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2024

  • June 5 80th Anniversary of the D-Day forecast
  • May 29 The stormy reputation of May 31 in Pennsylvania
  • May 22 Late April 2024 tornado outbreak
  • May 8 Wet weekend woes
  • May 1 150th Run for the Roses
  • April 24 Extreme Dubai rain and cloud seeding
  • April 10 Contrails and my eclipse experience
  • April 3 50th anniversary of the Superoutbreak
  • March 27 Prepping for the solar eclipse
  • March 21 March 21 and the first day of spring
  • March 7 Wildfire Awareness Week in Pennsylvania
  • February 28 Science and history of Leap Year
  • February 21 Narrow snowbands
  • February 7 Cloudiest January on record
  • January 31 Punxsutawney Phil and Groundhog Day lore
  • January 24 Long-term changes in snowcover
  • January 10 Reviewing the weather of 2023 in Pennsylvania
  • January 3 Long-term Holiday temperature musings



    2023

  • December 6 December thunderstorms and the NFL
  • November 29 Southern drought and El Nino
  • November 8 Weather and the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
  • November 1 Surprising Hurricane Otis
  • October 25 World Series weather highlights
  • October 11 Journey to the Center of Pennsylvania
  • October 4 New York City flooding
  • September 27 What actually happened on the fall equinox?
  • September 20 Libya floods and medicanes
  • September 6 Idalia: Not as bad as it could have been
  • August 30 The summer that was ... or wasn't?
  • August 23 The strange case of Hurricane Hilary
  • August 9 150th anniversary of first hurricane warning
  • August 2 Dog Days of Summer
  • July 26 "Rain Day" in Waynesburg: July 29
  • July 12 The summer of bad air quality
  • July 5 The weather of July 4, 1776
  • June 28 Hazardous weather and outdoor events
  • June 7 Rip currents
  • May 31 May 31: Pennsylvania's most dangerous weather day
  • May 24 Ten years without an EF5
  • May 10 Greek letters and Meteorology
  • May 3 149th Run for the Roses
  • April 26 Earth Day and Franklin Institude awards
  • April 19 Lightning climatology of Pennsylvania
  • April 5 A tradition unlike any other
  • March 29 Women's History Month: A look at contributions from a few female atmospheric scientists
  • March 22 A California winter to remember
  • March 8 Thirty years since the March 1993 Superstorm
  • March 1 Could March be colder than February?
  • February 22 Three pioneering African-American meteorologists
  • February 8 Off the charts and in the stratosphere
  • February 1 Punxsutawney Phil and Groundhog Day lore
  • January 25 Not all Winter Storm Warnings are created alike
  • January 11 Weather extremes of 2022 in Pennsylvania
  • January 4 Perihelion and aphelion: NOT the cause of the seasons



    2022

  • December 21 The historical roots of a "White Christmas"
  • December 7 The weather and Pearl Harbor
  • November 30 Definitions of winter
  • November 23 Some Thanksgiving climatology
  • November 9 Service Life Extension Program for Doppler radar
  • November 2 Permanent Daylight Saving Time?
  • October 26 Not-so-Mighty Mississippi
  • October 12 Benchmark storm for the Pacific Northwest
  • October 5 Ian and Charley
  • September 28 ET: Extratropical Transition
  • September 21 A typhoon, an Alaskan storm, and ripple effects
  • September 7 Wet and dry monsoons, and Pakistan flooding
  • August 31 Journey to the Center of Pennsylvania
  • August 24 Southwest drought and Colorado River
  • August 10 The Man Who Rode the Thunder
  • August 3 Dog Days of Summer
  • July 27 Climatology of 2"+ rain days in Pennsylvania
  • July 20 80th anniversary of Pennsylvania rainfall record
  • June 29 Slow changes this time of year
  • June 22 50th Anniversary of Hurricane Agnes in Pennsylvania
  • June 8 NOAA surveys the Great Lakes
  • June 1 Rip currents
  • May 25 May 31: Pennsylvania's worst weather day?
  • May 11 State lottery with a weather connection
  • May 4 Tribute to Penn State Meteorology Class of 2022
  • April 27 Everest climbing season approaches
  • April 20 Anniversary of sinking of the Titanic
  • April 6 Deadly snow squall and a Pennsylvania "radar hole"
  • March 30 80th anniversary of record-breaking snow
  • March 23 March Madness with weather-related college nicknames
  • March 9 GOES-T becomes GOES-18
  • March 2 60th anniversary of Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962
  • February 23 Snow Squall Parameter
  • February 9 Flavors of Olympic ice
  • February 2 Beijing Winter Olympics
  • January 26 Tonga volcanic eruption
  • January 12 Farm Show Weather update
  • January 5 Colorado fires of December 2021


