Tag: Meteorologists

Geminid Meteor Asim Patel, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Watch the Great Geminid Meteor Shower on Dec. 13-14

12/5/2022 - By farmersalmanac.com Bundle up and head outside to watch the December Geminids, considered the best of the annual meteor displays. Learn more about this active meteor shower coming to a backyard sky near you! If you enjoy seeing “shooting stars,” then get ready! A pre-Christmas celestial fireworks display known as… SEE MORE

Severe Weather Preparedness: The Human Element is Key

5/13/2021 - By David Cannon, Director of Yacht Operations/Meteorologist WRIWX.com. The science of Meteorology and more particularly weather forecasting is an ever-evolving field. Let’s take for example its “infancy” … tracking changes and trends in weather through the use of weather instruments to collect data gave way to the use of radar… SEE MORE

New Podcast Episode: Chris Bedford, Meteorologist to the Sailing “Stars”, Talks Coastal Weather

9/15/2020 - In this episode of our USH Harbors podcast--All About Our Coasts--Chris Bedford, famed meteorologist who has forecasted for the world's most prestigious sailing races, talks about the challenges in predicting coastal weather, what recreational sailors should know about weather data and forecasts, and about what AI is good at--and not… SEE MORE

6 Things Forecasters Want You to Know About Weather and Climate

6/26/2020 - 1. Every big weather event isn't necessarily caused by climate change. Severe or extreme weather can be caused or intensified by climate change, but other factors play a role, too. The ingredients that create all weather events remain the same, but a changing climate can affect one or more of those ingredients,… SEE MORE

Massive Sahara Desert Dust Plume Drifting Toward the United States

6/24/2020 - By Jeff Berardelli. A massive plume of dust from the Sahara desert in northern Africa has been traversing the atmosphere, thousands of feet above the tropical Atlantic Ocean, and is now cloaking the Caribbean and closing in on the southeastern United States. While summer dust plumes are a common occurrence,… SEE MORE

A compilation of NBC and Telemundo meteorologists working remotely from home. (Credit: NBC Universal)

Hundreds of America’s TV Meteorologists are Working from Home. Here’s How They Do It.

4/15/2020 - By Matthew Cappucci. The coronavirus crisis shaking the nation and the world has changed daily life in just about every way. The pandemic has entirely altered the way many industries operate. Even television stations have been forced to overhaul operations, with newscasts in some cases delivered entirely from the refuge of anchors’… SEE MORE