From AMS Journals
AMS Science Preview: Hurricane Slowdown, School Snow Days
Recent research published in AMS journals highlights topics including an increase in tropical cyclone near-shore "rapid slowdown" events, decreasing Northern Hemisphere snow cover, school bus cancellations, and one reason tornadoes may be shifting further southeast.
Conference Spotlight
Heat Safety: Protecting the Young, the Old, and the Tuba Player
How can an already hot city like Houston, Texas, cope with the growing heat-safety challenges of urbanization and climate change?
From AMS Journals
What’s a Medicane? Setting Out to Define the “Mediterranean Hurricane”
A group of researchers has set out to officially define the term “medicane,” for Mediterranean storms that appear similar to tropical cyclones.
Science Spotlights
Targeted Antarctic Winter Observations
By David Bromwich et al. Photos provided by participating stations showing radiosonde launches conducted during the YOPP-SH winter targeted observing...
Perspectives
Artificial Intelligence Is Remaking the AMS Annual Meetings—(Likely? Possibly?) for the Good
The AMS 2026 Annual Meeting is now history. Time to take stock! One salient feature? This year’s AI Conference.
AMS Updates
Meet 2026 AMS President Alan Sealls
As Alan Sealls steps into his role as 2026 AMS President, he carries with him decades of experience across broadcasting, education, communication, and service to both AMS and the broader weather, water, and climate enterprise.
Perspectives
AMS 2026 Short Cuts—Day Two
By Aaron Price, AMS Director of Education Welcome back to our live Weather with a Twist coverage of the AMS...
Perspectives
AMS 2026 Short Cuts—Day One
By Aaron Price, AMS Director of Education Greetings from Weather with a Twist in Houston, where the people who sign...
Science Spotlights
Storm Peak Laboratory
By A. Gannet Hallar et al.Storm Peak Laboratory atop Mount Werner in Colorado.Storm Peak Laboratory (SPL), perched atop a peak...
People
AMS Fellow Enrique Vivoni
Enrique Vivoni, Fulton Professor of Hydrosystems Engineering in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University (ASU), and director of ASU’s Center for Hydrologic Innovations, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Geophysical Union, and AMS, recognizing his career-long impact across multiple disciplines.
