MeteorologyNews and information about meteorology.ASK TOM WHY - Chicago Tribune- September 17, 2008 In the 1920s, a group of researchers in Bergen, Norway, was making significant progress in theoretical and applied meteorology. At the time, the group was advancing the concept of "fronts," the boundaries between different air masses. On their maps ...http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-wx-asktom0917sep17,0,2159301.story COLOMBO: S Lanka wants UN, INGOs out of LTTE areas by Sept 29- September 17, 2008 The Sri Lankan government expects UN agencies and all other international non-government organisations active in Vanni's parts held by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam to quit before September 29.http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?id=1552&sec=1 Clouds over Brisbane unlikely to yield much rain - News.com.au- September 17, 2008 CLOUDS hanging over Brisbane are unlikely to yield any rain until the weekend as temperatures continue to rise to up to 4C above average. But weather experts say the higher-than-average temperatures should not necessarily be seen as a sign of a long ...http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24359484-3102,00.html 6.3-magnitude quake strikes off East Timor- September 16, 2008 Tajikistan News.Net Tuesday 16th September, 2008 An undersea earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale struck Tuesday evening off East Timor, but there were no reports of injury or damage, Indonesian ...http://www.tajikistannews.net/story/407268 Little rain on horizon- September 16, 2008 CLOUDS hanging over Brisbane are unlikely to yield any rain until the weekend as temperatures continue to rise to up to 4C above average.http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,20797,24359484-3102,00.html?from=public_rss Quake strikes off Indonesia's Maluku - Hindustan Times- September 16, 2008 A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the eastern Indonesian province of Maluku on Tuesday but there was no threat of a tsunami and no immediate reports of damage, seismologists said. The quake hit at 08:12am (2312 GMT Monday) 148 kilometres (92 ...http://www.hindustantimes.com/Redir.aspx?ID=f0d3d809-65c9-4b9b-8110-a4b6c036b11a&Secti... The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein - Financial Times- September 15, 2008 The story behind Frankenstein is as gripping as the gothic fiction contained within the books covers. On April 10 1815, in an island in far-off Indonesia, Mount Tambora erupted. The event rated seven on the volcanic explosivity index a ...http://www.ft.com/cms/s/b4b2c040-8060-11dd-99a9-000077b07658.html |