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Coffee futures in New York jumped Wednesday as new weather forecasts show the world’s largest producer has increased frost risks in top growing areas. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published new forecasts that show low temperatures in Cerrado, Parana state, and Mogiana could record below 5 degrees Celsius (41 degrees Fahrenheit) by May 16. In the south of Minas Gerais and Guaxupe, temperatures may trend even lower through May 19. All of the regions listed are top-producing areas for arabica beans. Global coffee reporter & independent analyst Maja Wallengren said, “intense new cold front starting to move into all...

Call it the ghost of the polar vortex, the polar vortex sequel, or the polar vortex’s revenge. Meteorological purists may tell you it’s not a polar vortex at all. However you choose to refer to the looming weather pattern, unseasonably chilly air is headed for parts of the northern and northeastern U.S at the height of summer early next week.

The excruciating heat that smothered the mid-Atlantic under triple-digit temperatures came to an end Sunday, leaving in its wake buckled roadways, kinked train tracks, withered yards and a newfound sense of what it means to be hot. A weak cold front moving into northern Maryland should make for “relatively cooler temperatures,” National Weather Service meteorologist Andy Woodcock said, which “is a joke to say the upper 80s.” “The average maximum temperature for July is supposed to be 87 or 88 degrees,” Mr. Woodcock said. “We’re going to cool down to the norm.”

Texans brace for cold front 01/09/2003 Associated Press Brisk northerly winds and much cooler temperatures are on the way for Texas, the National Weather Service said Wednesday. Forecasters warned that unseasonably warm temperatures will be displaced by bitterly cold northerly winds and the prospect of snow for much of the state by the weekend. A new weather system is on its way, weather officials said. Winds of 10 to 15 mph were already being reported statewide by early Wednesday afternoon. Also Online D-FW forecast Forecasts for 110 Texas cities Temperatures were mostly in the 70s across Texas on Wednesday,...