Recently added articles from National Weather Digest:
Seasonal temperature and precipitation dependencies in southeast Alaska.(Report)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Abstract The climate of southeast Alaska is primarily influenced by moist maritime air from the adjacent Pacific Ocean that is occasionally modified by drier continental air from Canada. This battle between maritime and continental air masses can also have implications in terms ...
Annual and seasonal tropospheric temperature trend comparisons of radiosonde and reanalysis data at regional scales.(Report)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Abstract Data from global reanalyses are routinely used as initial and lateral boundary conditions for regional numerical weather prediction modeling. Reanalyses have also been used for longer term assessments of tropospheric temperature trends. Our study compares linear ...
The interannual variability of hurricane activity in the Atlantic and East Pacific regions.(Report)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Abstract The investigation of the interannual and interdecadal variations in hurricane activity has been an important topic of study lately, especially with regard to their implications for climate change issues. On the interannual time-scale, the El Nino and Southern ...
The historic Christmas 2004 south Texas snow event: diagnosis of the heavy snow band.(Report)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Abstract On 24 and 25 December 2004, a rare, banded heavy snow event occurred over portions of south Texas. Maximum snow amounts of 20-33 cm [8-13 inches] were reported in the band region. Such amounts had not been observed in south Texas since the late 1800s. Moisture, lift, ...
Using the thermal wind relationship to improve offshore and coastal forecasts of extratropical cyclone surface winds.(Report)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Abstract Land-falling oceanic cyclones in the midlatitudes confront the forecaster with a specific problem: they typically develop in data-sparse regions before they approach a coastal forecast area, making numerical model predictions more uncertain and the forecasting of ...
Pattern recognition of significant snowfall events in Tallahassee, Florida.(Report)
Jul 01, 2008; ... Skew-T Log-P diagrams, surface, and standard level upper air charts from four significant snowfall events in Tallahassee, Florida are analyzed. One of these cases is discussed in detail to illustrate the common synoptic patterns associated with these rare occurrences. Since 1895, there ...
Using the monthly classification of global SSTS and 500 HPA height anomalies to predict temperature and precipitation regimes one to two seasons in advance for the mid-Mississippi region.(Report)
Jul 01, 2008; ... Using the results from previous studies of the interannual variability of local mean monthly temperature and precipitation by this group, long range forecasts were generated for summer and winter season temperatures and precipitation four to five months in advance using analogs and/or ...
Electromagnetic fields recorded in mesocyclones.(Report)
Jul 01, 2008; ... Initial findings taken from ongoing field research, seeking to better understand the relationships between electrical charge, magnetic fields, and the evolution of vortices, are presented. Despite inherent difficulties in collecting real-time data associated with vortices, measurements of ...
Meteorology degrees and certificates offered by Mississippi State University.(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2008 ... In the December 2006 issue of NWA Digest, Wilson (2006) addressed the sparsely-studied topic of broadcast meteorologists and their perceptions of the seals of approval awarded by the National Weather Association and American Meteorological Society. In this paper, Wilson (2006) provides ...
Author's response.(LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:.)(television weathercasters)
Jul 01, 2008; ... First, thanks for the opportunity to respond to the two articles appearing in this issue of National Weather Digest that are following up on my study appearing here in Dec. 2006-"Seals of (Dis)approval: Television Weathercasters Debate the Value of Voluntary Credentials." I'm ...
NWA Corporate Members as of June 30, 2008.(National Weather Association)(Directory)
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A section reprint: case study of a long-lived thundersnow event.(Reprint)
Jul 01, 2008; ... With the editor's apologies This article was printed in last year's December Digest (Volume 31, No. 2) with the omission of several paragraphs. We are including Section 4 of the article with all necessary graphics and equations. 4. Mesoscale Analysis ...
A graphic reprint: the wisconsin tornado outbreak of 23 june 2004.(Mark Gehring)(Correction notice)
Jul 01, 2008; ... With the editor's apologies The following figure was not included with last year's December Digest (Volume 31, No. 2). Corresponding Author: Mark Gehring NOAA/National Weather Service, N3533 ...
Note from the Publisher.
Dec 01, 2007; ... Welcome to the "new" National Weather Digest! This is the latest in a series of member service upgrades sponsored by NWA committees and approved by the Council. Beginning with this issue, there will be no distinction between black and white and color pages. No longer will authors have to ...
Analysis of the 3-4 June 2002 extreme rainfall event over Iowa and Illinois.(Report)
Dec 01, 2007; ... Abstract During the period from 1800 UTC 3 June to 2100 UTC 4 June 2002, heavy convective rainfall of over eight inches in east-central Iowa and northwestern Illinois resulted in extreme flash flooding and river flooding. The elevated convection was episodic in nature and formed ...
Case study of a long-lived thundersnow event.(Case study)
Dec 01, 2007; ... Abstract On 23 March 1966, thundersnow was reported over a period of 9 hours (non-consecutive) at Eau Claire, Wisconsin. This event is unique, as it constitutes the longest period of thundersnow (known to these authors) at a single station from a surface observation dataset of ...
The Wisconsin tornado outbreak of 23 June 2004.(Report)
Dec 01, 2007; ... Abstract Wisconsin recorded its fifth largest tornado outbreak during the late afternoon and early evening hours of 23 June 2004. Seventeen tornadoes and numerous reports of damaging straight-line winds and large hail accompanied the complex storm structures, which consisted of ...
Diagnosis of the July 6 2002 Ogallala, Nebraska flash flood.(Report)
Dec 01, 2007; ... Abstract During the early morning hours of 6 July 2002, a mesoscale convective system (MCS) traversed southwestern Nebraska and produced more than 40 cm of precipitation, resulting in a flash flood that closed Interstate 80 and caused one fatality near Ogallala, Nebraska ....
An investigation of storm morphology and mesovortex evolution within a midwestern quasi-linear convective system using conventional and single-Doppler radar data.(Report)
Dec 01, 2007; ... Abstract In the morning hours of 29 June 1998, a line of severe convective storms traversed central Iowa, producing a wide swath of straight-line wind damage (several gusts exceeding 50 m s-1) and isolated weak-to-moderate intensity tornadoes (F0-F2). This quasi-linear ...
Statistical Methods in the Atmospheric Sciences.(Book review)
Dec 01, 2007; ... Statistical Methods in the Atmospheric Sciences Academic Press, Elsevier Second Edition 2006 by Daniel S. Wilks The subject book is a comprehensive treatment of statistics as it relates to the atmospheric sciences, and in particular, ...