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Capital Weather Gang Archive: News & Notes
A new view of weather and climate
I recently toured a unique art show in Seattle, which opened during the annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society (AMS). The show, presented by the AMS and EcoArts Connections, offers new ways to engage with weather and climate information. It features not only your typical depictions of weather, such as cloud photographs, but also extremely imaginative representations of weather and climate phenomena, including a homemade and functional weather station comprised of blown glass and mixed media.
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Andrew Freedman
| February 18, 2011; 11:40 AM ET |
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Cloud streets, Hawaii calls, Commutageddon, communication, and climate change
There have been lots of interesting and entertaining weather and climate nuggets in the news the last few days, too many to write about as individual items. So here is an aggregation of them for your reading pleasure...
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Jason Samenow
| February 16, 2011; 6:30 PM ET |
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The winter the Arctic shifted south
Between the Chicago blizzard, and the parade of east coast snowstorms that have dropped so much snow on the northeast that local news coverage in southern New England of late has been dominated by reports of roof collapses, this is certainly shaping up to be a winter to remember. Yet for a key region of the globe, it's actually proving to be a remarkably warm winter so far, which, believe it or not, may help explain why it's been so cold and snowy in the U.S
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Andrew Freedman
| February 7, 2011; 10:20 AM ET |
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At weather expo, top snow expert shares views
At the American Meteorological Society annual meeting in Seattle, the crowd of top weather and climate scientists has been buzzing about the potential East Coast storm event. Today I caught up with one of the foremost experts on winter weather forecasting, Dr. Louis Uccellini, to get his take on the situation. In addition to getting his thoughts on the forecast, I also asked him why the computer models have struggled to agree on projections for several winter storms so far this season, especially compared to last winter.
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Andrew Freedman
| January 25, 2011; 7:25 PM ET |
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Blizzard blasts coastal cities from Va. to Mass.
The powerful nor'easter that largely bypassed Washington delivered one of the most punishing blows in years to many coastal locations from southeastern Virginia and Maryland to coastal New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Snowfall amounts were most impressive in parts of New Jersey, where a persistent band of very heavy snow set up late yesterday afternoon and barely budged for much of the night. The result: around two feet in many parts of the "Garden State."
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Andrew Freedman
| December 27, 2010; 1:15 PM ET |
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Freak pattern brings Europe record cold & snow
One of the things that makes tracking the weather so interesting is that even though conditions may be boring where you live, they're bound to be extreme somewhere else. The 2010-2011 meteorological winter (which started Dec. 1) has been no exception to this rule so far. Although Washington hasn't seen any "Snowmageddon"-style storms so far this winter, Europe has been slammed by relentless assaults of bitter cold and heavy snowfalls. So what has been causing this freak winter weather onslaught in Europe, and the colder-than-average conditions in much of the eastern U.S., including Washington?
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Andrew Freedman
| December 20, 2010; 10:00 AM ET |
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