U.S. weather watchers turn to furry forecasters
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With confidence in private weather forecasters slipping in the wake of some prediction gaffes during the past couple of years, perhaps woolly worms and groundhogs can take up the slack.
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By The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 2--It's even more predictable than the weather. Plenty of people,  when they hear that an international panel of scientists is saying today that  it's "very likely" human activity is causing global warming, will point to  Thursday's winter storm.
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Darkening skies and a light morning drizzle blanketed the fields while combines harvested corn and tractor-trailers hauled away this year's crop. Even though he knew what was coming, Brian Watkins hopped out of his pickup truck and stepped into his office to check the weather forecast on his computer.
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Forecasters predicted several inches of snow in New England, heavy rain in the Southeast and snow and rain in the Northwest on Sunday.
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Forecasters predicted unusually warm temperatures in the eastern U.S. on Sunday, and snow was expected in parts of California and the Pacific Northwest.
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Forecasters predicted heavy rain in the Midwest on Friday, while thunderstorms were expected in the coastal Carolinas and clear skies in the West.
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A new high-tech computer system that provides pinpoint weather forecasts for specific stretches of highway, tested in Iowa over the past two winters, is attracting interest from transportation officials worldwide.
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Affected by a weak El Nino, winter  weather in the United States will be warmer in the West and  cooler and wetter in the South and Southeast, forecasters  predicted Thursday.
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WeatherBug would like to make meteorologists of us all, selling sensors that can turn anyone's back yard into a Web-connected weather station. -Leslie Walker
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The forecasters who predicted this summer's rain expect one of the coldest winters on record - but the Met Office is not so sure.
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Weather forecasts are notoriously  fickle, but bees, caterpillars and bears are proving as divided  as meteorologists on how long winter will last.
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Storm warnings were posted from Wisconsin to New England, where the National Weather Service posted blizzard warnings that will be in effect through Sunday.
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Prairie dogs, those little pups popping in and out of holes on vacant lots and rural rangeland, are talking up a storm. They have different "words" for tall human in yellow shirt, short human in green shirt, coyote, deer, red-tailed hawk and many other creatures.
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Gas up the snowblower but don't put away your umbrella: The Farmers' Almanac is predicting a wild winter with heavy precipitation and dramatic temperature swings in the Northeast.
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Forecasters predicted a slight rise in temperatures in the East and continued warmth in the West on Friday, and rain was expected in the South.
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Wearing tags traditionally used for tracking, the marine recruits are helping scientists collect data that could one day be used to generate ocean forecasts.
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Forecasters predicted severe weather in parts of the central U.S. on Wednesday, and rain and thunderstorms were expected in parts of New England and the Mid-Atlantic.