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Keeping Score When Temperature Records Are the Expectation
Through July, 2020 has been on almost the same track as 2016: the two years had the hottest first seven months in NOAA’s 141...
When Hurricanes Become Machines…or Monsters
Officially, the Atlantic season is almost upon us. The season of tropical storms and hurricanes, yes, but more to the...
Perspectives
COVID-19 and the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise
by Mary Glackin, AMS President In normal times, our thousands of AMS professionals and colleagues are completely dedicated to helping...
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...
Is It Just Us…or Was That the BBQ Talking?
So many conversations at the 2018 AMS Annual Meeting started–and ended–on the same note, and Dakota Smith captures it just right in his “Weather...
Time Machines, Horse Ploppies…Richard Alley Will Do the Talking Today
From his book and PBS-TV series, “Earth: The Operator’s Manual,” to his renowned lectures at Penn State, Dr. Richard Alley is known...
With Floods or Baseball, It's a Game of Percentages
Perhaps no one thought that Game 5 of the World Series would end the way it did. It started with...
Perspectives
Naming Winter Storms: Time for Community Cooperation
by Mary M. Glackin, Senior Vice President, Public-Private Partnerships, The Weather Company Forecasts of hazardous weather have continually improved, particularly...
Summer Meeting Leads to Summer Tweeting
A primary focus of this week’s AMS Summer Community meeting in Raleigh, NC, has been communication, particularly about how best...
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...
