Science Spotlights
From AMS Journals
State of the Climate: It’s All Connected
Today’s publication of State of the Climate in 2019 marks the 30th annual release in this series of supplements to the...
From AMS Journals
State of the Climate: It's All Connected
Today’s publication of State of the Climate in 2019 marks the 30th annual release in this series of supplements to the...
Conference Spotlight
With Climate Change, the Interior West’s Ski Season is on a Downhill Run
The Thanksgiving holiday weekend has long been heralded as the start of the Western United States winter ski season. But...
Conference Spotlight
With Climate Change, the Interior West's Ski Season is on a Downhill Run
The Thanksgiving holiday weekend has long been heralded as the start of the Western United States winter ski season. But...
From AMS Journals
Red Proverb at Morning, Meteorologists Take Warning
Weather proverbs can be useful indicators of real correlations observed over the centuries, but they can also show unwelcome persistence. The phenomenon...
From AMS Journals
Blending Satellite Imagery is Both ‘Science and Art’ to Maximize Information Delivery
Monitoring the atmosphere by satellite has come a long, long way technologically since TIROS sent back its first snapshots of...
Conference Spotlight
So, Just What Do "Sunny" Southern California Broadcast Meteorologists Do?
You know the perception: It never rains in Southern California, so forecasting the weather there is easy. Not so fast,...
Conference Spotlight
So, Just What Do “Sunny” Southern California Broadcast Meteorologists Do?
You know the perception: It never rains in Southern California, so forecasting the weather there is easy. Not so fast,...
From AMS Journals
World Water Day: An Integrated Appreciation
Wow! It’s World Water Day, as observed by the United Nations. Pretty much everything AMS is about has to do...
From AMS Journals
New Western Storms Scale to Describe Intensity, Potential Impacts of Atmospheric Rivers
Hurricanes are classified by the Saffir-Simpson Scale and tornadoes by the Enhanced Fujita Scale, and now atmospheric rivers—those long, transient...
