Bad weather was good for Alaska glaciers MASS BALANCE: For decades, summer snow loss has exceeded winter snowfall. By CRAIG MEDRED cmedred@adn.com (10/13/08 23:08:04) Two hundred years of glacial shrinkage…
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Boise gets earliest snow on record, record cold in Oregon, Washington
From the Idaho Statesman: Valley shivers as winter weather makes a premature appearance Big snow flakes fell early Friday evening, turning Downtown Boise into a giant snow globe for people…
Ireland has 30 year cold event, plus coldest September in 14 years
From the Press Association Most of the country suffered the coldest September in 14 years, forecasters revealed. In its monthly summary Met Eireann said the temperature never rose above 20…
Updated – Calling All Climate Sleuths
Posted by Dee Norris Can you figure out what happened at Mohonk Lake, NY? Get out your slip-sticks and put on your thinking caps, gentle readers. We need to solve…
Kasatochi Volcano SO2 update: aerosols may have cooling effect on the NH this year
In August, I reported that the Kasitochi volcano in the Aleutian Island erupted over a million tons of sulfur dioxide (SO2) into the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, here is…
Ike Track
This is a “sticky” post that remains at top so that you can watch the progess of Ike. Click images for full size or the link below them for an…
Track Hurricane Ike with near realtime satellite imagery
Hurricane Ike has many people worried, much like with Hurricane Gustav. As many of you may know, I produce a variety of weather imagery maps for web and broadcast in…
UK's Met Office blows another summer forecast
A guest post by Steven Goddard: A Chronology of UK Met Office press releases The UK Met office is the official UK meteorological agency and is one of the leading…
Near real-time imagery: Hannah, Ike, and Josephine
As many of you may know, I produce a variety of weather imagery maps for web and broadcast in SD and HD. Since there is a lot of interest in…
Gustav's progress via near realtime satellite imagery
As many of you may know, I produce a variety of weather imagery maps for web and broadcast in SD and HD. Since there is a lot of interest in…
Uh-oh
A Yogi Berra moment – “it’s deja vu all over again…” From NHC Public Advisory #25 DATA FROM AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED…
Fill your gas tank – now
While it is far from certain yet how strongly these storms will develop and where they will go, production platforms are already shutting down in some parts of the Gulf…
Another frost advisory before Labor Day
More anecdotal colder than normal weather keeps piling up. This time it’s in Southern Oregon and Northeastern California. Clearly we are having some far earlier than normal frosts and freezes…
Upper Wisconsin and Minnesota Forecast: Frost and Freeze Before Labor Day
We’ve seen a lot of anecdotal evidence of a cooler than usual summer in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere. This one caught my eye though, because I can’t ever…
UK's Daily Mail: Awful August has delayed this year's harvest but global warming is not to blame
Note: UK atmospheric scientist John Kettley, is formerly of the Met Office and the Fluid Dynamics Department at the Bracknell headquarters. JOHN KETTLEY: Awful August has delayed this year’s harvest…
Democrats planning everything but the weather in Denver
From USA Today: Democrats planning everything but the weather in Denver By Chuck Raasch, GNS Political Writer WASHINGTON — Democrats are hoping for an open-air sendoff of Barack Obama on…
AMS Linking Weather Events to Climate Change
One of the most vocal criticisms I get is when I write about weather events around the globe. For example one commenter, “beaker” recently wrote this criticism to my story about…
Denver's low maximum temperature daily double
CDOT closed Loveland Pass west of Denver for a couple hours to plow. It seems a bit cool all over the USA for a Sunday afternoon in August. US HOURLY…
Anecdotal cold weather news from around the world
There continues to be a number of reports of colder than normal weather and seasons from around the globe. Here are a few. Loveland Pass Colorado, today Australia: http://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/cold-weather-here-to-stay/9718 Cold…
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