Weather Blogs

The unnamed South Atlantic tropical/subtropical cyclone (90Q) off the coast of Brazil continues to spin slowly out to sea, and is not a threat to any land areas. The storm, just the 7th tropical or subtropical cyclone on record in the South Atlantic, has a well-defined surface circulation, top wind speeds near minimum tropical storm force (40 mph), a surface pressure near 1004 mb, and a modest amount of heavy thunderstorm activity on its south side. Strong upper-level winds from the northeast are creating about 20 knots of wind shear over the storm, keeping the northeast si...

If Lady Chatterley’s Lover, then … :The first paragraph of Sheila Jasanoff’s book, The Fifth Branch, starts“Scientific advisory committees occupy a curiously sheltered position in the landscape of American regulatory politics. In an era of bitter ideological confrontations, their role in policymaking has gone largely unobserved and unchallenged. …” (1990, The Fifth Branch, Chapter 1, Rationalizing Politics; 2009 Interview with Professor Jasanoff)The first chapter of The Fifth Branch is something that I think that all managers of science in the U.S. Agencies ...

Some rare things have happened in the world of weather since The Daily Downpour last broadcast, including an interesting south Atlantic Ocean tropical cyclone. We will also discuss this morning's aft...

Last forecast blog talked about longer period swells, or groundswells. Here we'll discuss their brothers, short period swells, or windswell.The cutoff between groundswell and windswell doesn't have a...

The following are specific updates on ongoing projects: On site: Portlight has partnered with Howard Koepka and Eagle Pointe Church of Atlanta GA., to ship a container of DME, clinical supplies, pedia...

Winter Forecast 2009-2010 (December, January, February)Fig 1.0- This is the November 21, 2008 snowstorm that brought a surprise 6inches of lake effect snow to my location. It was my favorite snow even...