Archive: International Weather
World Meteorological Day: The Air We Breathe
Wx and the City * Work Week Starts With Early-Spring Chill: Our Full Forecast * Today, meteorologists and weather and climate enthusiasts throughout the world will be celebrating World Meteorological Day, a holiday of the United Nation's World Meteorological Organization....
By Ann Posegate | March 23, 2009; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (3)
Artificial or Not, China Has Snow and D.C. Doesn't
* Our Full Forecast | Weather Channel Founder Talks Climate 'Scam' * So you want snow in D.C.? If so, perhaps we need to follow the example of China. As reported here and here, Chinese officials claim that the first...
By Steve Tracton | February 20, 2009; 01:30 PM ET | Comments (5)
Korea to Offer Forecaster "Fat Pay Package"
* Forecast: Messy Mixed Mid-Week | Snow Drought * Weather forecasting in Korea has a credibility problem. The situation is so bleak that its own meteorological association is looking outside its border for forecasting talent. The Korea Times reports: The...
By Jason Samenow | February 17, 2009; 12:30 PM ET | Comments (0)
Australians Link Climate Change and Deadly Fires
* Very Warm for Next Two Days: Full Forecast * The deadliest bushfires in Australian history continue to rage out of control, having already claimed at least 181 lives, according to the BBC. As the country takes stock of the...
By Andrew Freedman | February 10, 2009; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (81)
Grading CWG's Inauguration Forecast
Weather Checker * Storm Next Week? Full Forecast | Later: Snow Lover's Crystal Ball * Inauguration Links • Inauguration Central• Weather Features• Forecast Archive Weather Checker is an outsider's analysis of CWG's forecast accuracy. See previous Weather Checker posts...
By Capital Weather Gang | January 30, 2009; 10:45 AM ET | Comments (3)
Inauguration Weather Forecast: A Cold Wind
CWG's Full Forecast | Light Snow Monday? (updated at 8:30 p.m.) | Inauguration: What to Wear INAUGURATIONCAST Tuesday, January 20, 2009 MORNING LOW SWEARING IN* WEATHER CHANCE OF PRECIP 19-23F 26-30F Mostly cloudy 20% We keep talking about the sub-freezing...
By Jason Samenow | January 18, 2009; 08:40 PM ET | Comments (0)
Top International Weather Events: 2008
* The Latest on Tomorrow's Wintry Mix: Full Forecast | InaugurationCast * Guest contributor Robert Henson recently ran down his selection of highest impact U.S. weather events of 2008 (1-5, 6-10), while CWG's Ann Posegate reviewed her choice of last...
By Steve Tracton | January 9, 2009; 10:55 AM ET | Comments (0)
Fish 'n' Chips and a Boatload of Hail
A thick buildup of hail -- yes, hail -- in Ottery St. Mary, England. Courtesy Margaret Bargmann. I was intrigued by the remarkable and unusual storm across the Atlantic highlighted by Jason's recent post, "What the Hail? Weird Weather in...
By Steve Tracton | November 6, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (3)
What the Hail? Weird Weather in England
Last week, a remarkable storm dumped a foot of hail in just two hours in a town about twelve miles east of Exeter in the United Kingdom. The combination of rain and hail caused "horrendous" flooding stranding motorists. The hail...
By Jason Samenow | November 2, 2008; 04:00 PM ET | Comments (0)
Partly Sandy
Screen capture of Baghdad current conditions from weather.com. That would've been the accurate forecast for today in Baghdad, where the Associated Press reports that a "heavy sandstorm turned Iraq's capital into a pinkish haze Thursday, sending dozens of people to...
By Dan Stillman | October 16, 2008; 01:45 PM ET | Comments (2)
Buses and Tornadoes Don't Mix
Tornadoes and thunderstorms in south Poland Friday killed three people and injured many others according to news reports. One of these tornadoes allegedly slammed into a bus and flipped it, but caused no serious injuries. Amazingly, the bus-tornado collision was...
By Jason Samenow | August 17, 2008; 11:30 AM ET | Comments (6)
A Full-Out Effort to Forecast Olympic Weather
The success of the Beijing Olympics will be largely determined by the prowess of athletes, quality of venues and infrastructure, and the experience had by participants and spectators. But weather can be a make-or-break factor in any sporting event with...
By Steve Tracton | August 14, 2008; 11:30 AM ET | Comments (0)
Clean-Air Nightmare for Beijing Olympics
Wx and the City By Ann Posegate If I were an Olympic athlete with asthma, I'd be worried. With opening ceremonies just over a week away, smog has been covering the city of Beijing as of late, though recent wind...
By Capital Weather Gang | July 30, 2008; 10:45 AM ET | Comments (2)
Olympic Weather Prep Enters 'Actual Combat'
The China Meteorological Agency (CMA) has been busy preparing for the August Olympics in Beijing. In May, China launched the FengYun-3 A satellite, which will support enhanced weather forecasts during the Olympics, according to the CMA, and has already sent...
By Steve Tracton | June 15, 2008; 01:00 PM ET | Comments (1)
Fixing Iraq's War-Torn Weather Service
War. What is it good for?... Not weather it seems. Weather services were among the infrastructure destroyed by the Iraq war. We hear this week of an agreement between the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the Italian Ministry of Foreign...
By Steve Tracton | June 12, 2008; 01:00 PM ET | Comments (0)
Bangladesh's Example for a Post-Nargis World
Tropical Cyclone Nargis, which exacted a staggering human toll on the politically isolated and poor country of Myanmar, has demonstrated once again that there is an urgent need for a more robust infrastructure in developing countries for issuing and disseminating...
By Andrew Freedman | May 14, 2008; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (35)
Inside the Burma Cyclone
Satellite image of Tropical Cyclone Nargis prior to landfall in Myanmar (Burma). Courtesy NOAA As the number of dead and missing continue mounting in Burma, it's natural to wonder what kind of storm inflicted this horrible toll. The answer is...
By Jason Samenow | May 7, 2008; 09:24 AM ET | Comments (0)
The Long Road to Recovery
One year later: Greensburg, Kansas Starting now: Myanmar (Burma)...
By Jason Samenow | May 5, 2008; 07:00 PM ET | Comments (1)
International House of Snowflakes
Wild Winter Weather Hits China, Israel Some statistics this morning from site visitor Augusta Jim would indicate that the very long-term snow trend is not negative, but as Matt pointed out, La Niña may be limiting our flaky fortunes through...
By Steve Scolnik | January 30, 2008; 07:00 PM ET | Comments (0)