    2021

  • December 22 Is probability of a "White Christmas" changing?
  • December 8 Blizzards and Hawaii
  • December 1 80th anniversary of Pearl Harbor
  • November 10 November Gales and the Edmund Fitzgerald
  • November 3 30th Anniversary of the "Perfect Storm"
  • October 27 Nature and winter
  • October 20 Journey to the center of Pennsylvania
  • October 6 Historic Cyclone Shaheen
  • September 29 Eye and Eyewall of Hurricane Sam
  • September 22 The Autumnal Equinox
  • September 8 Setup for historic flooding
  • September 1 "I" storms and Hurricane Ida
  • August 25 The IPCC 6th assessment report
  • August 11 Wet-Bulb globe temperature
  • August 4 Historic PA tornado outbreak (and a hodograph)
  • July 21 How much rain can fall in an hour?
  • July 7 Local and national perspective on recent Pacific Northwest heat wave
  • June 30 New insight into Battle of Gettysburg weather
  • June 16 Solstice musings
  • June 2 Rip currents
  • May 26 Historical and climatological perspective on a May dry spell
  • May 19 25-year anniversary of movie "Twister" release
  • May 5 Perseverance and weather on Mars
  • April 28 10-year anniversary of historic tornado outbreak
  • April 21 Pennsylvania tornado climatology
  • April 7 Weather radar and bird migration
  • March 31 Severe thunderstorms: CAPE and Shear
  • March 24 PA Flood Awareness Week
  • March 10 Winter Outlook Evaluation, Part II - SSWs and the NAO
  • March 3 Winter Outlook Evaluation, Part I
  • February 24 Three pioneering African-American meteorologists
  • February 10 The "conveyor belt" model of mid-latitude cyclones
  • February 3 Winter weather warning criteria differences
  • January 27 Weather and the Challenger disaster
  • January 20 A history of presidential inauguration weather
  • January 6 Weather observing in cold places: Greenland and Mount Everest



    2020

  • December 23 A winter storm via Skew-T diagrams
  • December 9 A snow climatology of Pennsylvania
  • December 2 2020 Hurricane season recap
  • November 25 Thanksgiving climatology, and a famous Thanksgiving weekend storm
  • November 11 Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
  • November 4 Radio, Meteorology, and KDKA
  • October 28 The Blue Moon
  • October 21 Checking on the Ozone Hole
  • October 7 Climatology of first frosts and freezes
  • September 30 What to expect in October
  • September 23 Peculiarities of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season
  • September 9 Extreme temperature swings in Pennsylvania
  • September 2 Observations on Hurricane Laura
  • August 26 The Fujiwhara Effect
  • August 12 Rhythms in the Tropics: CCKWs and the MJO
  • July 29 Modern satellite imagery, hurricanes, and mesoscale convective systems
  • July 22 Weather and moving college football to spring
  • July 8 Long-term perspective on rainfall in Pennsylvania
  • July 1 A little dust goes a long way
  • June 24 Lightning climatology of Pennsylvania
  • June 3 Historic SpaceX launch
  • May 31, 1985 retrospective: Part 1; Part 2
  • May 27 Numerical Weather Prediction - by hand?
  • May 20 Pre-season Atlantic tropical storms
  • May 6 Coronavirus disruptions to meteorological research
  • April 29 Coronavirus and air quality improvements
  • April 22 50th anniversary of Earth Day
  • March 25 Thoughts on coronavirus
  • March 18 March 21 ... the first day of spring?
  • March 16 Coronavirus and weather
  • March 4 Too warm or too cold to snow?
  • February 26 Driest days nationwide (collaboration w/ WPC)
  • February 19 North Atlantic winter bomb cyclones
  • February 5 National Weather Service 150th anniversary
  • January 29 A Super Bowl climatology
  • January 22 The Indian Ocean Dipole



