IN WAKE OF RECENT FLOODING, SEN. BROWN URGES FEDS TO PROVIDE DISASTER...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 6, 2007 ;     506 words ......Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, has issued the...88 counties in Ohio. A triad of devastating weather events in Ohio this year severely crippled Ohio's farmers. Frost...40 years. "The weather this year has damaged...thousands of acres of Ohio farms." The damaging...during the ...

A FINGERPRINTING TECHNIQUE FOR MAJOR WEATHER EVENTS

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society;  September 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Major weather events continue to pose a challenge for...snowstorm, many major (significant) weather events are not recognized in the model...and forecast analogs is that major weather events have repeatable and specific atmospheric...

FALL FROM PROMINENCE Series: IS OHIO SECOND CLASS? FIRST OF THREE PARTS

Dayton Daily News;  April 28, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Ohio's once-dominant national stature has dwindled in recent years Columbus - A century ago Ohio really was the heart of it all. Ohio sent the fourth-largest delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives. An Ohioan - Republican William...

Forecasters need to put weather events in context

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  November 17, 2000 ;     240 words ......Milwaukee Forecast Forecasters need to put weather events in context By PAUL JOSEPH Today's TMJ4...sometimes there is a tendency to hype weather events in order to attract an audience. This...National Weather Service have to put weather events into context. This is how we can ...

Standardized anomalies applied to significant cold season weather events:...

Weather and Forecasting;  December 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT Forecasting significant weather events, such as floods, heat waves, arctic...forecasters identify potentially significant weather events. The focus of this paper is on significant...Introduction Forecasting significant weather events, such as floods, heat waves, arctic...

A Fingerprinting Technique for Major Weather Events

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology;  July 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......has made pattern recognition of major weather events a feasible means of statistically enhancing...fingerprints already identified for major weather events are also discussed. (ProQuest...formulae omitted.) 1. Introduction Major weather events continue to pose a challenge for ...

NEW ZEALAND: TIME TO BE MORE PREPARED FOR ADVERSE WEATHER EVENTS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 5, 2006 ;     472 words ......recovering from, adverse events. "Recent weather events have given us pause for thought. We'...and build our resilience to adverse weather events and other natural disasters. "New Zealand...have always faced risk from adverse weather events, and managing climatic risk is inherent...

Tornadoes are low on list of deadly weather events

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  June 12, 2002 ;     240 words ...Storm Team 4 Tornadoes are low on list of deadly weather events By JOHN MALAN Today's TMJ4, Meteorologist Wednesday...to find tornadoes low on the list of the deadliest weather events. Weather extremes that cover large areas of the globe...

Weather events stick in the mind

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 10, 2004 ;     209 words ...Storm Team 4 Weather events stick in the mind By JOHN MALAN Today's TMJ4, Meteorologist Monday, May 10, 2004 A few historic weather events in the Milwaukee area always bring questions or comments from viewers and readers. Senior citizens will...

Fed: Australia braces for extreme weather events

AAP General News (Australia);  February 8, 2001 ;     156 words ......Australia) 02-08-2001 Fed: Australia braces for extreme weather events Australia is reportedly facing a more extreme climate with...the world's biggest insurer, Munich Re, says more extreme weather events in Australia, such as Sydney's freak hailstorm in 1999...

UI researchers question whether extreme weather events are increasing

Courier-News (Elgin, IL);  February 23, 1999 ;     512 words ......researchers question whether extreme weather events are increasing zB1 By Tara Burghart...produced a general feeling that extreme weather events are increasing nationwide, possibly...that is not the case for other extreme weather events. Better warning systems mean that Americans...

A Simple and Flexible Method for Ranking Severe Weather Events

Weather and Forecasting;  December 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......that needs to establish a ranking of weather events. The intended use involves isolating...developing synoplic climatology studies of weather events, it can he difficult to develop a method...ranking the significance of the chosen weather events. An example of the need for such a...

Weather events, brush fires and world class research

The Journal Record;  September 25, 2000 ;     700+ words ......this week when he referred to them as weather events. The cause of these destructive fires...into account all data associated with weather events and conditions, and develops models...world-class research related to extreme weather events. Snow had the original idea after Hurricane...

Big Effects on Little Bodies: Extreme weather events associated with...

Alternatives Journal;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......health: temperature extremes and violent weather events; the geographic range of disease organisms...and without air conditioning. Extreme weather events such as heavy rains and intense storms...systems can help inform people of extreme weather events and may help to reduce deaths ...

Extreme weather events to continue and likely increase; effects on society...

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society;  December 1, 2000 ;     492 words ...As our climate changes, extreme weather events such as droughts, floods, heat waves...continue. We also found that extreme weather events have had increasing impact on human...Recent years have seen a number of weather events cause large losses of life as seen...