Atmospheric rivers (AR) are long and narrow bands of highly-concentrated moisture in association with winter storms and occur throughout the middle latitudes near major oceans. Thus the US West Coast is subject to this. The amount of moisture can be extreme especially when the air is forced up the mountains along the West Coast. How
Read MoreJanuary 6 and 7 of 2014 brought many record cold temperatures (F) and here is a very brief list: Chicago -16, Toledo -14, Cleveland -11, New York City +4, and Pittsburgh -9. Now (1-28 and 1-29) another arctic air mass is sweeping into the Southeast US and snow and ice storms will sweep across much
Read MoreThere 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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