
Anthony R. Wood
Policy Editor and Weather Columnist at The Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia Inquirer Staff writer and Author
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1 week ago |
inquirer.com | Anthony R. Wood
May has earned a rightful reputation for its blooms, but this year it also has exhibited quite a talent for gloom. So far, the month officially has produced exactly one clear day in Philly — on average the city has seven in May — and the region isn’t likely to see another one before the calendar turns.
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2 weeks ago |
inquirer.com | Anthony R. Wood
The rains that have the drought conditions on the run will be backing off, but on the eve of the apocyrphal “official start of summer,” the region is getting a reminder that the solstice still is about a month away. Along with the wetness and dreariness, the last two days have been among the coolest for late May in Philadelphia in records dating to 1874, with temperatures about 20 degrees below normal.
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2 weeks ago |
inquirer.com | Anthony R. Wood
In line with earlier outlooks, NOAA officials say they expect another active Atlantic hurricane season — and insisted that the cuts by President Donald Trump‘s administration will not affect the quality of forecasting. “Everything is in place for an above-average season,” Ken Graham, head of the National Weather Service, said at a briefing Thursday in Jefferson Parish, La., near where devastating Hurricane Katrina made landfall 20 years ago.
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2 weeks ago |
inquirer.com | Anthony R. Wood
The list appeared in "a handful" of publications, including The Inquirer.
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2 weeks ago |
inquirer.com | Ximena Conde |Anthony R. Wood |Julia Terruso |Sean Walsh
Despite the persnickety debate exchanges, interest from donors outside Pennsylvania, and influence from powerful groups like the Philadelphia building trades, the heated contest between two-term District Attorney Larry Krasner and Democraticchallenger Patrick Dugan was not enough to summon voters in this off-year primary election.
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Pollen sufferers we can related. It's definitely in the Philly air today and it's about to get worse. ... https://t.co/yaEIjSW6rj

The Green Snow season is here. That green sheen is pollen, and for the allergy sufferers, the worst may be yet to come. https://t.co/bvpN3E9LOf

If you're going to the Phillies' game tonight, be glad you don't have catch high fly balls. Winds will gusting to near 30 mph, blowing from the leftfield to rightfield foul poles. https://t.co/AKScVlXWUm