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Meteorologist Steff Gaulter joined Al Jazeera English from the UK's Sky News, where she had been a key member of the weather department.

Steff gained an MA in Physics from Cambridge University before joining the UK Met Office in 1999, where she qualified as a forecaster, and worked at several Royal Air Force bases and civilian centres around the UK.

Whilst employed by the Met Office, Steff was trained in presenting by the BBC and after a short stint at BBC Bristol's Points West, she joined Sky News in 2000 and became a regular on Channel Five News and Sky Sports News, as well as appearing on Sky Sports and Channel Four.

She also presented weather forecasts from various locations including the Glastonbury Music Festival and the FA Cup Final.

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By Steff Gaulter in Americas on May 4th, 2011

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By Steff Gaulter in Americas on April 18th, 2011
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This year the storms in the US have been devastating, with at least 40 people killed in just three days.

After barreling through Oklahoma and Arkansas on Thursday, the system significantly worsened on Friday, producing an incredible 113 tornado reports.

Worst hit was North Carolina, which saw its deadliest day for tornadoes since 1984.

This area of the US regularly sees tornadoes at this time of year.

Called Tornado Alley, it's the region to the east of the Rockies, and between May and June passing weather systems commonly turn severe and spawn tornadoes.

The treacherous weather is a result of fighting weather systems; the cold air flowing down from Canada smacking into the warm air that’s trying to bring spring up from the Gulf of Mexico.

The bigger the temperature difference, the more explosive the result: Immense thunderstorms with

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By Steff Gaulter in Americas on July 30th, 2010
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The State of the Climate report for 2009 has just been released, and it confirms that the past decade was the warmest on record.

Last year wasn't the warmest year on record, and today isn’t the warmest ever day. But these things don’t prove anything, because the time period is just too short. So many things influence the weather on a short time scale, that information can be misleading. 

A decade, though, is a decent amount of time. Longer term averages rule out smaller fluctuations caused by things like volcanic eruptions and natural ocean patterns. 

As well as lengthy, this new report is also extensive. It draws data from 10 distinct records, from the obvious ones like air temperature over land and the amount of Arctic sea ice, to indirect observations like sea level and humidity. 

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