hot_spots_'flag'_future_weather_droughts__floods mp21k "Hot spots" flag future weather Aug. 26, 2004 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5819997/ LONDON - Climate experts at NASA believe they have found a way of forecasting droughts and floods months in advance, New Scientist magazine reported Wednesday. The magazine said that until now, forecasting more than a week ahead had proved impossible because the atmosphere is so unpredictable. 040829 ... jpg August 19, 2004 MOIST SOIL 'HOT SPOTS' MAY AFFECT RAINFALL http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/2004/0819soilrain.html "Hot Spots" Where Soil Moisture Changes Can Affect Rainfall http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/earth/pictures/2004/0819soilrain/sciencefig1_t.jpg 040829 ... . Higher resolution image:- http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/earth/pictures/2004/0819soilrain/sciencefig1_lg.jpg --- 040829 what's it to you? who go blather from