Category Archives: General Info

08 Jan

Vortex

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The cold air that has gripped much of the eastern 2/3’s of the US during the week of January 6, 2014, has the media using the term “the polar vortex.” I have seen the term: “a dive into the polar vortex.” This is certainly is a term that gets everyone’s attention. What is a vortex?

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18 Dec

Ice-Snow Slip and Fall

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West Coast Weather has handled several cases relating to a defendant slipping on ice in a parking lot of a private property owner. There are two parts to this and we will briefly discuss the weather patterns and have some information on the legal side. We have worked with both the plaintiff and defendant attorneys

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04 Dec

Litigation and weather expert

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There are times an attorney or an insurance company will need to hire a meteorologist to review historical weather data for a case that might go to court. There are many such cases and one example is a slip and fall that occurs on ice in a parking lot. Meteorologists are asked to recreate the

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17 Oct

Winter Weather 2013-2014

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ENSO (water temperatures near equator) signal can impact the Winter weather especially in the United States. This link is to the International Research Institute for Climate and Society. A great think tank. Outlook for this coming winter 2013-2014 is for Neutral conditions. Thus, many areas will have normal temperatures and rain (snow).

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09 Jul

Unstable Weather

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Summer is the time we get unstable weather over the United States and the thundershowers can be intense. If you want us to retrieve historic weather records we can do that. If you want to monitor real-time conditions this site will give you a head up and click here

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06 Apr

Historic Weather

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In many cases weather data from weather stations over the United States is available back to at least 1950. In some cases one can get later data. Same thing goes for surface weather map and upper level weather data on a worldwide basis.

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