My New Favorite Site
is NOAA's new online library of historical national weather maps. It requires a small plug-in, but the maps are a valuable resource for largescale analysis of historical meteorological situations. Since most of these maps are from the period before satellite pictures, they demonstrate the limits of surface observations and radiosondes in making observations and forecasts. Besides holding the potential for shocking older relatives with the weather on their birthdays, you also can see how the National Weather Service evolved from the bureaucratic quagmire of its early days to the scientifically competent and fairly accountable agency it is today.
Dates to Check:
March 10-15, 1888: The deadly Blizzard of 1888
September 1-10, 1900: Galveston Hurricane
11 July 1913: It really hit 134 F in Death Valley that day?
September 1-8, 1935: Florida Keys Labor Day Hurricane of 1935
New England Hurricane of 1938: 20-23 September
Random Meteorological Worries
Hurricane Fabian: What will its effects on Bermuda be? So far, it is forecast to track not far to the west of Bermuda. The eastern side of a hurricane tends to be the worse side with which to be clipped. Heavy surf followed by 70+ mph winds, rain, and possible storm surge may be in the Dependency's future.
Tropical Depression 12: Might strengthen to a tropical storm and cross northern Florida. The same winds that are steering Fabian away from the East Coast will keep it away from land after it returns to the open water.
So Do You Really Learn for Learning's Sake at Chicago?
I might be mistaken, but some Penn student (a sophomore, I think) posed something like this question to me today in a tone that one might ask, "Do you really know how to defy gravity?" I answered that the reputation of chicago's student body is somewhat overblown, but we do work harder than most college students.
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is NOAA's new online library of historical national weather maps. It requires a small plug-in, but the maps are a valuable resource for largescale analysis of historical meteorological situations. Since most of these maps are from the period before satellite pictures, they demonstrate the limits of surface observations and radiosondes in making observations and forecasts. Besides holding the potential for shocking older relatives with the weather on their birthdays, you also can see how the National Weather Service evolved from the bureaucratic quagmire of its early days to the scientifically competent and fairly accountable agency it is today.
Dates to Check:
March 10-15, 1888: The deadly Blizzard of 1888
September 1-10, 1900: Galveston Hurricane
11 July 1913: It really hit 134 F in Death Valley that day?
September 1-8, 1935: Florida Keys Labor Day Hurricane of 1935
New England Hurricane of 1938: 20-23 September
Random Meteorological Worries
Hurricane Fabian: What will its effects on Bermuda be? So far, it is forecast to track not far to the west of Bermuda. The eastern side of a hurricane tends to be the worse side with which to be clipped. Heavy surf followed by 70+ mph winds, rain, and possible storm surge may be in the Dependency's future.
Tropical Depression 12: Might strengthen to a tropical storm and cross northern Florida. The same winds that are steering Fabian away from the East Coast will keep it away from land after it returns to the open water.
So Do You Really Learn for Learning's Sake at Chicago?
I might be mistaken, but some Penn student (a sophomore, I think) posed something like this question to me today in a tone that one might ask, "Do you really know how to defy gravity?" I answered that the reputation of chicago's student body is somewhat overblown, but we do work harder than most college students.
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