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  <title>How heavy is the Sun? Jupiter? The Earth?</title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Hi I'm Olivia Wable and I was just wondering 
what mass does the Earth, Jupiter and the Sun have?
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  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 20:20:24 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Will Lake Powell Rise This Year?</title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Paul Smith Asks About Lake Powell:
His question is, &quot;With the amount of water being let out of Lake Powell&quot;. What is the expectation for water levels there this year?

How about some local lakes (Starvation, Pine View, ) will they come close to filling this year?
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:12:46 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Brightest Moon In Decades Saturday Evening, March 19, 2011</title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Dan, 

Wondering what time the moon is going to be rising over the mountains tomorrow night? I understand it is going to be full and very big. Is the weather going to be clear enough to view the moon at its biggest?

Mark Francis ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:52:53 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Are Wind Gusts Higher Today Than In Years Past?</title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Are wind gusts higher today than 10, 20, 50, or even 100 years ago?]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:57:52 MST</pubDate>
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  <title>Not Much Snow In Torry-Teasdale &amp; Boulder Mountain</title>
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  <description><![CDATA[From Dana Landale

Dear Kevin, Dan, Len, Jodie...
You folks always talk about the big snow totals across the state and show photos of deep snow. I just thought I'd let you know that the Torrey-Teasdale-Boulder Mountain area has been very dry. Why?

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  <pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:19:00 MST</pubDate>
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  <title>Weird Lights Over Sugarhouse</title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Rodger saw some UFO like lights over Sugarhouse last week and wants to 
know what they are. From outer space or inner space?]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:27:26 MST</pubDate>
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  <title>Snow &amp; Thunder?</title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Thunderstorms in the summer reach elevations over 50,000 feet. Winter cold fronts with thunder rarely reach over 22,000 feet. So, winter thunder and lightning is unusual.
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  <pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:49:09 MST</pubDate>
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  <title>How Clouds Are Formed</title>
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  <description><![CDATA[I am reading up on how clouds are formed, etc. And, I was wondering if particulates in the air have anything to do with the formation of clouds.

Karen Hills]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:17:44 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Why Is It So Windy In St. George This Summer?</title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Seems like EVERY DAY we have winds here in St. George gusting to 25-30 mph. Not so in years past. What's up with that?

Phil Johnson]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:10:25 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Explanation of how a storm develops</title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Hi. I have been asked to give a lesson in Relief Society about the word &quot;strengthen&quot;. I would like to use the analogy of how a storm forms and how a storm strengthens (what elements and conditions need to be present).. Will you write a short (if possible) explanation on what causes a storm and how a storm restrengthens?]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:53:56 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Is this wet June weather caused by La Nina or El Nino?</title>
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  <description><![CDATA[This is a question that a lot of Utahns are asking, especially since we have seen so many wet days.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:49:44 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Does thunder always follow lightning?</title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Thunder is the result of lightning heating up the air to as hot as 50,000 degrees. This sudden heating of the air causes it to rapidly expand and vibrate the air around it. It is a shock wave that expands away from the lightning stroke. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:06:53 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>How many straight days of rain have we had in SLC so far for June?</title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Typically June is the third driest month of the year, but this year is different. We haven't broken any records yet, but we're getting close.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:32:14 MDT</pubDate>
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  <description><![CDATA[Where to find this awesome info.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:43:50 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Air Temperatures Here and There</title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Changing air everywhere.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:13:04 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Sunshine</title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Those crazy rays!]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:41:26 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Last Day</title>
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  <description><![CDATA[One KSL Meteorologist will be leaving.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:37:30 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>More on Air Quality</title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Where to find info.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:32:17 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Air Quality</title>
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  <description><![CDATA[What you can do.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:08:33 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Sun Dogs</title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Do they have any significance?]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:29:05 MDT</pubDate>
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