The coming storm: Isaac takes aim at Hispanola, Cuba, Florida

Good evening all, Sorry for the gap in posts, I’ll try to solve that in the next few days. If … More

El Nino and seasonal forecasting

Good evening everyone, Two articles caught my eye today. This one, from accuweather.com ‘s Meghan Evans, discusses their current seasonal … More

From the meteorologist’s bookshelf: The Cloudspotter’s Guide

Hello again, From time to time I’d like to use this blog to introduce some of my favorite weather-related books. … More

Radiosondes (Weather balloons) and their role in forecasting

Hello everyone, I wanted to switch gears today and talk forecasting. Now we all know that forecasting is done with … More

Ernesto makes landfall, set to make landfall again

Hello everyone, Story of the day is still Ernesto even though it has no bearing on weather in the United … More

Today’s news: Ernesto, Curiosity’s first color photo, and severe weather by week’s end

Good evening everyone, Last night’s post was kind of huge, so I’m just going to run through some of the … More

Ernesto and tropical storm conditions

Before I start anything, I’d like to congratulate all involved in the Curiosity landing. This is a process that goes … More

Tropical Storms Ernesto and Florence (and Curiosity’s set to land!)

Happy Sunday everyone, Sorry about the lack of posts the past few days. I’m going to have something prepared tomorrow … More

Second highest tornado ever recorded happened this past Saturday

Good afternoon all, Two posts today, looks like wildcard weather is really settling in. On Saturday an EF-0 tornado touched … More

The Western US and a century of drought; welcome to the new normal.

I recently saw this livescience.com article on Yahoo. The article discussed how drought conditions in the western US, particularly the … More