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Hurricane Earl has remained roughly constant in intensity over the past six hours, as it heads north-northeast at 20 mph towards New England. Earl's outermost spiral bands have already brought as much as one inch of rain to portions of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with lesser amounts on Long Island and Connecticut. Earl is still expected to pass 20 - 50 miles southeast of Nantucket and Cape Cod, Massachusetts, at about 2am Saturday, and be a strong tropical storm with 70 mph winds or a weak Category 1 hurricane with 75 mph winds.In the Central Atlantic, it appears that Tropical Storm Gaston may be regenerating. Models support regeneration, and predict a possible threat to the Lesser Antilles by Wednesday.

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 Aug. 26th show. Read about this week's international weather headlines, the best and worst places to travel across the nation and around the globe, and Italy, our Travel Spotlight. We also congratulate Weather Underground Prize Pack winner Skyepony 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.

Hurricane Earl synopsis, including future pattern for the Atlantic

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 ...