Capital Weather Gang: November 22, 2009 - November 28, 2009

Forecast: Saturday and Sunday sunshine

Winds diminish, trending milder * Photo contest winners | El Niños and big snows * EXPRESS FORECAST Today: Mostly sunny. 50-55. | Tonight: Mostly clear. 28-34. | Tomorrow: Mostly sunny. 58-63. | A Look Ahead | Get Express Forecast by E-mail FORECAST IN DETAIL Our work week with incessant drizzle,...

By Jason Samenow  | November 28, 2009; 5:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (4)
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Forecast: Blustery Black Friday; weekend sun

Cool with decreasing winds Saturday; warmer Sunday * Photo contest winners | El Niños and big snows * * Outside now? Radar, temps, clouds & more: Weather Wall * EXPRESS FORECAST Today: Windy. Partly to mostly cloudy. 20% chance of showers. Upper 40s. | Tonight: Breezy. Clearing skies. 30s. |...

By Camden Walker  | November 27, 2009; 3:45 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (16)
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Moderate El Niños often bring big snows

* Windy and chilly, but gradually drying out: Full Forecast * Our winter outlook, and several others that have been issued, are calling for better than average chances of a snowy winter because we're currently experience a weak to moderate El Niño event (an event characterized by warmer-than-normal sea-surface temperatures...

By Jason Samenow  | November 27, 2009; 11:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (6)
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Forecast: Continuing on the cloudy, damp side

But weekend will turn out to be sunny and dry * Photo contest winners | Reaction to hack of climate emails * EXPRESS FORECAST Today: AM fog. Mostly cloudy. Upper 50s. | Tonight: Cloudy. Showers possible. 38-42. | Tomorrow: Cloudy. Gusty breezes. A few showers possible. Upper 40s. | A...

By Josh Larson  | November 26, 2009; 9:25 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (12)
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PM Update: Drizzle dries up; Any Turkey Day sun?

A little warmer tomorrow with shower threat by evening * Dense Fog Advisory until 9 a.m. Thursday * * Photo contest winners | Reaction to hack of climate emails * * Outside now? Radar, temps & more: Weather Wall | Traffic * Morning drizzle -- in some places soaking at...

By Capital Weather Gang  | November 25, 2009; 9:20 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (2)
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Forecast: Drizzle hampers holiday getaway

Temporarily drier for Thanksgiving; A gusty Black Friday * See winning photo contest pics | Climate email scandal interviews * * Radar, temps, clouds & more: Weather Wall | Travel updates * EXPRESS FORECAST Today: Mostly cloudy. Periods of drizzle/occasional shower. Mid-to-upper 50s. | Tonight: Partly cloudy. Late-night fog/mist. Low-to-mid...

By Dan Stillman  | November 25, 2009; 10:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (7)
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PM Update: Damp for Thanksgiving getaway

Periods of drizzle and a shower or two on Wednesday * Photo contest winners | Climate scientist criticizes skeptics, press * * Outside now? Radar, temps & more: Weather Wall | Traffic * Our cloudy and damp stretch is two days strong now and is not ready to let up...

By Ian Livingston  | November 24, 2009; 3:15 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (6)
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Climate scientist criticizes skeptics, press

* Thanksgiving weather? Full Forecast | See photo contest winners * The climate science email scandal known to some as "climategate" continues to reverberate throughout the climate science and policy communities. Since the story broke late last week that the University of East Anglia's servers had been hacked into, spilling...

By Andrew Freedman  | November 24, 2009; 12:15 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (45)
Categories:  Climate Change, Freedman, Interview Series: Controversial Climate E-mails, News & Notes, Science  
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2009 CWG photo contest: Top 10 picks

Wx and the City * Drizzly for Thanksgiving getaway: Full Forecast | Climate scandal * One of this year's top 10 photo picks. Key Bridge in the fog. Taken by Bill Jonscher in December 2008. The results are in for Capital Weather Gang's 2009 annual photo contest. It was a...

By Ann Posegate  | November 24, 2009; 10:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (8)
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Forecast: Cloudy & cool conditions continue

Drizzle chances thru tomorrow, Thanksgiving showers? * Science historian on climate scandal | Weather Wall * * Later: Another scientist on climate scandal * EXPRESS FORECAST Today: Morning drizzle/light rain. Mostly cloudy afternoon. 51-55. | Tonight: Mostly cloudy, some drizzle possible, especially late. 43-47 | Wednesday: More clouds, some drizzle....

By Matt Rogers  | November 24, 2009; 10:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (3)
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PM Update: Work week off to wet start

Rainy into evening; Patchy drizzle on Tuesday * Science historian on climate e-mails | Cruising the Atlantic * * Outside now? Radar, temps & more: Weather Wall | Traffic * As Jason Samenow mentioned this morning, we're back into a damp and dreary stretch, and it looks like it lasts...

By Ian Livingston  | November 23, 2009; 3:15 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (2)
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Science historian reacts to hacked climate e-mails

* Damp Thanksgiving week: Full Forecast | Cruising the Atlantic * A scandal erupted in the world of climate science late last week after anonymous hackers posted years worth of selected private email correspondence between a handful of prominent climate scientists. The emails were stolen from a server at the...

By Andrew Freedman  | November 23, 2009; 11:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (65)
Categories:  Climate Change, Freedman, Interview Series: Controversial Climate E-mails, News & Notes, Science  
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Forecast: Cloudy, damp & raw Thanksgiving week

Sunshine possibly returns next weekend * Radar, temps, clouds & more: Weather Wall | E-mail this forecast * * Science historian on climate scandal | Sea & sky over the Atlantic * EXPRESS FORECAST Today: Periods of light rain/drizzle. 47-51. | Tonight: Chance of light rain/drizzle. 44-47. | Tomorrow: A.M....

By Jason Samenow  | November 23, 2009; 11:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (2)
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Forecast: Sunday sun fades to work-week worry

* Outside now? Weather Wall | Friend CWG on Facebook * EXPRESS FORECAST Today: Partly to mostly sunny. 57-60. | Tonight: Cloudy, chance of light rain late. 40-44. | Tomorrow: Cloudy, chance of rain. 48-52. | A Look Ahead FORECAST IN DETAIL We may be able to salvage one...

By Brian Jackson  | November 22, 2009; 2:45 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (4)
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