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WEATHERTORIAL: A few weeks ago, returning from an AAAS (American Association For The Advancement of Science) Conference in San Jose, CA, I had the pleasure of meeting another conference attendee at a San Jose airport restaurant. The gentleman, a biologist from the University of Wisconsin, recognized me as a conference
Read DetailsTomorrow marks the end of “meteorological winter.” Meteorologists use the months of December through February to track “winter.” Astronomically, one has to wait another 3 weeks for the Earth’s axis to align properly to officially end winter. Everyone knows about the groundhog’s winter!…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally
Read DetailsThe following appeared in an examiner article four days ago: “Much like the air mass slated to affect southwest Florida this weekend, next week’s arctic blast promises similar temperatures. Even in downtown Naples, temperatures will drop to the coldest levels of the current winter season.”…To read the entire feature, click
Read DetailsIf you live anywhere from the northern Plains to the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, there is absolutely no love in this Valentine’s Day forecast. More brutal cold, continued bitter wind chills (combined effect of the removal of body heat by air temperature and wind) and more snow are all on the
Read DetailsIt hasn’t been awfully cold in southwest Florida so far this winter. Frosts and freezes have basically been non-existent. However, it has been chilly. Other than a very warm period at the start of 2015, and then a mostly above average month of January…To read the entire feature, click here.
Read DetailsWEATHERTORIAL: For public safety reasons, sidewalks, streets and other right of ways and places where access for emergency responders is necessary, quick and effective clearing of snow is a must! Slip and falls, the forcing of pedestrians onto ice-covered roadways and the inability of emergency vehicles to access areas are,
Read DetailsWEATHERTORIAL: The opinions expressed herein are mine alone. They are presented for your enjoyment and thoughtful consideration. If today were the 50 or so years prior to World War II, newsboys would be at the street corners (Fig. 1) shouting, “EXTRA, EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT IT!…It’s Winter!” That’s right. This
Read DetailsThe following is a “weathertorial” concerning the, northeast “blizzard of Jan. 26-28, 2015.” Rather than jumping to conclusions, as many have done, I took some time to research the information and look at data in some new ways. Hopefully, this will put the storm and its forecasts into a much
Read DetailsJanuary 2015 has been a warm one across southwest Florida. The first five days of the month saw temperatures at both Fort Myers (Page Field) and Naples (Municipal Airport) run 10 or more degrees above average each day. Until yesterday (Jan. 25), there was only one day (Jan. 8) on
Read DetailsThe explosive development of an east coast low (Fig. 1) yesterday (also known as a “meteorological bomb”), resulted in heavy snow across parts of New England and the mid-Atlantic. Considering the storm spanned two days…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published 1/25/15
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