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Article: FAIR WEATHER AND FOUL FOLLOW THE JET STREAM
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- Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME)
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- January 4, 2003
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Portland Press Herald (Maine)
Saturday, January 4, 2003
Edition: STORM
Section: Front
Page: 1A
By MARK SHANAHAN Staff Writer
Tricky business, this forecasting.
Even after 40 years of watching the weather, meteorologist Tony Lacroix
is not completely comfortable predicting the duration or intensity
of winter storms.
"You can't guarantee much in this business," Lacroix said Friday,
eyeing the computer models at the National Weather Service in Gray.
"But at the moment, we're in a pretty predictable pattern."
Just 10 days after a winter storm dumped 22 inches of snow in parts
of the state, another northeaster is moving across Maine, and forecasters ...