    2019

  • December 18 Holiday lights from space
  • December 4 Winter storm in 3D
  • November 20 Lake-Effect Plus
  • November 6 A "Blue Norther" for the record books
  • October 30 Standard vs Daylight Saving Time
  • October 23 Weather extremes of the World Series
  • October 9 Finding the center of Pennsylvania
  • October 2 "L" storms, retirement, and Lorenzo
  • September 25 30th anniversary of Hurricane Hugo
  • September 11 Birds in the eye
  • September 4 Observations about Hurricane Dorian
  • August 28 Majoring in Meteorology at Penn State
  • August 21 50-year anniversaries of Hurricane Camille and Woodstock
  • August 7 The Dog Days of Summer
  • July 31 Hurricane spaghetti; Links to model output: NOAA, NCAR, UWM; Links to information: NOAA, NCAR, UWM
  • July 24 A 40-yr high-school reunion and the origins of my weather fascination
  • July 17 Observations about Apollos 11-17 - Some meteorological, some not
  • July 3 Weather of the Battle of Gettysburg
  • June 26 The GFS upgrade to FV3
  • June 4 The National Hurricane Center
  • June 3 Hurricane Awareness Tour
  • May 29 The most important weather forecast of the 20th century?
  • May 22 Wettest 12-month stretch on record
  • May 8 Dry lines and recent severe thunderstorms
  • May 1 Review of Winter 2018-19 snow
  • April 24 Hurricane Michael reanalysis
  • April 10 April - a month of significant change
  • April 3 (Lack of drought) milestone
  • March 27 Evolution of hurricane name lists
  • March 13 Deadly Alabama tornado
  • March 6 Atmospheric rivers
  • February 27 The jet stream, and a record wind speed
  • February 13 The Regional Snowfall Index
  • February 6 The "Hard Winter"
  • January 30 The "Polar Vortex"
  • January 23 Historical look at big Pennsylvania snowstorms



    2018

  • December 19 50-year anniversary of iconic Apollo 8 photo
  • December 5 Does winter remember November?
  • November 28 A WeatherWhys Anniversary
  • November 21 Weather and the Pilgrims
  • November 7 Warmest, coldest, wettest, driest, snowiest College football venues
  • October 31 15-year anniversary of a scary Halloween storm
  • October 24 Observations of Hurricane Michael
  • October 3 Unusual October bout of severe weather
  • September 26 Ensemble forecasting
  • September 19 Hurricane Florence
  • September 5 Most humid summer since?
  • August 29 Weather for Penn State home openers
  • August 22 Dust in the wind
  • August 8 Recent deluge
  • August 1 What August 1 means to me - past, present, and future
  • July 25 Climatology of Pennsylvania heavy rain days
  • July 18 The Open at Carnoustie
  • July 4 The weather of the original Independence Day
  • June 27 An Updated Tornado Climatology of Pennsylvania
  • June 20 Twin EF-2 tornadoes in Pennsylvania
  • June 6 "Twin Peaks" of tropical season in the North Indian Ocean
  • May 30 Flooding in Ellicott City, MD
  • May 23 Severe Weather on May 15, including a meteotsunami
  • May 9 Meteorology, Geology, and Hawaii
  • May 2 Weather and the Kentucky Derby
  • April 25 Weather and Major League Baseball
  • April 11 Late freezes, late snows, and the first 10 days of April 2018
  • April 4 Remembering the Superoutbreak of April 3-4, 1974
  • March 28 March is the new February
  • March 21 When does spring really begin?
  • March 7 Last week's nor'easter, and the yardstick for them all
  • February 28 Ice on the Great Lakes
  • February 21 Olympic ice science
  • February 7 2018 Winter Olympics
  • January 31 Snow crystals
  • January 24 Snow squall warning introduced
  • January 3 Record Erie snow



