A new study of local sea-level trends by researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) brings both good and bad news to localities concerned with coastal inundation and flooding along the shores of Chesapeake Bay.

By Matthew Eisley and Richard Stradling, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Mar. 7--Tuesday night's thunderstorms did wonders for the region's water supplies, and more soaking rain is expected today. Rain should arrive late this morning and continue on and off until Saturday morning.

By Cheryl Truman LEXINGTON, Ky. - One day it's 70 degrees, the next it's 30. You think quick-changing weather does a number on your body? Evidence is mixed on how much the weather affects your aches, flu bugs and congestion. Some say that even in the best of weather, how you feel is a fluid state.

Changes in pressure can be felt in years-ago sprainsHealthDayNews -- Sometimes you don't need a weather forecaster to tell you the barometric pressure is changing.

ABSTRACT A method for the extrapolation of vertical profiles of temperature (and/or steric heights) from measurements of sea surface elevation and sea surface temperature has been developed and is described here.