Weather service issues red flag warning for SJ Valley (7:37 a.m.)

May 14, 2008 10:37 AM

The National Weather Service today issued a reddish flag warning for countries including San Joaquin County owed to gusty winds and low humidness through to at least Friday.

North winds will increase to 15 to 30 miles per hour with blasts to about 40 miles per hour by this afternoon, according to the National Weather Service business office in Sacramento. The gusty winds will turn to the east Thursday morning time time and go on into Friday morning.

Humidity is expected to drop to below 15 percentage today and Thursday.

The gusty winds and low humidness will compound to make critical fire weather condition statuses today through Friday, according to the National Weather Service.

Skies are expected to be clear today with temperatures near 93. Clear skies will go on this eventide with the temperatures near 63.

It will stay bright on Thursday and temperatures will be near 99 and chilling to 63 in the evening.

Nigeria: Weather Forecasts - Govt Directs Pilots to Comply - AllAfrica.com

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The Federal Soldier Government have directed all airplane pilots and air hoses operating in the state to accede strictly to endure prognoses issued by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NMA).

Government's order came just as the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) at the weekend inaugurated a weather condition prognosis equipment, Metosat Second Coevals (MSG-2) artificial satellite receiver, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Capital Of Nigeria at N118 million.

THISDAY gathered from a beginning at the Ministry of Conveyance that the direction of the Federal Soldier Republic Of Federal Republic Of Federal Republic Of Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) have been mandated to strictly supervise the trading trading operations at the airdromes to guarantee that airplane airplane airplane pilots and air hose operators confer with with NIMET Weather Prognosis business offices before take-off of any aircraft.

The directive to pilots, it was gathered, is portion of government's attempt to refocus the operations of the air power sector in order to ran into the International Civil Aviation Organisation's criterion (ICAO) on air travel.

Minister of State for Air Transportation, Mr. Felix Hyat, at the inauguration, warned pilots to take the information emanating from NIMET Weather Office very seriously and utilise it.

He said the weather condition condition condition condition condition equipment was among the four such as as installations procured and successfully installed at four international airdromes - Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt and Kano - by NIMET.

Contract for the procurance and installing of the air safety installation was awarded in 2007 to Gamji Nigeria Limited to be completed within a year.

Hyat said the equipment would help to a great extent in providing more than accurate weather prognoses that would heighten air power safety in the country.

"This is one the respective attempts of authorities towards providing state-of-the-art safety critical meteoric equipment for the air power industry in conformity with International Civil Aviation Arrangement (ICAO) requirements," he said.

The Director-General of NIMET, Dr. Antony Anuforom, said with the monosodium glutamate receiver, weather predictors in the federal agency would be able to entree assorted meteoric merchandises derived from Meteosat, which is a geostationary artificial satellite operated by the European Space Agency (ESA).

The DG, who took the curate on an review circuit of the facility, said the equipment would enable the predictor to observe and offering early warning information on at hand weather jeopardies such as electrical storms and dust plumes.

Hyat said blessings had been given for NIMET to procure and put in additional equipment during the twelvemonth to further heighten air conveyance safety in the country.

According to him, the equipment mapped out for acquisition included Christian Johann Doppler weather radar, low-level wind shear qui vive systems and electrical storm sensing systems.

The curate said the Federal Government was considering a safe, unafraid and efficient air power sector as very critical to the accomplishment of Nigeria's economical development vision otherwise tagged 'Vision 2020'.

Hyat noted that portion of the new doctrine of authorities was the bringing of undertakings as and when due.

He said: "Aviation undertakings trade with the safety of human beingnesses not animals. One cannot afford to plaything with such as undertakings that touching on human lives."

He said President Umaru Genus Musa Yar'Adua is taking air safety improvement very serious, adding that one thing authorities have been able to realise is the present modern doctrine of administration and timely executing of projects.

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The minister, however, said for the installation to be of huge benefit to the air power sector, all stakeholders must purchase into the services of the weather condition prognosis equipment.

"I take it the applied scientists and the predictors in the Meteorological Agency will manage the occupation entrusted on them through the executing of this undertaking as a trust by the authorities and people of Nigeria. All the end users, in peculiar the airplane airplane pilots should take the information emanating from NIMET weather condition condition business office very seriously and utilise it for what is meant for".

He said the installation was not meant for NIMET or the pilots alone but for all the travelling members of the public who might necessitate to have got some flight counsel as respect the weather situation.

Warmer weather on tap for today, tomorrow - Henderson Gleaner

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Plenty of sunlight and warmer weather condition will give paces a opportunity to dry out out over the adjacent few years before another little opportunity of rainfall comes in the image on Friday.

