Image of the Day: Glimpse of the First 2012 Tropical Storm
A view of Tropical Storm Aletta, the first named storm of the 2012 Pacific Hurricane Season on May 15, 2012, as captured by the nation's newest weather satellite, the Suomi-NPP. TS Aletta currently has maximum sustained winds of 40 mph and is moving due west, according to NOAA. … Read More
Stunning Waterspout Images from Louisiana
Severe weather affected Louisiana on Wednesday, with a damaging tornado in Grand Isle, and simultaneous occurrences of multiple waterspouts over the nearshore waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The waterspouts — essentially just tornadoes over the water — were caught on camera by a National Weather Service employee and many others.… Read More
Image of the Day: It’s Not Easy Being Green in the U.K.
The asparagus season is short-lived; starting around May 1 and ending at the end of June. Since asparagus is very climate sensitive, with a warm spring, the greens could hit the shelves even earlier. But that wasn’t the case. While temps were high in March, April was much cooler and the recent rains have also worked on cooling the soil temperatures… Read More
Buy an Electric Car, Keep Your Food from Spoiling
Fans of electric automobiles love the fact that they’re quiet, zippy and take far less maintenance than gasoline-powered cars (no oil changes, no ignition system, no radiator fluid…). In principle, electrics are also more climate-friendly — although until coal-fired power plants start capturing and storing CO2 to keep it out of the air, the climate… Read More
Twisters Past and Present: Interactive Tornado Tracker
The tracker plots tornado reports from the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., and is updated frequently to capture breaking events. This tracker shows reported tornadoes, not confirmed tornadoes. The National Weather Service conducts damage assessment surveys after tornadoes are reported to determine if a tornado actually touched down, and i… Read More
After Fukushima Nuclear Crisis, U.S. Flying Blind
There are reasons to fear that a similar scenario is playing out in the U.S., but here the most serious threat comes from sea level rise and the increasing dangers that storm-driven waves will overcome the flood defenses of coastal nuclear plants, and coastal energy facilities in general.… Read More
Video: Extreme Weather and Rapid Arctic Warming
Over at the Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media, Pete Sinclair — known for his "climate denial crock of the week" video series — posted a video exploring this study and other recent evidence regarding the causes of extreme weather and climate events. It's worth watching, and features interviews with Dr. Francis, Jeff Masters of Weather Under… Read More
Spring Backward? For Many, April Was Cooler than March
These records are particularly remarkable because April was also a warmer-than-average month in the Northeast and Midwest. In Chicago, April was cooler than March for just the second time on record, despite the fact that April was the seventh-straight month of above normal temperatures there.… Read More
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