Snow is "likely" to disrupt travel into and out of Guernsey for several days from 16 December, according to the island's senior weather expert.

BBC: Snow expected to disrupt travel in and out of Guernsey

The British pilots are being supported by flight director Clive Bailey and weather expert Luc Trullemans in the Flight Control Centre at a Bristol hotel.

BBC: David Hempleman-Adams' gas balloon 'flying well' in race

Joe Sienkiewicz, a NOAA marine weather expert and a forecaster on duty in Boston during the 1991 storm, remembers having to lay maps and other paper documents all around him.

CNN: Forecasting "The Perfect Storm"

The younger Mr. Zhu, whose Chinese given name means "cloud coming, " is also a weather expert, having written a doctoral thesis on Asia's summer monsoons at the University of Wisconsin.

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The 2012 hurricane season has gotten off to a robust start, though meteorologist Thomas Downs of Expert Weather Investigations attributed that to a cyclical warming of Atlantic waters.

CNN: Extreme weather: Get ready to see more of it, scientists say

"The rain will come down in bigger droplets with more intense weather, " the expert warned.

BBC: Flooding 'to hit more in Wales', climatologist warns

With Hurricane Wilma making menacing circles around the Gulf of Mexico, the 20 expert writers and producers who keep Weather.com fueled with content are pulling all-nighters.

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"I think the bullet train system is not stable and may break down in extreme weather conditions, " said Professor Zhao Jian, a transportation expert with Beijing Jiaotong University.

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This year, the 36-year-old Academy Award winner played the title role in the TV miniseries "Mildred Pierce" and an infectious-disease expert in the film "Contagion" (where again, she appeared a little under the weather).

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