Forecasting
Conference Spotlight, From AMS Journals
What’s the Future of Weather Decision-Making?
A 2024 AMS Summer Community Meeting highlight The AMS Summer Community Meeting drew exceptional attendance and engagement this year as...
Across AMS, Conference Spotlight
Tornado Risks: Perceptions and Realities
A session spotlight from the 31st Conference on Severe Local Storms By Katie Pflaumer, AMS Staff The session “Perception and...
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Trailblazer meteorologist Eugenia Kalnay (1942–2024)
We stand on the shoulders of gentle giants By Anjuli S. Bamzai, PhD, AMS President Last month, we lost a...
From AMS Journals
Endangered Knowledge: Bird Nests Help Farmers Predict Rain in Rajasthan
A study in AMS journal Weather, Climate, and Society demonstrates the need to combine traditional and modern meteorological knowledge A...
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Lightning Safety: Lightning Prediction System
By Chris Vagasky The last full week of June is National Lightning Safety Awareness Week in the United States. Recent...
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We May Be Able to Further Improve Hurricane Track Forecasts After All
Zeta blossomed into the 11th hurricane of this hyperactive season Monday and its forecast track takes it ashore on the...
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Late Season Hurricanes Bring Research Opportunities, Too
After a veritable flurry of storms in the Atlantic since August, the basin has gone quiet following the landfalls of...
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...
"Decision-making under meteorological uncertainty" for D-Day's Famous Forecast
The success of the D-Day Invasion of Normandy was due in part to one of history’s most famous weather forecasts,...
“Decision-making under meteorological uncertainty” for D-Day’s Famous Forecast
The success of the D-Day Invasion of Normandy was due in part to one of history’s most famous weather forecasts,...
