Canadians talk most about weather, it is said, because we have so much of it. With the near-record snows of the winter of 2008 almost behind us, one hears weather talk everywhere, over coffee and cocktails. Read more »

Hurricane Noel is giving researchers their first chance to test out a new pilotless hurricane research aircraft. The remotely controlled plane was launched Friday afternoon from Wallops Island, Va., the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. Read more »

Hundreds of thousands of Mexicans fled a flooded region of the Gulf coast Friday, jumping from rooftops into rescue helicopters, scrambling into boats or swimming out through murky brown water. Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

...So we finally got some snow around here...which should be normal anywhere for february...but how about a place where almost every day is a blizzard...I went to just such a place right here in new england...with plenty to write home about... Read more »