    2017

  • December 20 The historical roots of a "White Christmas"
  • December 6 Viewing the 2017 hurricane season using smoke, salt, and dust
  • November 29 NWS Hazard Simplification Initiative
  • November 22 Thanksgiving climatology, and the 1950 Thanksgiving weekend storm
  • November 8 Instability with a jacket on
  • November 1 The slide into winter
  • October 25 Winter folklores
  • October 18 Northern California fires
  • October 4 Journey to the geographic center of Pennsylvania
  • September 27 Hurricane Maria and Puerto Rico
  • September 20 Historic Irma
  • September 6 Irma and fake forecasts
  • August 30 Hurricane Harvey
  • August 23 Hurricane Andrew - 25 years later
  • August 9 The hottest place in the U.S.
  • August 2 New National Hurricane Center products
  • July 26 Waynesburg's "Rain Day"
  • July 19 A vivid childhood memory - Apollo 11
  • July 5 Flash flooding and the power of moving water
  • June 28 Civil, Nautical, and Astronomical twilight
  • June 21 How long is summer?
  • June 7 Rundown of recent photogenic weather
  • May 31 The most dangerous weather day in Pennsylvania
  • May 24 An unusual month of weather
  • May 17 The Nenana Ice Classic
  • May 3 Franklin Institute awards and Earth Day
  • April 26 Tornado Warning performance
  • April 19 Recent weather legislation
  • April 5 A tradition unlike any other
  • March 29 Out-of-Sync Months
  • March 22 Snowcover from space
  • March 8 Remarkable Western winter of 2016-17
  • March 1 Tornadoes in Pennsylvania in February?
  • February 22 Whither Winter?
  • February 15 Himawari-8 highlights
  • February 1 Climatology of "Big" PA snowstorms
  • January 25 Across an ice storm
  • January 11 Farm Show weather folklore



    2016

  • December 7 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor
  • November 30 GOES-R becomes GOES-16
  • November 23 Weather and the Thanksgiving Day meal
  • November 9 Supermoon or not?
  • November 2 Twenty-fifth anniversary of "The Perfect Storm"
  • October 26 Weird clouds
  • October 19 Indian Summer
  • October 5 Hurricane Matthew
  • September 28 Autumnal Equinox
  • September 21 Four at a Time?
  • September 7 Cruising - Tropical and Arctic style
  • August 24 The storm with no name
  • August 10 Rio and Track & Field World records
  • August 3 Rio and the 2016 Summer Olympics
  • July 27 Yes it's been hot, but not this hot
  • July 20 Oddities in tropical seasons so far
  • July 6 Colorful sunsets and Mount Pinatubo
  • June 29 Tornado in China last week
  • June 22 The summer solstice
  • June 8 Power of moving water
  • June 1 IHBS Hail Study project
  • May 25 The GOES program
  • May 18 20-year anniversary of "Twister"
  • April 27 Two infamous tornado videos from April 26, 1991
  • April 20 30-year anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear accident
  • April 6 March winds and atmospheric salad
  • March 30 Snowfall in Winter 2015-16
  • March 23 Astronaut Scott Kelly photo gallery
  • March 9 Pi Day
  • March 2 A Rare February weather day
  • February 24 Cyclone Winston
  • February 10 Mid-winter summary
  • February 3 Aqua and Terra
  • January 27 Another historic snowstorm
  • January 13 100 Years of "Farm Show Weather"



