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28 January 2015
Predicting the Weather is Tricky Work
This is a guest post by long-time Raleigh North Carolina Meteorologist (and friend) Greg Fishel of WRAL-TV During Tuesday’s 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. news, I talked about ensembles, how they outperformed the deterministic models for New York City last night and that they appear to be performing better for the local area with regard to a storm arriving on Sunday. First, what are ensembles and why are they so …
30 January 2014
The Governor of Georgia Is Entitled To His Own Opinion, But Not His Own Facts
There is a firestorm brewing tonight over remarks by Georgia Governor Nathan Deal who blamed the National Weather Service forecast for the mess on Georgia roads last night, when thousands were stranded in their cars on icy freeways. To quote Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the Governor “is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.” While no forecast is ever perfect, the NWS did NOT miss the forecast. For …
5 March 2013
Why It’s So Difficult To Forecast Snowfall
Big Storm Brewing March looks like it will come in like a lion this week with a major storm likely to cause significant disruptions from Northern Virginia to Maine. The heaviest snow will probably fall just west fo the I-95 corridor but it will be a heavy wet snow, and it may be heavy enough to cause major power outages. Some guidance is indicating over 2 feet of snow and that might even cause structural damage …
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.