Icy weather to keep hold of U.S. through this week
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Frigid weather that slammed the U.S. Midwest and Northeast over the weekend could stick around for several more days, ushering in a month of below-normal temperatures, forecasters said on Monday.
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NEW YORK Crude oil prices are falling sharply as traders anticipate warmer weather in the US later in the week. Also pulling futures prices down are the weekend snowstorms in the Midwest that kept motorists off the road and planes grounded.
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Snow was forecast for large parts of the Mid-Atlantic region and Northeast on Wednesday, with as much as 2 feet or more possible in some areas of the northern Mid-Atlantic and New England.
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Coastal rain and mountain snow were forecast for Tuesday across the Northwest and parts of the Great Basin. Wind gusts of up to 70 mph were possible in the Northern Rockies.
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Talk about timing. Sunday's northeaster, which brought more than a foot of snow to spots in New England, was a lot easier to take for most people than last Thursday's commuting headache. The blustery storm carried strong winds, ice, and sleet, and made young skiers and riders count the days until the upcoming vacation week.
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Winter will be warmer than normal in the U.S. Western and Plains states and colder than usual in the Southeast and mid-Atlantic regions, but the return of El Nino is making it hard for forecasters to hazard a guess for much of the country, meteorologists said on Wednesday.
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By The News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Ind.  Feb. 7--The bitter cold that has blanketed the Midwest has touched all areas of the city, causing problems on the roads, filling homeless shelters, bursting pipes and water mains, and delaying flights.
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Oil prices stayed close to six-week highs on Friday on forecasts that a bout of cold weather in the United States would raise demand for heating fuels and natural gas.
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News events to watch for in the coming week.
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After a week of heavy storms in parts of the United States, the weekend will end rather tranquilly, as no major outbreaks of precipitation are expected.
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Millions of homeowners from the Dakotas to New York State, currently  enduring a week of record-setting low temperatures and snowfall, should  take precautions to protect water pipes from freezing.
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Snow, sleet and freezing rain pelted the northern Midwest and northeastern states Friday.
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Mild weather was expected to linger in  most of the United States until at least early January,  continuing a prolonged spell of balmy conditions that has cut  deeply into heating demand, government and private forecasters  said on Tuesday.
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The U.S. Midwest should receive up to  a foot of snow by Thursday, but above-normal temperatures in  the normally fuel-hungry Northeast should melt away any  accumulations there, forecasters said on Wednesday.
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A strong cold front was expected to push through the Central U.S. on Wednesday, dumping snow from the Rockies to the Plains and Upper Midwest. Snowfall was expected to range from 3 to 8 inches.
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Oil prices held firm on Tuesday on  concerns about another cold snap in the United States and  possible supply disruption in the Middle East and Russia.
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It should be warmer than normal for  most of this week in the U.S. Northeast, the world's biggest  consumer of heating oil, private weather forecaster Meteorlogix  said Monday.