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Tropical Storm Sidr

While the big weather news in the USA is the drought in the southeast and the relatively mild month of November, globally, a tropical cyclone devastated Bangladesh on Thursday. More than a thousand perished from the storm that struck with winds of 150 mph.

Tropical Storm Sidr

Earlier this month tens of thousands were forced to flee their homesteads in Mexico as four days of heavy rains flooded the region.

Heavy rains in Mexico

For both the 2006 and 2007 tropical storm season the US coastal areas were spared. Weren't there dire predictions by experts that the warm ocean temperatures would spawn more frequent and violent hurricanes?

My goal is simple to deliver Minnesotans an accurate forecast out the next five days. Predicting an entire season is still a conundrum for the most talented meteorological experts.

The updated NOAA Climate Prediction Centers outlook for the winter of 2007-2008 was released on Thursday. Here's the latest for your coffee shop banter.

Winter outlook

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