Extreme Weather Is the Norm in 2007
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Oddball weather is the norm in 2007. As the year draws to a close, it's shaping up to be the hottest year on record in the Northern Hemisphere. Most alarming to climate scientists, the Arctic, which serves as the world's refrigerator, dramatically warmed in 2007, shattering records for the amount of melting ice.
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In terms of climate change, the weather matters a lot less than how people respond to it.
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Data collected from around the globe indicate that 2007 ranks as the second-warmest year on record, according to a new analysis from climatologists at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
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The likelihood of an above-average Atlantic hurricane season is growing as a Pacific Ocean El Nino system, which drove storms away from the Gulf Coast in 2006, ended in the past few weeks, meteorologists said on Thursday.
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The United States, which has emerged from this year's hurricane season largely unscathed, should brace itself for a potentially devastating hurricane season in 2007, a leading windstorm forecaster warned.
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If you think we have crazy weather, consider this storm:
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By Michael E Ruane, Washington Post Staff Writer  If you think we have crazy weather, consider this storm:  It's about 7,000 miles across, with winds topping 500 mph and clouds that have recently turned red.  It's a mega-hurricane, sort of.
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LONDON - The world faces a surge in extreme weather events because of global warming and governments must act immediately to avert disaster, Britain&#39;s chief scientist said yesterday.
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One month old, 2007 has already witnessed some remarkable climate shifts
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Breaking news in recent years has been swamped with stories of extreme weather -- flash floods in East Asia, prolonged drought in Africa, destructive hurricanes like Hurricane Katrina, heavy monsoon rainfall in South Asia, and an historic heat wave in Europe.
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A rare convergence of weather patterns has drenched the west and blanketed much of the country with snow.
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Heat waves in Chicago, Paris, and elsewhere in North America and Europe will become more intense, more frequent, and longer lasting in the 21st century, according to a new modeling study by two scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).
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DENVER, Sept. 1 -- Hurricane forecaster William M. Gray downgraded his expectations for the 2006 Atlantic storm season Friday, calling for a slightly below-average year, with five hurricanes instead of the seven previously forecast.
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The world was slightly warmer than  average in the first four months of this year, but 2007 may not  turn out to be the hottest on record, Britain&#39;s official  weather forecaster said on Tuesday.
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That&#39;s not true. Unfortunately, we had a few difficult days in the summer with heavy thunderstorms and other disruptions. But all in all we&#39;ve become increasingly punctual over the past few years.
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And what may be in store for the rest of 2007.
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The world faces a surge in extreme weather events because of global warming and governments must act immediately to avert disaster, Britain's chief scientist said on Tuesday.