Hello everyone! As we’re all well aware by now, a new coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) is rapidly spreading across the world leading to significant disruptions to daily life especially in the …

Hello everyone! This is the last in our Model Mania series which hopes to explain the basics of weather modeling for those without a rigorous background in atmospheric science. It’s my …

Hello everyone! This post is the third in our Model Mania series which hopes to give a brief introduction to weather models for those without a rigorous atmospheric science background. In …

Hello everyone! This post is the second in the our Model Mania series which hopes to shed some light on weather models without getting too far into the advanced mathematics that makes …

Hello everyone! We recently added upper air observations including Skew-T/Log-P diagrams to weather.us so you can better understand the vertical structure of the atmosphere as measured by instruments attached to …

Hello everyone! There are lots of parameters that are used for forecasting the weather, some of which are intuitive (surface temperature, wind speed, etc.), and some of which are far …

Hello everyone! Atmospheric rivers play an important role in some of the most impactful weather seen on the West Coast during the wintertime. They can bring feet of rain and …

Hello everyone! I know it’s the middle of summer, but between all the snow events, I didn’t get around to writing this blog when it would’ve been most timely. Thus …

Hello everyone! Mid-latitude cyclones are responsible for the majority of our ‘interesting’ weather here in the US given that we’re far enough north to be mostly out of the tropics …