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ARkStorm Risk to California – Chinese Weather Modification – Mental Health Risks of Fire Season
Tracking Inversions, Not Snowstorms Truth be told, I have an aversion to inversions. They annoy meteorologists and anyone else hoping to glimpse a little blue sky. Normally temperatures cool with altitude, but when the sun is low in the sky, feeble and ineffective,...
Where’s Winter for Much of the USA? 2020 May Be Second Warmest Year on Record
Just Over 3 Weeks Until Daylight Increases "Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for foregiveness, or else forgiving another" wrote Jean Paul Richter in the 18th century. As we head into the darkest months of winter and the pandemic I'm hoping we can give...
Colder, Snowier Shift in the Weather Pattern Within 2 Weeks – Hurricane Hunters Reflect on Record 2020 Season
It's Much Too Early To Write Off Winter "Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love" wrote 19th century American essayist Hamilton Wright Mabie. Well-worn traditions will look different this year but the love story lives on,...
Sudden Urge to Ski Oklahoma – Start of Meteorological Winter
Blue Sky December Coping Skills Coping skills are getting a stress-test this year. For me it's a streaming-TV coccoon every evening and Frosted Mini Wheats for lunch. No judging. That, and an empty Doppler screen. I have a strange, irrational urge to ski Oklahoma,...
Quiet West – Stormy Eastern USA, Statistical Odds of a White Thanksgiving?
Winter Remains On Indefinite Pause Have you noticed that most disaster movies start out with people ignoring warnings from scientists? I have a respect for science - and faith in something more. God gave us experts. This Thanksgiving season I'm grateful for family,...
Relatively Quiet Thanksgiving Day Across USA – Lightning “Superbolts” and Drought Lingers Across West
Giving Thanks For Quiet Weather "When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself" wrote Tecumseh, a 19th century Shawnee Native American leader. In spite of...