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Satellite View of Midwestern Storm

NASA has posted low and high resolution satellite photos of the record-setting low-pressure system that rolled through the Midwest last week. They say: The storm that swept across the center of the United States on October 26 and October 27, 2010, was memorable to those who experienced it because of its strong winds, rain, hail, […]

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Record Low Pressure on Great Lakes Storm

According to the National Weather Service New record set today for the lowest pressure in a non-tropical storm in the mainland U.S. The massive storm system barreling across the central U.S. had a minimum central pressure of 28.24″ or 956 mb (equivalent to the minimum pressure of a Category 3 hurricane). This breaks the old […]

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Strong Storm to Hit Great Lakes

October 26 forecast

The National Weather Service has predicted a strong low pressure system, or cyclone, to hit the Great Lakes on Tuesday and Wednesday. The central pressure could be as low as 959 millibars (mb) (28.35 in), and associated with strong winds and significant wave heights on the Great Lakes.     The Great Lakes are no […]

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