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Best Night-Sky Pictures of 2012 Named

Posted by: MNTornado, 6:37 PM GMT on April 03, 2012

National Geographic Best Night-Sky Pictures of 2012 Named

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*** SECURITY ALERT ***

Link to 'Oracle scrambles to contain 0-day disclosure snafu'

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Note: This is a PBS (Public Broadcasting System) program available through our local Twin Cities PBS station TPT-2 over the internet. This program is 53 minutes in length and requires a broadband connection of at least 1.5 to 2.0 megabits per second to watch. The link will take you directly to the TPT-2 website so it doesn't use any of Weather Underground's bandwidth. The video works pretty much like a YouTube video.

I highly recommend this program as it shows the problems involved with forecasting tornadoes and the latest research being done towards giving more advance time warnings to help protect the public from these monsters.

NOVA - Deadliest Tornadoes

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If you missed it earlier, you can see it online. The video is about 60 minutes long and requires a fast broadband connection to view it. The video player is just like YouTube.

NOVA 'Secrets of the Sun'

A new spacecraft and telescopes on Earth allow scientists to see and study the sun as they never have before, and the work they do is intended to help mankind predict and track the star's potentially dangerous solar storms.

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National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office MPLS, MN
Record Setting Weather For Temperatures and Moisture

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Weather Story - NWS Grand Forks, ND

Weather Story - NWS Duluth, MN

Weather Story - NWS Twin Cities, MN

Weather Story - NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Weather Story - NWS La Crosse, WI

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* CURRENT WEATHER INFORMATION FOR SHAKOPEE *
in the South Metro Twin Cities, MN

Minneapolis Radar

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*** CURRENT SPACE WEATHER & SOLAR ACTIVITIY INFORMATION ***

SPACE WEATHER NEWS & INFO

NASA MSFC SUNSPOT CYCLE ACTIVITY

NASA SWPC TODAY'S SPACE WEATHER

Updated: 1:55 AM GMT on May 16, 2012

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Solar Storm Dumps Gigawatts into Earth's Upper Atmosphere

Posted by: MNTornado, 5:16 PM GMT on March 19, 2012

Solar Storm Dumps Gigawatts into Earth's Upper AtmosphereTornado Mar 19th stormLe Sueur and Waseca County Tornado Rated EF0, Downburst Winds Also Indicated, Storm Damage Survey Information from Northern Waseca County and Southern Le Sueur County (March 19, 2012 storm)RECORD BREAKERSFriday, Saturday, and Sunday saw record setting warm temperatures for the Upper Midwest USA. In the Twin Cities of Minnesota at Flying Cloud Airport we saw 82 degree days for Friday and S...

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Updated: 6:41 AM GMT on March 23, 2012

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Frozen Planet

Posted by: MNTornado, 12:04 AM GMT on March 19, 2012

National GeographicFrozen Planetshowing onThe Discovery ChannelThe Learning ChannelThe Animal Planetstarted at 7pm CDT

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Updated: 12:04 AM GMT on March 19, 2012

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Having a heatwave

Posted by: MNTornado, 3:43 AM GMT on February 28, 2012

Well after a long cold and dry Winter, we are getting back into Spring like weather pretty quickly. After having some 50's and 60's we are finally seeing the 70's and maybe even 80's by Friday. Our parrot Angle is loving this weather. ________TOTAL AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL RECORDED Heavy But Much Needed Precipitation Falls Across RegionWeather Story - NWS Duluth, MN* - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - *...

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Updated: 9:19 PM GMT on March 14, 2012

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White Balance in Photography

Posted by: MNTornado, 4:04 AM GMT on February 26, 2012

I have noted a common problem in photos taken by a number of photographers here on WunderGround that I used to run into until I learned an important part of digital photography. The digital sensors used in digital cameras are not capable of seeing color like we do. Instead they actually only see brightness of light or as we would call it, black and white. This web page on DIGITAL CAMERA SENSORS gives a more detailed explanation of digital camera sensors, but essenti...

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Updated: 5:19 AM GMT on February 27, 2012

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Shakopee, MN
Elevation:	807 ft
Temperature:	75.7 °F
Dew Point:	37.4 °F
Humidity:	25%
Wind:	Calm
Wind Gust:	4.0 mph
Updated: 2:32 PM CDT on May 16, 2012 Station History

Shakopee, MN
Elevation:	760 ft
Temperature:	69.4 °F
Dew Point:	33.9 °F
Humidity:	27%
Wind:	3.5 mph from the SW
Wind Gust:	3.5 mph
Updated: 2:32 PM CDT on May 16, 2012 Station History

Shakopee, MN
Elevation:	-
Temperature:	65.5 °F
Dew Point:	31.0 °F
Humidity:	28%
Wind:	Calm
Wind Gust:	-
Updated: 2:23 PM CDT on May 16, 2012 Station History