Severe Weather
From AMS Journals
AMS Science Preview: Santa Ana Fire Winds; Chatbots on Climate
Research in AMS journals discusses a new classification for dangerous Santa Ana winds, driver responses to snow squall warnings, the rainiest possible Earth conditions, forecasting extreme waves, the Congo air boundary, LLMs and local climate, and more.
Science Spotlights
The Hill Country, the Science, and the Next Flood
New science sheds light on the 2025 Texas floods, and how to help people be more prepared in the future.
Science Spotlights
How 2026 World Cup Venues Handle the Heat (and Humidity, and Storms…)
Meteorologists discuss how cities are keeping fans safe from dangerous weather during the World Cup--and what fans can do to prepare.
Field Notes
Chasing Storms for Science
Storm chasers Jen Walton and Anastasia Tomanek, of Girls Who Chase, work with the Doppler On Wheels team to pursue the secrets of tornadoes and hailstorms.
Field Notes
Signatures of Destruction: Tornado Science with “Doppler on Wheels”
The storm-chasing Doppler on Wheels team discuss new findings from 2024's catastrophic Greenfield, IA, tornado and intense Duke, OK tornado.
Field Notes
Tornadoes in Our Sights
The Doppler On Wheels team chases tornadoes to learn how they form, evolve, and do damage.
Authors
Nature at Its Most Extreme: A Conversation with Hank Schyma
AMS spoke with author Hank Schyma to talk about his new book, Storm: Chasing Nature's Wildest Weather. Schyma is a storm chaser, musician, and filmmaker known for his weather photography, nature documentaries, educational science videos, and cinematic music.