    2015

  • December 23 Holiday lights from space
  • December 9 El Nino
  • December 2 Radiosondes and the bomb squad
  • November 25 Weather and the Thanksgiving Day meal
  • November 11 The 70-degree road trip
  • November 4 Anomalously warm water
  • October 28 Legendary venue gets new turf
  • October 21 Back to the Future day
  • October 7 Flooding, forecasting, and Joaquin
  • September 30 Pennsylvania Turnpike anniversary
  • September 23 Meteorological ACE
  • September 9 Major League Baseball and lightning
  • September 2 Hawaii and hurricanes
  • August 26 The decade since Katrina
  • Aug 12 Story behind the Earth/Moon picture
  • August 5 Pacific Northwest summers
  • July 29 Hottest places on Earth
  • July 22 How humid can it get?
  • July 8 The Open Championship
  • July 1 Natural fireworks: The statistics of lightning
  • June 24 A 100-year anniversary of (artificial) cold
  • June 17 PECAN: Plains Elevated Convection At Night
  • June 3 Charles Hosler, Dwight Eisenhower, and the history of Penn State Meteorology
  • May 27 Mentions of drought
  • May 20 Lewis Fry Richardson anniversary
  • May 13 A trifecta of weather hazards
  • April 29 TRMM passes the baton to GPM
  • April 22 Tambora and Frankenstein
  • April 8 Tropical Season in the Southern Hemisphere
  • April 1 Driest place on Earth
  • March 25 Late season snows
  • March 11 Winter 2014-15 chill
  • February 25 Coldest places on Earth
  • February 11 Coldest week of winter?
  • February 4 Communicating forecast uncertainty
  • January 28 Tribute to Dr. Alfred K. Blackadar
  • January 14 Extreme high pressure



    2014

  • December 31 Holiday lights from space
  • December 10 Christmas trees and Pennsylvania
  • December 3 November snowpack longevity
  • November 26 Extreme lake-effect snow
  • November 12 Origin of Arctic air masses
  • November 5 - Numerical Weather Prediction model skill
  • October 29 - Seasonal forecasting
  • October 15 - Typhoon naming
  • October 8 - Visit from the DOW
  • October 1 - October in Pennsylvania
  • September 17 - Lightning and college football
  • September 10 - 2014 Hurricanes: Atlantic vs Pacific
  • September 3 - Summer of Flooding
  • August 27 - 100th anniversary of opening of the Panama Canal
  • August 13 - 75th anniversary of The Wizard of Oz
  • August 6 - Lightning climatology of Pennsylvania
  • July 30 - 84 years of weather observing
  • July 23 - Summertime around the Lakes - Oases of tranquility
  • July 9 - When is the warmest time of the year?
  • July 2 - More than one "Twilight"
  • June 25 - Supercell thunderstorms
  • June 18 - Weather of the 2014 World Cup
  • June 4 - 70th anniverary - The weather of D-Day
  • May 28 - 125th anniversary of Johnstown Flood
  • May 21 - Pennsylvania wildfires
  • May 14 - Citizen scientist weather projects
  • April 30 - Severe weather starting
  • April 23 - Climbing Mount Everest
  • April 9 - The Winter of 2013-14, in review
  • April 2 - Landslide capital of the US
  • March 26 - Oil spill anniversary
  • March 12 - Great Lakes ice
  • February 26 - Clear-Air Turbulence (CAT)
  • February 12 - Persistent anomalies
  • February 5 - 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia
  • January 29 - A Northern Super Bowl
  • January 15 - Perspective on recent cold snap
  • January 8 - Update on "Farm Show Weather"



    2013

  • December 11 - Exotic precipitation
  • December 4 - What Hurricane Season?
  • November 27 - Weather and the Pilgrims
  • November 13 - Supertyphoon Haiyan
  • November 6 - Sandy - One year later
  • October 30 - Pollution issues - China today vs Donora 65 years ago
  • October 23 - World Series weather
  • October 9 - WeatherPalooza
  • October 2 - College football climatology
  • September 25 - The Long Island Express
  • September 18 - Historic Boulder flooding
  • September 4 - Celebrating 30 years of Weather World
  • August 28 - Saharan Air Layer (SAL)
  • August 21 - Hurricane warning anniversary
  • August 7 - Cool comfortable summers?
  • July 31 - Philadelphia daily rain record
  • July 24 - "Home Run Weather" app
  • July 10 - Weather behind the deadly Arizona wildfire
  • July 3 - Weather of the original Independence Day
  • June 26 - 150th anniversary of Battle of Gettysburg
  • June 19 - Weather satellite news
  • June 5 - Turning point for storm chasing?
  • May 29 - Another EF5 hits Moore, OK
  • May 22 - Everest anniversary
  • May 15 - Carbon Dioxide milestone
  • May 1 - The Kentucky Derby
  • April 24 - Migration and weather radar
  • April 17 - Frontogenesis
  • April 3 - Memories
  • March 27 - Two very different Marches
  • March 13 - 20-year anniversary of the March 1993 Superstorm
  • February 27 - Lake Effect, International style
  • February 13 - Overuse of "Blizzard"
  • February 6 - Rapid deepeners
  • January 30 - How cold was that chill?
  • January 23 - Revisiting Inauguration weather
  • January 9 - Images of 2012



