
Anthony R. Wood
Policy Editor and Weather Columnist at The Philadelphia Inquirer
Journalist/Philadelphia Inquirer; ex Unipresser, and Renaissance Man, at least technologically, possibly Medieval.
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1 week ago |
inquirer.com | Anthony R. Wood
Winds late Tuesday afternoon that gusted as high as 56 mph knocked out power to more than 17,000 PECO customers, took down trees and wires, and forced SEPTA to suspend service on its Media/Wawa and West Trenton regional rail lines. The surprisingly strong winds were generated by the combination of a cold front and the outflow out ahead of a cluster of decaying thunderstorms, said Alex Staarmann, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Mount Holly.
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1 week ago |
inquirer.com | Anthony R. Wood
After a gloomy, chilly interval in which a certain torpor and desire for injudicious eating would have been understandable, it appears that conditions in the atmosphere are about to brighten up considerably. First, while drought advisories continue, the region has made significant progress in dampening the precipitation deficit. In the 13-day period that ended Saturday, just over 4 inches of rain was measured officially at Philadelphia International Airport.
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1 week ago |
mahoningmatters.com | Anthony R. Wood
Hundreds of millions throughout the world who have endured the torments of arthritis, migraines, and assorted other ailments have at least one thing in common: They blame the weather. And it's not all in their heads. So say medical professionals such as Harvard University headache specialist Paul G. Mathew, even if the research findings are often at odds with what their patients experience.
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1 week ago |
inquirer.com | Anthony R. Wood
Hundreds of millions throughout the world who have endured the torments of arthritis, migraines, and assorted other ailments have at least one thing in common: They blame the weather. And it’s not all in their heads. So say medical professionals such as Harvard University headache specialist Paul G. Mathew, even if the research findings are often at odds with what their patients experience.
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2 weeks ago |
inquirer.com | Anthony R. Wood
While temperatures dropped into the 20s elsewhere in the region early Tuesday, including Atlantic City, the blossoms and blooms in Philly evidently benefitted from some unnatural protection. The official temperature at Philadelphia International Airport did not make it below 33 degrees, the National Weather Service reported, and it’s highly likely that the city is going to set a record for its earliest last freeze of the season. What happened to the freeze?
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It was a rough night for magnolia blooms outside Philly, but heat kept temperatures above freezing at PHL and much of the city. Here is victim zapped in Montco. https://t.co/Hx2ANBxvW3

Check out Stephanie Farr's birthday rhapsody for the Daily News. Like the Daily News itself, you have to read it to believe it ... https://t.co/NLHg3Onq90

Chaos at The Bank: The winds at the Phillies’ ballpark evidently take some surprising twists, and they'll be in play Thursday with gusts to 30 mph ... https://t.co/kUinOd1KGI