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Richmond’s weather: sunny, 100 degrees, code-orange air

The National Weather Service is calling for sunny skies and light winds in the Richmond area today with an afternoon high of 100 degrees. The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality says the air-quality index is projected at a code-orange level, which means the ozone levels could be unhealthy for certain …

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Richmond’s weather: sunny, 100 degrees, code-orange air

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US weather-watching sat blasts off (The Register)

GOES-P is go NASA last night launched the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-P (GOES-P) weather-watching satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.… The power of collaboration within unified communications

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US weather-watching sat blasts off (The Register)

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NASA launches nation’s newest weather satellite (WTSP-TV Tampa)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has launched the nation’s newest weather satellite. An unmanned rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Thursday evening, carrying a $500 million GOES satellite

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Pilot of crashed copter no stranger to rugged weather (The Salt Lake Tribune)

Bad weather is not anything new to Coast Guard pilot Cmdr. Patrick Shaw, who once was stationed in Kodiak, Alaska, navigating the low visibility and gusting winds often found there.

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Pilot of crashed copter no stranger to rugged weather (The Salt Lake Tribune)

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Sun Spot: Get a look at this week’s Myrtle Beach area weather and events (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)

Online reporter Jenn Parker gives the lowdown on the Myrtle Beach’s weather and events this wee

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Sun Spot: Get a look at this week’s Myrtle Beach area weather and events (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)

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Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Helps Boost Satellite Monitoring Severe Weather into Space (ThomasNet)

CANOGA PARK, Calif., June 28 — Two Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne engines helped boost the second in a series of NASA/NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites, designated GOES-O, into orbit from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., yesterday, to help scientists monitor severe weather that leads to tornadoes, flashfloods and hurricanes.

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South Florida weather: Scorching temperatures could break record today (Sun-Sentinel)

Today’s high temperature in Fort Lauderdale could pass 95 degrees, possibly breaking heat records, the National Weather Service said.

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South Florida weather: Scorching temperatures could break record today (Sun-Sentinel)

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New weather satellite heads to space (BigPond News)

A unmanned rocket carrying the newest weather satellite has blasted off from Cape Canaveral.

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New weather satellite heads to space (BigPond News)

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Sophisticated weather satellite rockets into orbit (San Francisco Chronicle)

A sophisticated new weather satellite rocketed into orbit Saturday, giving forecasters another powerful tool for tracking hurricanes and tornadoes. An unmanned rocket carrying the nation’s latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite blasted off…

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Sophisticated weather satellite rockets into orbit (San Francisco Chronicle)