Colorado researchers predict above-average Atlantic hurricane season in 2010
Colo. team predicts above-average hurricane season WVU economic forecast calls for West Virginia employment to begin growing again in 2010
WVU forecast calls for employment rebound in 2010 Hotel rates down 8.8 percent this year, another 1.8 percent next year
Hotel rates down 8.8 percent this year NEW YORK — Hotel room prices are expected to drop a total of 8.8 percent in 2009 compared to 2008 and will continue creeping down in 2010, though at a much slower rate, according to the 2010 lodging forecast from PricewaterhouseCoopers Hospitality & Leisure Practice. El Nino’s predicted winter footprints: Warm for US West and North; opposite for SoutheastWASHINGTON — The Midwest and Northern United States are likely to get a warmer winter, while the Southeast can expect just the opposite: cooler and wetter conditions. Mortgage Bankers Assn. sees foreclosures, unemployment peaking in 2010, home sales up 11 pctSAN DIEGO — Foreclosures will peak by the end of next year and unemployment will climb above 10 percent as the housing market and U.S. economy grapple with the aftermath of the recession, the Mortgage Bankers Association’s chief economist said Tuesday. US orange crop expected to be 10 percent smaller; Fla. crop hit hard by freeze, poor rainfallORLANDO, Fla. — This season’s U.S. orange crop is expected to be 10 percent smaller than last season’s yield, agriculture officials said Friday, though consumers likely won’t have to pay more for their orange juice. California Realtors see dip in home sales next year, but rising pricesLOS ANGELES — Home sales in California are expected to dip next year, bucking the national trend, as unemployment and the loss of a tax incentive for homebuyers weigh on the country’s largest housing market, a forecast Wednesday showed. Airbus sees signs of recovery and expects passenger volumes to rebound next yearLONDON — Airbus’ chief salesman John Leahy said Thursday he is optimistic that the airline industry is recovering — although he warned that financing conditions remain tight. US government lowers storm forecast for rest of Atlantic hurricane season after quiet startMIAMI — The Atlantic hurricane season will be less active than originally predicted, government forecasters said Thursday after the first two months of the half-year stretch passed without any named storms developing. Business forecasters see less gloomy outlook as fewer expect job cuts in months aheadWASHINGTON — With the U.S. economy expected to emerge this year from the longest recession since World War II, business forecasters are feeling a bit less gloomy about the future. Rain deluges Pakistan’s largest city, leaving 26 dead and cutting electricityKARACHI, Pakistan — At least 26 people died in heavy rains in Pakistan’s largest city, officials said Sunday. Forecaster says worst is over for US ad revenue trend, but growth won’t be seen until 2011An advertising forecaster says the worst is over for the U.S. ad slump but revenue growth won’t resume until 2011. Advertising forecaster says 2009 global spend to fall 8.5 percent, but sees signs of bottomingA key advertising forecaster cut its global ad spending estimates once again, but says there are signs a bottom could soon be reached. Trade group reduces 2009 estimate for mortgage volume by $750 billion to $2.03 trillionNEW YORK — A key industry group on Monday slashed its estimate for mortgage volume by 27 percent because of higher interest rates and the slow start to the government’s refinance program. Obama’s first global warming report dire, but offers hope; ‘Not too late,’ one official saysWASHINGTON — Rising sea levels, sweltering temperatures, deeper droughts, and heavier downpours — global warming’s serious effects are already here and getting worse, the Obama administration warned on Tuesday in the grimmest, most urgent language on climate change ever to come out of any White House. Regional forecast in climate report: Drier South, warmer North, and more bugsWASHINGTON — The new climate change science report by the federal government looks at effects of global warming on specific U.S. regions and forecasts what’s to come: Canada’s Bombardier trims 10-year industry business jet forecast by nearly 15 percentMONTREAL — Bombardier is reducing its 10-year industry forecast for business jet deliveries by nearly 15 percent from last year because of the global recession. Boeing reduces 20-year forecast for commercial airplane market, citing global recessionAerospace giant Boeing Co. has lowered its 20-year forecast for the commercial airplane market, citing the global recession, declining air traffic and unpredictable fuel prices. Boeing reduces 20-year forecast for commercial airplanes, citing global recessionLONDON — Aerospace giant Boeing Co. has lowered its 20-year forecast for the commercial airplane market because of the global recession, declining air traffic and unpredictable fuel prices. US winter wheat forecast plunges 20 percent nationwide amid flooding, drought conditionsWICHITA, Kan. — The nation’s farmers are expected to harvest about 20 percent less winter wheat this season, in part because of fewer planted acres and exacerbated by floods and other weather conditions, the Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service said. Global minimum and maximum temperatures in CelsiusMinimum and maximum temperatures in Celsius, precipitation in centimeters and weather conditions as recorded for the previous day and forecast for the current and following day in each city as of 0100 GMT: Global minimum and maximum temperaturesMinimum and maximum temperatures in Celsius, precipitation in centimeters and weather conditions as recorded for the previous day and forecast for the current and following day in each city as of 0100 GMT: The Nation’s Weather
The nation’s weather Messy winter weather was forecast to continue Tuesday over the Northern U.S. as a low pressure system tracked over the Pacific Northwest and into the Northern Plains. This system was expected to obtain ample moisture from the Pacific Ocean and continue spreading scattered rain showers with periods of heavy snow at higher elevations. Global weather celsiusMinimum and maximum temperatures in Celsius, precipitation in centimeters and weather conditions as recorded for the previous day and forecast for the current and following day in each city as of 0100 GMT: Global Weather-CelsiusMinimum and maximum temperatures in Celsius, precipitation in centimeters and weather conditions as recorded for the previous day and forecast for the current and following day in each city as of 1900 GMT: Weather forecast for the Asia-Pacific regionTropical Depression Chan-Hom is expected to strengthen into a tropical storm as it moves through the South China Sea. The system’s slow progression will keep it to the southeast of Nha Trang, Vietnam before it advances northeastward toward the Philippines. The storm is not expected to make landfall. |
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