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- Windshield Wiper Seasonal Forecasts…NOAA Revises Its February Outlook For Europe Downward Sun, 14 Jan 24, 5:00pmHowever, they do one thing pretty well: putting out doomsday scenarios and creating fear.
- Alarming Deterioration of US National Weather Service Tornado Warnings Fri, 14 Jul 23, 11:00amTo continue the status quo is to guarantee more lives are unnecessarily lost and that more mega-disasters like Joplin will occur.
- The U.S. Could Have Wildfire Smoke Radar Tue, 12 Oct 21, 4:00pmImagine the ability to determine the three-dimensional distribution of wildfire smoke across the United States in real-time.
- May Snaps Long-standing Streak for Strong Tornadoes in US Sun, 13 Jun 21, 7:00amAccuweather reports: During the month of May, the United States saw 288 preliminary reports of tornadoes, above the May average of 276 tornadoes. None of these storms were rated as stronger than…
- U.S. Numerical Weather Prediction is Crippled by the Division between NOAA and the Academic Community. But a Rare Opportunity Beckons. Sun, 6 Dec 20, 1:00pmU.S. global weather prediction run by NOAA/National Weather Service is now in fourth place among national centers and FAR behind what one would expect from the world-leading U.S. weather research community.
- Why Should the U.S. Be the Leader in Numerical Weather Prediction? Fri, 28 Feb 20, 1:00amReposted from The Cliff Mass Weather Blog Tuesday, February 25, 2020 Why Should the U.S. Be the Leader in Numerical Weather Prediction? During the past several years, I have written a number of blogs bemoaning the third or...
- The Future of U.S. Weather Prediction Will Be Decided During the Next Month Tue, 28 Jan 20, 9:00pmReposted from the Cliff Mass Weather Blog During the next few weeks, leadership in NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Weather Service (NWS) will make a key decision regarding...
- NOAA shows that wind farms affect weather radar, and that affects their primary mission of forecasting and safety Fri, 8 Nov 13, 6:00am“Chaotic wind velocities associated with the rotating turbine blades triggers the doppler radar mesocyclone detection algorithm” Note: this essay was written by the National Weather Service Forecast Office is Burlington,...
- Oklahoma tornado officially an EF5 – wind speeds still less than 1999 Moore tornado Wed, 22 May 13, 6:51amThe map below shows ‘Tornado Tracks Streak Across Oklahoma’ as measured by doppler radar. The rotation of tornadoes creates a distinctive signature in radar data, and can be used to estimate the track that the...
- 2011 US Tornado Year Analyzed – no trend indication, still below 1974 for strong to violent tornadoes Sun, 1 Apr 12, 8:00amGuest Post by Paul Homewood NOAA have just about finalised their numbers for the 2011 tornado season, although December figures still await confirmation...
- NOAA: leaving bad data stand in Laredo Wed, 12 Oct 11, 3:00amFrom Dr. Roger Pielke Sr.’s Climate Science blog, a story of a poorly sited weather station, followed by leaving in the bad data when it is known to be bad. I’ve located the Laredo airport AWIS, more photos below....