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No One of Us Can Solve the Whole Problem
by William Hooke, AMS Policy Program Director, from the AMS Project, Living on the Real World “Go to the ant,...
The Toughest Part of Forecasting
The New Zealand MetService’s chief forecaster Peter Kreft writes: Getting the message out about severe weather, particularly when it involves...
Subtle, but Sultry: A Fog Story
On a day of extremes in the West (with downtown Los Angeles, for example, setting an all-time record high), Cliff...
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Walking a Fine Hydrologic Line
by Robert V. Sobczak, National Park Service, Big Cypress National Preserve. Reposted from his blog, The South Florida Watershed Journal....
A Slow Start, but Gaining Fast
Tropical Storm Lisa became the 12th named storm in the Atlantic Basin this week in what has suddenly become the...
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Nowcasts: Forecasting's Achilles Heel
by Cliff Mass, University of Washington Adapted from a post from this weekend on Cliff Mass Weather Blog. On Saturday...
Danger Lurks where Weather Statistics Lack
In his new book, Hot Time in the Old Town: The Great Heat Wave of 1896 and the Making of...
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If Climate Isn't Stable, Are We?
by William Hooke, AMS Policy Program Director a portion of a series of essays from the AMS Project, Living on...






