by Paul Douglas | Dec 3, 2025 | Weather
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...
by Paul Douglas | Oct 28, 2025 | Weather
Warmer, Thirstier Air Worsens Drought. Climate scientists have warned that dries will get drier and wets will get wetter, and that is what we are seeing as theory becomes reality. Here’s an excerpt from a Climate Central post: “The relentless rise in...
by D.J. Kayser | Aug 20, 2025 | Briefings, Weather
This is a sample of the briefing we sent to our clients the morning of Wednesday, August 20th, 2025, on impacts expected from Hurricane Erin along the East Coast of the United States. Find Out About Our Custom Weather Briefings Wind Impacts Start Later Today Along The...
by Paul Douglas | Aug 13, 2025 | Weather
5 Key Ingredients That Led To Deadly Texas Flooding. Forbes does a good job breaking down the factors in creating a 1-in-500 to 1-in-1000 year flood over the Hill Country of Texas: “It has been a week since the catastrophic flooding in Texas Hill Country....
by Paul Douglas | May 28, 2025 | Weather
What Makes a 1-in-1000-Year Storm, Really? Some great context here from a story courtesy of Washington University in St. Louis: “…Global warming is increasing the frequency of extreme precipitation events, including those events known as 1-in-1,000-year...
by Paul Douglas | Apr 28, 2025 | Weather
Windiest Start to Spring in Nearly 50 Years. Ben Noll reports on the unusually windy conditions in March and early April at The Washington Post: “…Data shows it has been the windiest start to spring in nearly 50 years — or since 1977 — according to wind...
by Paul Douglas | Mar 28, 2025 | Weather
How to Find Climate Data and Science the Trump Administration Doesn’t Want You To See. The Conversation takes a deep dive into climate data preservation; here’s an excerpt: “…You can also find archived climate and environmental justice datasets...
by Paul Douglas | Feb 10, 2025 | Weather
The 10 Strangest Things We Saw in 2024’s Weather. Weather Underground takes a global look at last year’s weather oddities: “2024 was a year of weird weather, from snow to hurricanes, floods to drought, and wildfires to tornadoes. Some of these...
by Paul Douglas | Jan 30, 2025 | Weather
Thunderstorms Can Cause Air Turbulence Up To 55 Miles Away from the Source. Mental Floss has some breaking meteorological news; here’s an excerpt: “…Thunderstorms are a major cause of air turbulence. Recently, a team of meteorologists used a trove of...
by Paul Douglas | Dec 9, 2024 | Weather
“Connecting the Dots”: November 2024 On this month’s edition of Connecting the Dots (November 2024): This Year “Virtually Certain” to be Hottest on Record, Says EU Space Program. The Guardian has an update; here’s the intro:...