    2012

  • December 12 - The "Black Marble"
  • December 5 - Arctic sea ice volume
  • November 28 - Different seasons for different reasons
  • November 21 - Weather and your Thanksgiving dinner
  • November 7 - Remarkable Sandy, Part II
  • October 31 - Remarkable Sandy, Part I
  • October 24 - Where have record lows gone?
  • October 10 - Fiftieth anniversary of 1962 Columbus Day storm
  • October 3 - Record summer Arctic ice melt
  • September 26 - World record high temperature invalidated
  • September 12 - Doppler radar "Dual Polarization" upgrade
  • September 5 - Hurricane Isaac, and Isaac Cline
  • August 29 - Andrew at 20
  • August 15 - Mars Curiosity
  • August 8 - Death Valley
  • August 1 - Wind and Olympic track and field
  • July 25 - Where is the hottest place on Earth?
  • July 18 - 70th anniversary of Smethport rainfall record
  • July 11 - Hard-hitting DC derecho
  • July 4 - Fourth of July weather
  • June 27 - Too hot to rain?
  • June 20 - 40-year anniversary of Agnes
  • June 6 - Pennsylvania severe weather and a gustnado
  • May 30 - Transit of Venus
  • May 23 - Global tropical cyclone count
  • May 16 - 75th anniversary of Hindenburg disaster
  • May 2 - Penn State commencement
  • April 25 - Bookend winter snows
  • April 11 - 100th anniversary of Titanic sinking
  • April 4 - Weather and the Masters golf tournament
  • March 28 - Remarkable March warmth
  • March 14 - Derived satellite products
  • March 7 - 50 years since Ash Wednesday storm
  • February 29 - Story of Leap Year
  • February 22 - Winter's days are numbered
  • February 8 - When is the coldest month and coldest week of the winter?
  • February 1 - Warm winter so far
  • January 25 - 2011, a record wet year in Pennsylvania
  • January 11 - Billion-dollar weather disasters



    2011

  • December 14 - South Pole conquest anniversary
  • December 7 - Christmas trees and weather
  • November 30 - Recap of 2011 Hurricane season
  • November 23 - Thanksgiving climatology and memorable storms
  • November 9 - The 100th anniversary of two amazing temperature records
  • November 2 - Freak October snow well forecast by models
  • October 26 - 20th anniversary of "The Perfect Storm"
  • October 12 - Recent atmospheric flip-flop
  • October 5 - Hurricane models and spaghetti plots
  • September 28 - Satellite Eclipses
  • September 21 - Impact of Tropical Storm Lee in Pennsylvania
  • September 7 - Lightning and college football
  • August 31 - Hurricane forecast errors
  • August 24 - Recent lull in U.S. hurricane landfalls
  • August 10 - The hurricane "Name Game"
  • July 27 - 75 years ago - hottest summer on record in U.S.
  • July 20 - Unusual thunderstorm byproducts - heatbursts and haboobs
  • July 6 - Mount Pinatubo anniversary
  • June 29 - Tornadoes 2011
  • June 22 - Delaware River Sojourn
  • June 15
  • (hi-res .mov) Cool Science Projects
  • June 1 - Cherry Springs Star Party
  • May 25 - Streaks of rainy days
  • May 18 - Diverting flood waters
  • May 4 - Historic tornado outbreak
  • April 27 - Chernobyl 25th anniversary
  • April 13 - An unprecedented severe weather outbreak ??
  • April 6 - A swing through North Africa and the Middle East
  • March 30 - A March tornado in Pennsylvania?
  • March 16 - Science of tsunamis
  • March 9 - Flooding looms in Northern Plains while drought dominates South
  • March 2 - Remarkable temperature turnarounds in February
  • February 16 - Thundersnow
  • February 2 - New "Normals" on the way
  • January 26 - Weather and the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster



