 mph this afternoon, and the power is out to tens of thousands of residents in Nova Scotia. Earl's center passed about 100 miles southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, at 1am EDT this morning, and the winds on the weak left side of the storm never reached sustained tropical storm strength (39 mph) at any New England land station. Earl brought heavy rains of up to five inches to Cape Cod and Marthas Vineyard.

Who is the Audience? What to Do ? (2) At the bottom is a short Pakistan update.In the previous article I argued that much of the “opposition” to climate change was politically motivated or politically aligned. With such political positioning a communications and education strategy motivated by the opposition only feeds the political argument. This is especially true in “crisis situations,” where reactions to the crisis serve to build and perpetuate the crisis. Then some become vested in maintaining the crisis, including those whose primary goal is to seed doubt ...

In this entry, we recap Wunder Travel's Sept. 2nd show. Read about this week's international weather headlines, the best and worst places to travel across the nation and around the globe, and Indonesia, our Travel Spotlight. We also congratulate Weather Underground Prize Pack winner OriginalLT for guessing this week's Travel Spotlight destination!

The Weather Underground Broadcast Network will air a special edition of the Daily Downpour featuring meteorologists Jeff Masters, Rob Carver, Tim Roche, and Shaun Tanner. This live update will feature the most up-to-date information on this dangerous storm and its possible effects to the East Coast. Nowhere else can you get the thoughts of four experienced meteorologists, so take advantage of this special show.The show will begin at 4:30 p.m. ET, 1:30 p.m. PT.

AMO: Atlantic Multidecadal OsillationATCF: Automated Tropical Cyclone Forecasting systemBOC: Bay Of CampecheCATL: Central AtlanticCARCAH: Chief, Aerial Reconnaissance Coordination, All HurricanesCDO: ...

Our potential response to post Earl needs.

Another bubble of high pressure will allow for unusually warm temperatures again in the Middle Atlantic this week; while the tropics pose a possible long term risk towards the East Coast.

Some of our friends from the University of Michigan pointed us to a 3D photo that members of the project team had taken during their tornado hunt this year. We've reproduced it here, but you can take ...