Saturday, August 27, 2011

A benefit of probabilistic surge forecasts - an example from Irene's impact on NYC

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Here's a good site for surge predictions from SUNY Stonybrook .  The latest forecast for the Battery shows a good surge of 1-1.5 m above...
Sunday, August 14, 2011

The collapse of a stage at the Indiana State Fair 13 Aug 2011

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Note:  I've added an addendum at the bottom of this post Concert stage collapses from sudden wind gusts happen all to frequently and ...
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Sunday, April 10, 2011

The Great Sand Dunes NP 2011 on March 17-18

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Daphne, and I decided to visit the Great Sand Dunes, NP in March 17-18 this year as part of our Colorado trip.  This park is one huge sandy ...
Tuesday, March 1, 2011

The fire scars in the TX Panhandle on 28 February 2011

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West Texas suffered one of the worst wildland fire outbreaks in recent history when a strong upper-level system helped funnel strong, dry do...
Monday, February 21, 2011

Do snow ratios always increase when the temperature decreases?

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On February 8, 2011, we Normanites were facing the prospects of a big snowfall forecast according to some model runs.  At least the kind tha...
Friday, February 11, 2011

2011-02-06 Freezing rain thunderstorms in Albany, NY

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It's not often that thunder occurs in the northeast during the month of February.  When it does, there's probably only a few lightni...
Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Mountain sky and new snow over the BC coastal range

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2010 December 28 We picked a fantastic day for skiing at Mt Seymour in the British Columbia coastal range after an overnight storm dropped...
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