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:...
by Paul Douglas | Oct 4, 2024 | Weather
“Connecting the Dots”: October 2024 On this month’s edition of Connecting the Dots (October 2024): “Asheville Was Called a Climate Haven. Then Hurricane Helene Came”. The Washington Post has the story here; an excerpt: “…In...
by Paul Douglas | Sep 4, 2024 | All, Weather
“Connecting the Dots”: August 2024 On this month’s edition of Connecting the Dots (August 2024): “These 10 US States are Least Prepared for Climate Change and Extreme Weather” Does your state make the cut? Here’s an excerpt from a post at...
by Bo Cole | Sep 4, 2024 | All, Briefings, Services & Products, Weather
My favorite Weather App said no rain-why is it raining? I hear this nearly every day from my friends and family, why is it or is it not doing this when my weather app says the opposite? One way or another, it’s always the same issue with the apps. Whether it is rain,...
by Bo Cole | Aug 16, 2024 | All, Weather
Secondary Severe Weather Season- On The Way Parts of the country have had a very active severe weather season, and in some ways, it continues to be active! It has slowed a bit, which is natural given that it’s now August. We will start to enter the secondary Severe...
