Weather Band
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The Texas-Minnesota MCV – Bow Echo
By Ted Best and Ruth Milburn Introduction The term “bow echo” refers to the appearance on a radar image (the...
Across AMS
2022 Weather Band Photo Contest: Winners Announced
Talented photographers from all over the world submitted over 1400 photos to our panel of judges. Thank you to all...
In History
Deadly Weather During the Race to the South Pole
The Norwegian and British Antarctic expeditions to the South Pole are often regarded as the height of the heroic age...
In History
How the First Weather “Computers” Changed World War II
Behind the bloody beaches of D-Day and the deathly bloom of mushroom clouds in the bright desert, behind supercomputers and...
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What Makes a Rainbow?
Rainbows occupy an important place in mythology, culture, and language all over the world. They also helped inspire advances in...
In History
How Ancient Greece Created Our Climate Zones
What do we plant? What do we wear? What weather hazards do we prepare for? Climate classifications make it easier...
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Batter Up! How Higher Temperatures Impact Baseball Stats
By Brandon Koch and Anna Panorska Forget rain delays, temperature “is the most important meteorological variable affecting fly ball distances...
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All the Colors of the Sky: Decoding Rainbows, Halos, and Coronas
By Gunther Können What do you see when you look up? Clues to the state of the atmosphere are all...
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Decoding the Sky: Identifying Clouds in Edvard Munch’s The Scream
By Fred Prata, Alan Robock, and Richard Hamblyn Art has an interesting role to play in weather observing. Paintings, sketches,...
In History
From Kamikaze to Katana: How Weather Protected Japan from Mongolian Invasion
By J. Neumann At the time of Genghis Khan’s death in 1227, the Mongolian Empire stretched east to west from...
