A climatologist I follow on Twitter, Brian Brettschneider (@Climatologist49) provides many great examples of climate maps (as well as moose pictures, since he is in Alaska) on his feed. Today he posted two maps showing the trends in maximum and minimum temperatures across the country from 1948 to the present….
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I am in Denver CO this week attending the annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society. Imagine a meeting with over 5,000 meteorologists learning about all aspects of weather and climate! I’ve been busy with meetings, seeing old friends, and watching some very interesting research talks. Today I want to…
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December 21 is the winter solstice in 2022. That means that the sun is the lowest in the sky and the days are the shortest of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. This year the actual time of solstice is 4:48 pm Eastern Time. You can read more about the…
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Scientists use models to study how single variables can affect a complex solution in engineering, economics, and physical and life sciences. These models can be conceptual, mechanical, or computational. In terrestrial climatology, the sheer number of variables that have to be included means that computer models are the best approach…
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December 1st is the first day of meteorological or climatological winter (I guess depending on whether you are a meteorologist or a climatologist). You might wonder why it does not correspond with the astronomical season of winter, which is related to earth-sun geometry and starts this year on December 21….
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Today is the 250th anniversary of the birth of Luke Howard, a pharmacist and amateur meteorologist who proposed the cloud classification scheme that is still in use today, 220 years later. In his honor, several meteorological agencies have posted stories about how to classify clouds based on information regarding how…
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This time of year, many newspapers and magazines post stories about why the leaves change color in the fall. Many of you may already know, but on the off-chance that you are not familiar with the process, here is a good short discussion from Popular Mechanics that describes how weather…
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