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Last Week’s Heat Extremes Linked to Warming Climate – California Drought Impacting Hydroelectric Generation – Heat Waves and Hospitalizations
I’d Like a Window Seat Please ”I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now. From up and down and still somehow it’s cloud illusions I recall. I really don’t know clouds at all” Joni Mitchell sang. I tend to agree. Today I’m taking my first flight in 17 months, and I’ll...
Dual Meteorological Challenges – Can Cirrus Clouds Predict Tornadoes – 156F Land Surface Temperatures in U.S. Last Week?
Daunting Challenges in Meteorology Remain The forecast can always be more accurate. The words we choose to communicate weather can always provide more clarity. Story-telling 101. Two reasons meteorologists get fired up every day. That, and every day is different....
Elsa To Impact The Southeast This Week – National Forecast For July 5, 2021
National Weather Forecast On Monday, we’ll be watching some showers and storms with a stalled boundary across the Southeast and Gulf Coast, with showers and storms especially later in the day to the overnight hours in the Northern Plains. Storms will also be possible...
Fourth Of July Weather – Watching Elsa – National Forecast For July 4, 2021
National Weather Forecast For Independence Day across the nation, a stalled-out boundary near the Gulf Coast stretching back into the Southern Plains will help spark off some showers and storms with ample moisture in place. A boundary in the Northern U.S. could help...
Tracking Elsa Into Independence Day Weekend – National Forecast For July 3, 2021
National Weather Forecast On Saturday, a stalled-out boundary from the Southern Plains to the Southeast will bring the potential for showers and storms. That boundary stretches north into the Northern Plains, where it will slowly move east through the day, sparking...
Expanding Drought – Tracking “Elsa” – Why Many US Cities Weren’t Engineered to Withstand Extreme Heat
Smoking Hot 4th of July Holiday Weekend I remember summers where it wouldn’t stop raining, agitated neighbors walking dogs in light jackets, shaking their fists at me, and a cool sloppy sky. “Will we be cheated out of summer” they asked. I could only shrug and blame...