Weather Blogs

A major new winter storm is headed east over the U.S. today, and threatens to dump a foot or more of snow on Philadelphia, New York City, and surrounding regions Tuesday and Wednesday. Philadelphia is still digging out from its second top-ten snowstorm of recorded history to hit the city this winter, and the streets are going to begin looking like canyons if this week's snowstorm adds a significant amount of snow to the incredible 28.5" that fell during "Snowmageddon" last Friday and Saturday. Philadelphia has had two snowstorms exceeding 23" this winter. According to the N...

Trust, but Verify (AMS-2): (This article is about climate science, but you have to make it through the beginning.)In the previous blog I wrote about the talk at the American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting by Jim Rogers the CEO of of Duke Energy. I stated that often when I talk positively about the roles of corporations in addressing climate change, mistrust is one of the first things I hear about. (I am perpetually naïve.) The United States is a culture of business and markets. There is a shared belief that markets provide a way to exchange goods and serv...

A new storm is barreling toward the East and today is the perfect time for The Weather Show With Shaun and Tim. Please tune in to the show at 4 p.m. Eastern, 1 p.m. Pacific, today for the latest upda...

Continuing on part one of surf forecasting...In my last post, I wrote about how to look at swell models to get a feel for what sort of waves are headed your way. Today I'll write about the effect of ...

Most computer guidance is unanimous in a strengthening a double barrel low pressure setup redeveloping on the east coast. Climatology and past analogs support this, featuring a widespread precipitatio...

We just spoke with Richard. The makeshift hospital at University Quisqeya (our staging area) is serving 300 people a day. The only suppliues and equipment they have access to are those provided by u...