Articles
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- July 11, 2022
- A Most Mighty Wind
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Wind-speed capability of a planned testing facility at Florida International University (FIU) that the National Science Foundation recently awarded a $12.8 million grant clocks in at 200 miles per hour.
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- July 7, 2022
- Grave Waves: A BAMS Parcel on Gravity Waves
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Lars Hoffmann comments on satellite images showing a pattern of atmospheric gravity waves after the eruption of a volcano in the South Pacific
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- July 1, 2022
- Confronting Climate Gridlock: How Diplomacy, Technology, and Policy Can Unlock a Clean Energy Future
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- June 22, 2022
- More Than A Scientist: Irene Sans
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- May 31, 2022
- Being a Meteorologist at a National Weather Network
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Take a step into the studio at a national weather network to see how a 24/7 production of weather forecasts works.
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- May 16, 2022
- Weather Band Author Interview: Dr. Robert Atlas
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- March 30, 2022
- Statements of the American Meteorological Society
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There is an important resource that members of the AMS Weather Band may not have on their radar, but should: Statements of the AMS. These are relatively short (a few pages) documents that provide the authoritative position of the AMS on an issue or topic. AMS Statements are created following a very tightly proscribed and rigorous process that involves experts in the subject are being covered and multiple levels of careful review.
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- March 14, 2022
- Think Like a Lifeguard
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"Think Like a Lifeguard" this Spring Break, upcoming summer, and beyond
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- January 28, 2022
- Observations in the Great Unknown
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Weather observations became a major business in the 19th century, as countries recognized the importance of this science and competed to gain economic and strategic advantages. The Austrians created the first national meteorological service in the world in 1851. England was a close second, as Admiral Robert FitzRoy founded the United Kingdom Meteorological Office in 1854. Other countries followed: India in 1875, Finland in 1881, and the United States Weather Bureau in 1890.
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- January 14, 2022
- Fostering Weather Education
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- January 13, 2022
- The Weather at Waterloo
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- November 15, 2021
- Winds of War
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- October 6, 2021
- Da Vinci and the Downburst
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- September 15, 2021
- All Hail the Cannon
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Learn about Weather Modification Before World War I, hail cannons, and historical attempts to control weather, reduce damage from storms, and protect crops.
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- August 11, 2021
- Origin of the Weather
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- August 6, 2021
- Chasing Weather with Matthew Cappucci
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Join Matthew Cappucci of the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang as he describes his path to success, offers advice for building your career your way, and reflects on what the meteorologist of the future will be like.
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- August 4, 2021
- How Ancient Greece Created Our Climate Zones
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What do we plant? What do we wear? What weather hazards do we prepare for?
Climate classifications make it easier to provide answers to all of those questions. As a framework for identifying the general weather patterns and climate characteristics of a region, classifications are not just for researchers. They also create a shorthand that helps take effort out of day to day activities, long term planning, and travel and vacation plans.
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- July 12, 2021
- The Curse of the One Rabbit
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- June 11, 2021
- The Forgotten Hurricane
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- April 14, 2021
- Twister History
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- December 20, 2020
- Moving Hail Forecasting Forward
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How do we predict the size of hail? What environmental parameters should forecasters be looking at in order to predict hail? These are just some of the questions driving the meteorological research of Professor John Allen and his team at Central Michigan University (CMU).
- By AMS Staff