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Lightning Safety: Lightning Prediction System

Lightning Safety: Lightning Prediction System

July 10, 2024

By Chris Vagasky The last full week of June is National Lightning Safety Awareness Week in the United States. Recent...

Lightning over Bangkok

Lightning over Bangkok

June 9, 2024

By Vasily Iakovlev Usually I travel with my camera, but as a rule I use it only when nature or...

SunSketcher (Part 2): Ordinary People Become Solar Eclipse Scientists for a Day

SunSketcher (Part 2): Ordinary People Become Solar Eclipse Scientists for a Day

May 2, 2024

Guest post by Gordon Emslie (Western Kentucky University) and Hugh Hudson (University of Glasgow) During the 2024 North American solar...

SunSketcher (Part 1): Using Smartphones to Reveal the Shape of the Sun

SunSketcher (Part 1): Using Smartphones to Reveal the Shape of the Sun

April 29, 2024

Guest post by Gordon Emslie (Western Kentucky University) and Hugh Hudson (University of Glasgow) During the 2024 North American solar...

When a Forecaster Issues a Tornado Emergency: Insights from the Front Lines

When a Forecaster Issues a Tornado Emergency: Insights from the Front Lines

April 29, 2024

By Ashton Robinson Cook and Bob Henson The word “emergency” seems tailor-made for a serious tornado threat. It’s a hazard...

Pigeon Point Green Flash

Pigeon Point Green Flash

April 15, 2024

By Jan Null As a long-time meteorologist, I have known of and have been watching for the Green Flash whenever...

Rooting into Plant Hardiness Zone Maps for Blooming Good Gardens

Rooting into Plant Hardiness Zone Maps for Blooming Good Gardens

April 11, 2024

By Chris Vagasky There have been tornadoes in Wisconsin, a major winter storm on the Colorado Front Range, and baseball...

Iridescent Contrail

Iridescent Contrail

March 28, 2024

By Soumyadeep Mukherjee Back in 2020 when I started taking an interest in, and practicing astrophotography, images of different optical...

Celebrating Women’s Contributions to Atmospheric Sciences

Celebrating Women’s Contributions to Atmospheric Sciences

March 27, 2024

By AMS President Anjuli S. Bamzai I grew up in a family that valued intellectual pursuits, discipline, and the importance...

Electrical Storm Over the Strait of Malacca

Electrical Storm Over the Strait of Malacca

March 26, 2024

By Graeme Guy My wife and I live in an apartment on Penang Island in northern Malaysia that overlooks the...

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