Issued: Monday, March 23, 2009 Covering: March 25 –April 1

The models certainly were correct over a week ago when they started to point towards a major spring storm for our region early this week. The problem now is trying to create a forecast for the upcoming week when this storm system is still evolving. The reason creating a forecast will be so difficult is

Drought In U. S. South To Persist Through June

Drought gripping Te x a s, Ca l i f o r n i a , the Southeast and Wisconsin is expected to persist through June with “limited areas of improvement,” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said March 19. Drought could also develop from northern Virginia to New Jersey if dry weather continues. Recent


Accuweather Sees Fewer U. S. Hurricanes In ‘09 Season

Private forecaster AccuWeather.com said March 18 it expects four tropical storms to strike the U. S. coastline during the 2009 Atlantic season, which begins June 1, compared with eight last year. AccuWeather’s chief long-range and hurricane Forecaster Joe Bastardi said the greatest risk this year may be to the U. S. East Coast, but a

Issued: Monday, March 16, 2009 Covering: March 18 –March 25

As is typical when spring starts to move in, some regions will see plenty of sunshine along with really warm temperatures while other areas are cloudy, foggy and cool. This was the case last weekend as eastern regions saw temperatures soar to nearly 10C under plenty of sunshine and light winds, while western areas had



Oceans, Old Trees Help Predict Indonesia Drought

Agroup of scientists are developing more accurate drought and harvest forecasts for Indonesia using tree rings, historic rice production figures and sea surface temperature data. Indonesia is one of the world’s most populous nations and a major producer of rice, cocoa, coffee and tobacco. But the country is regularly at risk of drought caused by



Most Of The World Has Predictable Weather

Our little break from weather school seems to have stretched out for over a month now. Well, Reading Week (or should I say “Month?”) is over and it’s time to get back to work! In our last lesson we continued our look at atmospheric circulation, and in particular, we built upon our general model of


ACC Forum To Discuss Climate Change

David Barber used to be a skeptic. Barber has spent almost 30 years studying sea ice in the Arctic region. For the first 10 years he thought that changes he was observing in the ice, and the effects they had on the Arctic ecosystem, were as a result of natural variability. He was not convinced

U. S. States Seeking Drought Relief

Texas Governor Rick Perry asked for disaster relief assistance from the federal government March 6 for drought-stricken farmers across the state. Parts of south and central Texas including the ranchlands around San Antonio and the state capitol Austin are suffering from their most severe drought on record, exacerbating the woes of the state’s cattle industry