On the morning before Christmas (2014), one of my interns (he lives near Tampa), texted me that, “it was raining from cirrus clouds.” This observation, made in the excitement of the moment, left out the transition step that allows ice crystals to fall from cirrus (ice crystal clouds) and melt
Read DetailsCalifornia remains locked in drought. As of last week, fully one-third of the state was categorized as having a severe to exceptional drought (Fig. 1). However, some relief has already arrived and more is on the way. Two storm systems…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published 12/1/14
Read DetailsNo thanks to a home owners association (HOA) that didn’t seem to like rain gauges (especially when one is left in a driveway), and the same HOA and its property management company that weren’t willing to help me locate the gauge in a satisfactory location (I tried several times), I
Read DetailsAbout a week ago, the first of the autumn season Canadian air masses made its way into south Florida. As advertised, that air mass dropped dew points into the 50s and 60s and allowed nighttime temperatures across the area to “plummet”…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published 10/10/14
Read DetailsCollier County, FL, Naples and surrounding areas are waterlogged! Atop August’s foot of rainfall across the area, another foot has already fallen in some parts of the county so far during September. The area from Pine Ridge Boulevard…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published 09/26/14
Read DetailsA look at the National Drought Monitor for Sept. 23, 2014 (issued on Sept. 25, 2014) shows that the western and southwestern United States drought continues (Fig. 1). At the same time that this map was being released, heavy rains had and were continuing to fall across parts of northern
Read DetailsOn Monday, Aug. 4, 2014, while Tropical Storm Bertha briefly gained hurricane status hundreds of miles from the east coast of Florida, a separate tropical weather system brought flooding rainfall to parts of Collier and Lee counties in southwest Florida…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published 08/09/14
Read DetailsAs the southwestern drought intensifies (there may be no rain for the remainder of the month in the hardest hit drought areas of California and Nevada), many places east of the Rockies have seen a plethora of rainfall in 2014. It is easy to see where the rainfall haves and
Read DetailsAlthough 2014 has seen an almost endless spate of severe weather and torrential rainfall, tornadoes have been conspicuously absent. For the months starting in December 2013 through and including May 2014, monthly tornado statistics have been below the three-year (2011-2013) and six-year (2008-2013) averages. So far…To read the entire feature,
Read DetailsSouth Florida residents have been waiting for the start of the summer 2014 rainy season. Well, it’s coming this week, albeit a few days behind schedule!..To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published 05/25/14
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