    2010

  • December 15 - Wind Chill
  • November 24 - Weather and the Pilgrims
  • November 10 - Fall foliage and the "A-Train"
  • November 3 - Strange Pennsylvania growing season
  • October 27 - Slow typhoon season, with an exception
  • October 13 - Spring and fall - Pizza and pudding
  • October 6 - Goldilocks Planet discovered
  • September 29 - Canadian hurricanes
  • September 15 - 50 Years of football weather at Beaver Stadium
  • September 8 - Unconventional satellite imagery: Danielle and Earl
  • September 1 - Summer of 2010 - What a difference a year makes!
  • August 25 - Tropical cyclone monitoring from space - The Dvorak Technique
  • August 11 - New U.S. record hailstone
  • August 4 - Weather and the first atomic bombs
  • July 28 - The Man Who Rode the Thunder
  • July 14 - Seventy-five years of Meteorology at Penn State
  • July 7 - New national heat records in Asia and Africa
  • June 30 - An overview of the National Weather Service SKYWARN program
  • June 23 - Remembering Pennsylvania's most costly natural disaster
  • June 9 - Pennsylvania is just now heading into the peak of severe weather season
  • June 2 - The Gulf oil spill and the "Loop Current"
  • May 26 - A pre-season look at the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season
  • May 19 - Year 2 of the Vortex2 project
  • May 5 - Weather and Major League Baseball
  • April 28 - Recent changes in GOES fleet
  • April 21 - Mount Washington dethroned: New world record wind speed
  • March 31 - Elusive South Atlantic Tropical Cyclones
  • March 24 - Touring the state using high resolution satellite imagery
  • March 17 - Recent flooding, and the 1936 St. Patrick's Day Flood
  • March 10 - Too Cold or Too Warm to Snow
  • March 3 - Pennsylvania snowfall in the historic winter of 2009-10
  • February 24 - A meteorological, geographical, and statistical look at the winter of 2009-10
  • February 3 - Weather and the 21st Winter Olympics
  • January 27 - Memories of a truly cold winter in Pennsylvania
  • January 20 - Most significant weather events in Pennsylvania, 2005-2009
  • January 13 - Most significant weather events in Pennsylvania, 2000-2004



    2009

  • December 23 - A brief history of "White Christmas"
  • December 16 - Satellite imagery and the winter season
  • December 9 - Was it snowier in the "Good Old Days"?
  • December 2 - October vs November, and the Winter to Come
  • November 18 - Tropical Highlight 2009
  • November 11 - November Gales and the Edmund Fitzgerald
  • November 4 - Russian Snow Suppression?
  • October 28 - The Finest Two Acres in Pennsylvania
  • October 14 - Typhoons and the U.S.
  • October 7 - The Colors of Autumn
  • September 23 - Twenty Year Anniversary of Hugo
  • September 9 - Recent Wildfires in California
  • August 26 - Bogus Weather Pictures
  • August 19 - Hurricane Climatology
  • August 5 - Heavy Rain Days
  • July 29 - Hurricane Suppression?
  • July 22 - Apollo 11 Anniversary
  • July 8 - The Loudest Thunder?
  • July 1 - The Weather at Gettysburg
  • June 24 - Year Without a Summer
  • June 10 - The ITCZ and Plane Crashes
  • June 3 - Early Tropical Activity
  • May 27 - Ten Years of EOS Imagery
  • May 13 - VORTEX2, Part II
  • May 12 - VORTEX2, Part I
  • May 6 - Pennsylvania's Observing Network
  • April 29 - Early Warm Spells
  • April 22 - Boston Marathon Weather
  • April 15 - Extreme Weather: Mount Washington
  • April 8 - Sea-Level Pressure
  • April 1 - Severe Weather News
  • March 25 - March, the Snowiest Month?
  • March 18 - March Madness and College Nicknames
  • March 11 - Too Cold or Too Warm to Snow
  • February 25 - Pennsylvania Big-Snow Climatology
  • February 11 - President's Day Snowstorms
  • February 4 - An Historic Ice Storm
  • January 28 - Super Bowl Weather
  • January 21 - Presidential Inauguration Weather
  • January 14 - Farm Show Weather
  • January 7 - 2008 Review, in Images



