Severe Weather
Across AMS
Striking Sunset
By Liz Kemp “Striking Sunset” by 2023 Weather Band Photo Contest Finalist Liz Kemp I have been chasing storms during...
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BEST: Capturing the Worst Tornado Winds
Greenfield, Doppler on Wheels, and what happens where a twister meets the ground By Katie Pflaumer, AMS Staff Featured image:...
Conference Spotlight
Be There: The Daniel Keyser Symposium
Highlighting Key Sessions at AMS 2024 The Daniel Keyser Symposium at the 104th AMS Annual Meeting will advance the science...
Across AMS, Conference Spotlight
Irrigation and Storms in the Inner Mongolian Desert
A Research Spotlight from 32WAF/20Meso/28NWP An irrigation oasis in Inner Mongolia, China, is providing unusual, real-world evidence about the effects...
Across AMS, Conference Spotlight
“Once in a Generation”: The 2022 Buffalo Blizzard
A Research Spotlight from 32WAF/28NWP/20Meso On 23 December, 2022, David Zaff of the National Weather Service’s Buffalo office walked out...
AMS Programs, From AMS Journals
A Few Takeaways from the “State of the Climate in 2022”
Record-high greenhouse gases, sea levels, monsoons, and droughts—and a volcanic vapor injection By Michael Alexander, Lead, Atmosphere Ocean Processes and...
Conference Spotlight
Recent Trends in Tropical Cyclone Fatalities in the United States
New data from the past ten years reveal increased prominence of freshwater floods and indirect fatalities in hurricane deaths Guest...
In History
The 1938 Hurricane
By Dr. Lourdes B. Avilés The One to Which All New England Hurricanes Are Compared… I have said that phrase...
In History
Weather and Death on Mount Everest
By G.W.K. Moore and John L. Semple With a height of 8,848 m, Mount Everest is the highest mountain in...
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Defining Derechos Is Complicated–Even for Meteorologists
Derechos are less common than Midwestern tornadoes, but occur almost every year in that region as well as other parts...
