Throughout 2016, we heard a lot about California’s long-term drought and a short-term, evolving, drought across the southeast U.S. There were also a few heavy rainfall events. Now, as we approach year’s end, annual precipitation (and other weather) records are going to be making the news. One of the first
Read DetailsOn the evening of Apr. 24, 2015, high altitude clouds started to advance towards the Washington, DC area. Beneath these clouds, the air mass was very dry, with ground-level dew points in the teens and twenties (Fig. 1). In fact, there was a very deep dry layer…To read the entire
Read DetailsHenny Penny (a.k.a. Chicken Little or Chicken Licken, Fig. 1) was correct when she announced that the sky was falling! However, it wasn’t falling quite in the same way as reported in the fabled version. No acorns here!…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published 11/27/14
Read DetailsThe weather pattern has been fairly progressive across the U.S. throughout October. This has meant that weather systems have marched across the country from west to east, with periodic rises in temperature followed by…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published 10/30/14
Read DetailsMost of Florida has experienced a rainy August through and including August 24, 2013 (Fig. 1). Parts of the Florida Panhandle have received more than 10 inches of precipitation so far this month, with a few locales topping… To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published 8/25/13
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