The high temperature today is expected to attain 70 degrees, with bright statuses prevailing. With the exclusion of Saturday (forecast high of 63), the day-to-day high temperature is expected to remain in the 70s through at least Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.

The alone opportunity of rainfall in the current prognosis is Friday into Friday night, when a violent storm system forces its manner across the region, offering a 50-50 opportunity of rain.

For more than information, usage the weather condition tools box on the left side of this article.

National Weather Service issues warnings for Northern and Western Nebraska

The National Weather Service have issued weather condition warnings and advisories for northern and western countries of Nebraska.Snowfall of five ins have been reported, making route statuses hazardous. The National Weather Service said snowfall will go on across the country the morning. Additional snowfall sums of one to two ins are possible. Strong Northwestern United States winds of 20 to 30 statute miles per hr will make countries of blowing snowfall and low visibility.Schools inch Wayne, Wynot, Newcastle, Coleridge, Laurel, Randolph, Osmond and Emerson, Neb. reported late starts.Don Morin, a information programme director for the National Weather Service in Siouan Falls, S.D., said the Siouan City subway country received mostly rainfall over night, which he said would go on throughout the day, with the possibility of a small snowfall here and there. He said the heaviest snowfall is in northwestern South Dakota and up into Minnesota. He said precipitation South and sou'-east of Siouan Falls, will be mostly rain."The violent storm is still moving to the east or northeast," Morin said. "It's winding down pretty rapidly."A wintertime weather condition advisory stays in consequence for Lyon, Osceola and Siouan counties in Iowa, and Yankton, Clay and Union counties in South Dakota. until 7 p.m.Areas of mizzle and freeze mizzle will blend with and alteration over to snowfall late this morning time into this afternoon. Additional snowfall around one inch along with strong North winds will cut down visibilities, hampering ravel. Motorists are urged to drive with caution.-- Dolly A. Butz

Severe Weather Likely Thursday

FAST FACTS: Severe weather condition condition condition expected across Mid-South Thursday

String winds, hail and twisters expected

On Your Side weather squad will be on guard

(Memphis 4/9/2008) The National Weather Service states a important terrible weather eruption is likely Thursday afternoon into early Friday morning.

A powerful violent storm system will travel across the country and convey the possible for widespread detrimental winds, big hail, and tornadoes.

A few strong twisters will also be possible.

Tim Mrs. Simpson and the News Channel 3 On Your Side weather condition squad will be on guard.

Thunderstorms are expected to develop across the western one-half of the Mid-South Thursday afternoon and move across the residual of the prognosis country Thursday nighttime into early Friday morning.

This should be a important and widespread terrible weather condition event for much of the area.

Heavy rainfall will also happen with electrical storms moving across the area.

These violent storms will likely bring forth rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 ins with scattered higher amounts.

This may take to blink implosion therapy and further river implosion therapy late Thursday afternoon into Friday morning.

Very windy statuses can also be expected on Thursday and Thursday nighttime ahead of the approaching violent storm system.

Sustained winds between 20 and 30 miles per hour with blasts over 40 miles per hour will be possible.

A wind advisory will likely be issued for Thursday and Thursday nighttime for much of the Mid-South.

Temperatures may drop to close freeze across parts of the Mid-South Good morning time time and possibly Monday morning.

This may impact legal tender flora that is left unprotected.

Spring weather arrives early in Denver

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Spring-like upwind will decorate Mile-High City the adjacent few years with mostly bright skies and high temperatures in the upper 50s and less 60s.

Today's high temperature in Mile-High City should climb up to about 58 grades and tomorrow will be even nicer, with a high of about 61 degrees, the National Weather Service reports. Nightlong low pressures in Mile-High City this hebdomad will be in the mid 30s to upper 20s under partly nebulose skies.

Winds will be increasing in the mounts today and blasts this morning time have got been measured at 50 miles per hour on extrema above timber line and in the foothills West of Boulder, the weather condition service said.

Most mountain countries should be cloudy but dry today with a flimsy opportunity for snowfall showers in the northern mountains.

A Pacific Ocean presence should hit the state on Thursday, bringing snowfall to the northern and cardinal mounts and then spreading south, according to the weather condition service.

The Vail prognosis phone calls for a 70 percentage opportunity of snowfall tomorrow, with up to 3 ins of accumulation, and a high temperature of 42 degrees.

The form that hits the mounts on Thursday should convey a flimsy opportunity - 10 percentage - of snowfall to Mile-High City Friday nighttime and a 20 percentage opportunity of rainfall to the metropolis on Saturday.

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