AMS Programs
What’s the Value of a Weather Forecast?
Highlights from the CoFU2 study: Part 2 By Jeffrey K. Lazo This is part two of my summary of the...
AMS Programs
How Does the U.S. Public Get its Weather Forecasts?
Highlights from the CoFU2 Study: Part 1 By Jeffrey K. Lazo, PhD In 2006, I, my National Center for Atmospheric...
Science Spotlights
The U.S. Just Experienced Its Warmest Meteorological Fall on Record
By Amber Liggett Think back to your childhood memories playing outside in the fall. What were you wearing? Pants and...
Across AMS, Conference Spotlight, From AMS Journals
Community Modeling and the Future of Numerical Weather Prediction
A 2024 AMS Summer Community Meeting highlight The AMS Weather Enterprise Study will provide a comprehensive picture of the shifting...
Perspectives
Community-level stress tests (with a nudge from AI).
“Civilization exists under geological consent – subject to change without notice.” – attributed (sometimes) to Will Durant. “If you are...
Across AMS
Announcing Our 2024 Photo Contest Winners
Talented photographers from all over the world submitted photos to our panel of judges. Thank you to all the AMS...
Perspectives
Salient differences between aviation safety and community resilience.
The previous LOTRW post left this question hanging: Why, in the aftermath of natural disasters, do we simply rebuild as...
Perspectives
We manage other risks. Why do natural disasters pose a special challenge?
On this real world, natural threats and hazards – cycles of flood and drought; hurricanes and winter storms; earthquakes, tsunamis,...
People
Native American Heritage Month Spotlight: Robbie Hood
November is National Native American Heritage Month. In this post, we spotlight the exceptional career of one of our Native...
Perspectives
After Hurricane Milton, whither Florida? (And the other 49 of these United States?)
Start with some context. Sea level rise is forecast to shrink the land area of Florida by some 1-10% by...
