Precipitation
Japan’s “Gosetsu Chitai” (Heavy Snow Area) Illuminates Sea- and Lake-effect Precip Processes
North American meteorologists, welcome to the snow climate of western Japan. Every year in winter lake effect-like snow events bury...
AMS Programs
Snowflake Selfies as Meteo Teaching Tools
Undergrads at Penn State recently took to their cellphones to mingle with and snap pics of tiny snowflakes to reinforce...
The Perils of Rime Mushrooms
Mountain climber Dmitry Golovchenko captured tremendous video of the February 27 collapse of a “rime mushroom” atop Patagonia’s Cerro Torre....
Satellites Capture Weather History in the Making
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 16, now GOES-East, became operational in December and this eye in the sky is capturing stunning...
Twitter Abuzz during Extreme Precipitation Hangout
Last week’s Google hangout on extreme precipitation touched on a number of different topics related to preparing for extreme weather...
A Year Ago in Oso: Wrong Place at the Wrong Time
At 10:36 a.m. on 22 March 2014, near Oso, Washington, the earth began to move. At first the lower section...
Dual Pol Radar Shedding Light on "Wintry Mix"
A recent article in the New Yorker tried in vain to dissect and understand the term “wintry mix,” only to...
Atmospheric Rivers Go Mainstream
This week NOAA announced installation of four new special observatories in California dedicated to improving the understanding–and forecasting–of atmospheric rivers,...
Commutageddon, Again and Again
Time and again this winter, blizzards and other snow and ice storms have trapped motorists on city streets and state...
Nowhere to Hide from Snow . . . Except Florida
It snowed throughout the Northeast on Wednesday, but very few are feeling sorry for everyone in that region who had...
