Tag Archives: Weather

Even as far back as 1892, station siting was a concern

Posted on October 26, 2011 by

Former California State Climatologist Jim Goodridge sent this along yesterday. This interesting letter from 1892 is a letter from Sergeant James A. Barwick to cooperative weather observers in California. He was concerned about the station siting and exposure conditions and … Continue reading →

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Weather amnesia

Posted on September 3, 2011 by

Post by Dr. Ryan N. Maue Dr. Judith Curry is quoted in a classic Seth Borenstein AP screed connecting disparate extreme weather events into a tidy AGW-narrative:  “Sometimes it seems as if we have weather amnesia.” The AP article states:  … Continue reading →

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Long-range forecast models see 92L developing into a powerful hurricane (Katia) next week

Posted on August 28, 2011 by

Post by Dr. Ryan N. Maue Update:  August 29 — Tropical Depression 12 has formed out of the strong African easterly wave near 30W.  It will generally move Westward over the next 5-days gaining strength steadily, likely becoming a major … Continue reading →

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Heat burst hits Wichita: 102 degrees at 1AM

Posted on June 8, 2011 by

Weather post by Ryan Maue Wichita, Kansas was hit with a thunderstorm induced “heat burst” early Thursday morning, with the temperature jumping from the mid-80s up to 102F after midnight! Wichita, KS  NWS Observations Wichita has now experienced the earliest … Continue reading →

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Particularly dangerous situation (PDS) tornado watch issued, explosive supercells imminent

Posted on May 24, 2011 by

UPDATE:  7PM EDT  MONSTER TORNADO on LIVE WEBSTREAMING near Norman OK STREAMING LINK Update by Ryan Maue A Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) tornado watch (#356) has just been issued for Central Oklahoma and North Central Texas including DFW and OKC. … Continue reading →

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Why are we so bad at long range weather forecasting?

Posted on April 9, 2011 by

By WUWT regular “justthefacts” In researching the use of tidal forces in long range weather forecasting, I came across an interesting August 30th, 2010 Associated Press/ MSNBC article based on interviews with Farmer’s Almanac Editors Sandi Duncan and Peter Geiger, … Continue reading →

Posted in Forecasting, measurement, Modeling, NOAA, Uncategorized, Weather | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 84 Comments

Introducing the WUWT US Weather History Reference Page

Posted on April 4, 2011 by

We are pleased to introduce WUWT’s newest addition, the WUWT US Weather History Reference Page The US Weather History page includes temperature, precipitation and snowfall graphs and graphics covering the prior year in the United States. It will soon be … Continue reading →

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The day of the killed tomatoes

Posted on February 28, 2011 by

My local Wendy’s has a sign up saying tomatoes are scarce and will be offered only by request, and this is in California. So, this article by Marlo Lewis about sandwich shops in DC illustrates a nationwide effect. – Anthony … Continue reading →

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Russian Winter: severe cold to invade Moscow and Eastern Europe

Posted on February 15, 2011 by

Post by Dr. Ryan N. Maue Throughout history, the term Russian Winter has come to explain the multitude of military failures of various invading forces into European Russia.  The effects of weather and short-term climate on warfare has been recognized … Continue reading →

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Michio Kaku goes cuckoo for global warming fueled snowstorms

Posted on January 27, 2011 by

Comments by Dr. Ryan N. Maue Apparently we can throw away the meteorology textbooks, fire the forecasters at the National Weather Service, and tell universities and research labs that they have utterly failed to explain the origin of “monster snowstorms”.  … Continue reading →

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California’s remarkable December weather

Posted on January 3, 2011 by

While Miami and much of south Florida experienced the coldest December on record, the “other sunny state”, California, has been getting blasted with snow. My family and I experienced this firsthand yesterday on the drive back from Southern California to … Continue reading →

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December cold – unprecedented?

Posted on December 29, 2010 by

BBC news has reported that 40,000 homes are still without water in Northern Ireland after the recent spell of freezing temperatures. Many have been without water for more than 10 days, and reservoirs are being drained due to an unprecedented … Continue reading →

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Snowmageddon II: Monster blizzard to bomb New England?

Posted on December 24, 2010 by

Merry Christmas!  The best numerical weather prediction models in the world have been churning out 5-day forecasts for the past few days that will make someone pull their hair out.  The main question is how far east will the major … Continue reading →

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Hundreds of new cold and snow records set in the USA

Posted on December 13, 2010 by

New 2 day record December snowfall amount to the Minneapolis/St Paul area While there have been a few high temperature records in the desert southwest and western Oregon, the majority of weather records in the USA this week have been … Continue reading →

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Norway’s coldest November in living memory

Posted on December 3, 2010 by

Yesterday we saw the satellite image of the UK, buried under snow for the second time in 2010, see UK Covered in snow, for the second winter. And we’ve seen and heard the reports about the impact snow is having in … Continue reading →

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Extreme cold expected during the next week

Posted on November 18, 2010 by

Record cold expected. The Al Gore effect as well as the testimony on Capitol Hill yesterday has caused a massive chunk of Arctic air to descend from Western Canada into the United States.  How do temperatures 6o-70F degrees below average … Continue reading →

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Ugly weather expected on Election Day

Posted on October 27, 2010 by

The current weather forecast for November 2, 2010 looks ugly for the middle Atlantic East Coast with easterly winds and rain chances set up between a Canadian high pressure cell and a developing SE US low.  Temperatures there are expected … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Julia explodes — Atlantic has two coincident Category 4 hurricanes, very rare

Posted on September 14, 2010 by

UPDATE 5 AM AST: Second time in 100-years two coincident Category 4′s in the Atlantic…together, Igor and Julia have the highest coincident intensities on record. Two major hurricanes exist simultaneously in the North Atlantic, a rare occurrence.  With the current … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Igor explodes to Category 4+

Posted on September 12, 2010 by

Update 11:00 PM EDT: Igor still intensifying, now at 130 knots (Cat 4) and now forecast to become a Category 5 within the next 12-hours. See NHC bulletin at the end of this post. Hurricane Igor has rapidly intensified into … Continue reading →

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A Cool and Wet October for California

Posted on November 1, 2007 by

The month of October has been significantly cooler than normal.  This was seen with average daily maximum and average daily mean temperatures that were below normal for all 9 key cities (see tables below).  The largest temperature anomalies were in the … Continue reading →

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