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El Niño Returns: Getting Stronger By Winter
El Niño Returns: What a Strong or Very Strong El Niño Could Mean for the Nation’s Winter Weather A major climate pattern is developing in the tropical Pacific Ocean, and its influence could be felt across the United States in the months ahead. NOAA has announced that...
Tornado Rating Scale – The Difference Between The Fujita Scale and Enhance Fujita Scale
Fujita Scale When people hear a tornado described as an “EF-4” or “EF-5,” they’re hearing a rating based on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, a system used to estimate tornado intensity by examining the damage left behind. The original Fujita Scale was developed in 1971 by...
Susie Martin Achieves CCM Credential
Susie Martin Earns the AMS Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM) Designation Our President and Meteorologist Susie Martin has earned the nationally recognized Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM) designation by the AMS. The CCM designation is issued by the...
Forensic Meteorologists: When Weather Becomes Evidence
In today’s climate of escalating weather volatility and increasing scrutiny from insurance carriers, the difference between a dismissed claim and a successful recovery often comes down to one central question: can you prove what the atmosphere was doing at a specific...
The Value of Professional Weather Consulting
Why Every Business Needs Professional Weather Consulting You can’t successfully optimize your business or keep staff and clients safe without professional weather consulting. A combination of technology and human expertise/intervention is required in the 2020s, with...
“Connecting the Dots” November 2025
Record-Breaking Winds Confirmed for Hurricane Melissa. NSF UCAR has the post; here's an excerpt: "As Hurricane Melissa approached Jamaica last month, a NOAA Hurricane Hunter airplane dropped a fleet of weather instruments called dropsondes into the depths of...