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Daniel's Monday Forecast: January 13, 2019
Cloudy and cool Monday, but the sun should return Tuesday.
What to do when tornadoes or microbursts are in the forecast
When there’s a tornado watch or warning, it may already be too late to come up with a plan for safely riding out a tornado or microburst.
Why You Should Pay Attention to 'High Risk' Flood Forecasts
This is another forecast that should grab your attention.
Why Do Snowfall Forecasts Change as a Potential Storm Gets Closer?
As a storm approaches, additional data on the track and strength of a system can reveal in big changes in snowfall forecasts.
See What Spring Will Be Like Where You Live
How accurate is the weather forecast?
No one remembers when you're right, but no one forgets when you're wrong. Your local weather person knows that saying all too well. But while they take a lot of the heat (get it?), how much of it is actually justified? In this episode, Mona Chalabi looks at weather forecasting data to see how accurate these predictions really are, and gives us tips for when we should--and shouldn't--trust the forecast. Want to hear more from Mona? Check out her podcast Am I Normal…
Pain is in the Weather Forecast? |
By Linsay Way, DC<br>It's a running joke in our clinic that the most accurate method of predicting storms is to see how full the waiting room is. But why do some people seem to be able to predict coming rains based on their aches and pains? It's a question I hear from my patients every time w
Forecasting our Future: How climate, weather differ
Climate is more than just a few warm or cool days.
Weather forecasting depends on experience, knowledge, technology
While technology may play a key role in helping to predict the weather, human intuition and experience tends to be the deciding factor when creating a weather forecast.
Run or Hide? Forecasters Struggle with Warnings as Disasters Change
As storms become stronger, safety instructions for threats can be contradictory
Why Weather Forecasting Keeps Getting Better
The stakes can be so much higher than whether you’ll need an umbrella today.
Why High-Tech Weather Forecasts Don’t Save More Lives
Factors including income, class, inequality and more impact how we react to hazards
Is forecast-based financing the future of aid in the face of climate change?
A new approach to aiding victims of extreme weather provides assistance in advance of disasters.
How long has the science of forecasting weather been around?
Weather predictions and folklore are probably as old as human society
Why that ‘monster storm’ seemed so mild, and how to fix future forecasts
Meteorologists have gotten the message: They messed up. UW weather guru Cliff Mass explains what went wrong, and what to do about it.
Why this winter's forecast in the Pacific Northwest is more uncertain than usual
Forecasting the weather for the whole winter is always difficult, but several factors may make this winter harder than most.
Forecasting Denial: Why Are TV Weathercasters Ignoring Climate Change?
You definitely don't need these weathermen to know which way the wind blows
Woman desperate to be weather girl becomes a hit with forecasts from her garden
She's become so popular that some people use her as their only way of checking the weather.