    2008

  • December 31 - Rose Bowl Weather
  • December 24 - Dreaming of a White Christmas
  • December 17 - Anniversary of the First Flight
  • December 10 - Lake-Effect Highlights
  • December 3 - Review of the 2008 Hurricane Season
  • November 19 - "Thickness", Meteorology Style
  • November 12 - A Meteorological "Daily Double" - A Record High and a Record Low on the Same Day
  • November 5 - Early Season Snow for Northeastern Pennsylvania
  • October 29 - Weather and Election Day
  • October 22 - World Series Weather
  • October 15 - Indian Summer
  • October 8 - October - A "Laid Back" Month
  • October 1 - To Name or Not To Name?
  • September 24 - Hurricane Hunters and Hurricane Janet
  • September 17 - The Unusual Track of Hurricane Ike
  • September 10 - Halfway Through Hurricane Season
  • August 27 - The Chesapeake-Potomac Hurricane of 1933
  • August 20 - Hurricanes Connie and Diane in August 1955
  • August 13 - Summer Olympics in Beijing - Part II
  • August 6 - Summer Olympics in Beijing - Part I
  • July 30 - The Dog Days of Summer
  • July 23 - Rain Day in Waynesburg, PA
  • July 16 - Derechoes: Ferocious Thunderstorm Complexes
  • July 9 - The Weather of Death Valley
  • July 2 - 4thFest Fireworks
  • June 25 - Summer Solstice Tips
  • June 11 - Bad Tornado Year So Far
  • June 4 - The Weather of D-Day
  • May 28 - Penn State Weather Center Gets a Facelift
  • May 21 - Chaiten Volcano Erupts
  • May 14 - Twin Peaks of the North Indian Tropical Season
  • April 23 - Anniversary of Earth Day
  • April 16 - Home of the World's Worst Weather
  • April 9 - Weather History of The Masters
  • April 2 - Pennsylvania Observing Networks
  • March 26 - When is the Last Accumulating Snow?
  • March 19 - The Freezing of Lakes
  • March 12 - Remembering the March 1993 Superstorm
  • March 5 - Recap of Meteorological Winter
  • February 27 - Lake-effect snow
  • February 20 - Ways That the Atmosphere Deposits Ice
  • February 6 - Some Winter Extremes Elsewhere
  • January 30 - Punxsatawney Phil Visits Penn State
  • January 23 - Snowflake Bentley
  • January 16 - Highlights of a Remarkable Storm
  • January 9 - Farm Show Weather
  • January 2 - 2007 Weather in Review



    2007

  • December 26 - The history and climatology of White Chrismas
  • December 12 - How Hollywood portrays tornadoes
  • December 5 - Challenges in forecasting winter precipitation
  • November 21 - Thanksgiving weather in Pennsylvania
  • November 7 - Tropical cyclones in November
  • October 10 - Christopher Columbus and the weather
  • October 3 - 50th anniversary of Sputnik
  • September 26 - Changes in National Weather Service warnings
  • September 19 - Lightning and football
  • August 15 - Hurricanes Connie and Diane
  • August 8 - The Perseid meteor shower
  • August 1 - The "average" summer of 2007
  • July 25 - How rare are 100-degree days in Pennsylvania
  • July 18 - Mesoscale Convective Complexes
  • July 4 - Weather on the original Fourth of July
  • June 6 - The "Blue Moon"
  • May 30 - A look back at the tornado outbreak of May 31, 1985
  • May 9 - 400th anniversary of Jamestown settlement
  • May 2 - Start of severe weather season in Pennsylvania
  • April 25 - The start of the 2007 MLB season
  • April 11 - Spring: Two steps forward, one step backward
  • April 4 - The event that got me into weather: The Superoutbreak
  • March 28 - Historic Pennsylvania floods
  • March 21 - The first day of spring
  • March 7 - Prevailing winds



    Others of Interest

  • October 25, 2006 - Weather clues from the natural world
  • November 1, 2006 - Nor'easters and Ben Franklin