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From time to time, we'll be posting some things here of our own creation. Perhaps it's a topic that we recently researched, a weather adventure we just went on, or just general pertinent whatever. Check back often to see if a new one has been posted!

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NWS Official Conclusion: Tornado in Sunderland

NWS Official Conclusion: Tornado in Sunderland

Upon further review from the National Weather Service, and based heavily upon the eye-witness account of the Sunderland Police Chief, Saturday's storm is now officially determined to be a weak EF-0 tornado. Read more »

Annual Bahamas Weather Conference

Annual Bahamas Weather Conference

The annual Bahamas Weather Conference focused on tropical weather, mainly hurricanes. This year, a recap of 2008 was impressive with Ike and Gustav making big impacts along the Gulf Coast. CBS 3 Springfield Meteorologist Nick Morganelli was at the conference in the Bahamas and explains. Read more »

Winter Storm 1-28-09 Live Blog

Winter Storm 1-28-09 Live Blog

9:00 PM - A rather prolonged event across the area, it is winding down around... Read more »

Winter Storm 12/21/08 Live Blog

Winter Storm 12/21/08 Live Blog

6:00 PM - The snows around western Massachusetts continue to wane as moisture... Read more »

Winter Storm 12/19/08 Live Blog

Winter Storm 12/19/08 Live Blog

8:00 PM (Final Note) Read more »

EF-1 Tornado Confirmed... (Warren, RI - Swansea, MA)

EF-1 Tornado Confirmed... (Warren, RI - Swansea, MA)

...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMS EF1 TORNADO ON JULY 23 IN WARREN RHODE ISLAND AND SWANSEA MASSACHUSETTS... A NATIONAL... Read more »

Snowstorm 3/1/08 Live Storm Blog

Snowstorm 3/1/08 Live Storm Blog

11:00 AM - Though flakes continue to fall across most locations, the axis of the storm is passing through... Read more »

Snowstorm 2/22/08 Live Storm Blog

Snowstorm 2/22/08 Live Storm Blog

 

FINAL NOTE - This storm showed a remarkable ability to drop snowfall across the area,... Read more »

Snow-Ice-Rain Storm 2/13/08 Live Storm Blog

Snow-Ice-Rain Storm 2/13/08 Live Storm Blog

FINAL NOTE - It seems evident that the final rainfall amounts (you know, the stuff that fell ontop of... Read more »

30 Years Later: The Blizzard of 1978 -- Are We Ready For Another?

30 Years Later: The Blizzard of 1978 -- Are We Ready For Another?

So...Yesterday we took a look back at the blizzard of '78...and looked at the fury of the storm. Tonight we're going to show you how forecasting has changed...and how we may not be as prepared anymore... Read more »

30 Years Ago: The Blizzard of 1978

30 Years Ago: The Blizzard of 1978

SO TODAY WAS A LITTLE DREARY...BUT WE KNOW A WINTRY Change is on the way...seems an appropriate launch point to turn back the clock 30-years... where on this date many of us will recall the worst New England blizzard...in...perhaps ever. Read more »

Winter Storm 1/14/08 Live Blog

Winter Storm 1/14/08 Live Blog

Final Word - An interesting storm indeed. Compared to the initial forecast, the expected snowfall amounts... Read more »

Winter Storm 12/15/07 Live Blog

Winter Storm 12/15/07 Live Blog

Final Note: This snowstorm never really changed over to rain anywhere in the area, and accumulating snows... Read more »

Winter Storm 12/13/07 Live Blog

Winter Storm 12/13/07 Live Blog

Final Note - This snowstorm represented what can happen across our area when we get even just a little... Read more »

Localizing The Global Warming Discussion (Part 2)

Localizing The Global Warming Discussion (Part 2)

I, being a meteorologist, have always been fascinated by the application of modelling to point to the outcomes on which they derive their scenarios and projections-- primarily because... Read more »

Localizing The Global Warming Discussion

Localizing The Global Warming Discussion

In Early April, CBS 3 Springfield participated in a regional briefing from local experts in various aspects of climate change as it relates to New England. There was a lot to say about the potentials, and a few lingering questions... Read more »

Is the "First Day of Spring" the 21st? 20th? or  What?

Is the "First Day of Spring" the 21st? 20th? or What?

For many years, indeed through just about every calendar printing, the "First Day of Spring" has fallen on March 21st, but it actually hasn't been true for a while (in fact it's rarely true). Read more »

Mount Washington - Work on the Mountain

Mount Washington - Work on the Mountain

Well...The top of Mount Washington as we've shown is both an exciting and scary place to be...But there are some who have to go up there all the time to just get their work done...It's not always easy... Read more »

Mount Washington - "Scare On the Mountain"

Mount Washington - "Scare On the Mountain"

Last wednesday we showed you just how intense the weather on Mount Washington can be ... And with all the winter mountain rescues in the news lately it's clear it's quite another thing to be stuck in it... A few weeks ago we saw one local man learn just how stressful getting stranded can be ... Here's his story... and that of his rescuers in their own words...as it happened. Read more »

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