The “Hawaiian Blizzard” DebacleIn early December, the National Weather Service office in Honolulu issued a Blizzard Warning for the Big Island summits. The highest peaks…Dec 6, 2021Dec 6, 2021
Climate Doesn’t Have To Be A Dirty WordAs a meteorologist with a very large social media footprint, I can tell you that mentioning the word “climate” will bring out much weeping…Jul 20, 2021A response icon8Jul 20, 2021A response icon8
Snow Forecasts, Communicating Uncertainty, and Social Media Hissy FitsThis is my 41st year employed as a professional meteorologist. As best as I can calculate, I have done over 32,000 television weathercasts…Feb 1, 2019A response icon6Feb 1, 2019A response icon6
Climate CrazinessI hold by my long standing policy not to comment on politics, or politicians. Quite frankly, I can’t; I am technically in a news department…Dec 30, 2017A response icon1Dec 30, 2017A response icon1
Wading Through Bile And Weapons Grade IgnoranceAfter sharing a comment thread that followed one of my Facebook updates on Hurricane Irma with my associates on the WeatherBrains podcast…Sep 12, 2017A response icon9Sep 12, 2017A response icon9
The Severe Weather Warning Process… We All Have Work To DoA small, short-lived tornado touched down in western Cullman County Saturday evening producing damage, but thankfully no injuries. It…Apr 24, 2017A response icon1Apr 24, 2017A response icon1
A Failure To CommunicateI think it is now clear to many of us in the weather enterprise that we have to rethink the way we communicate weather information to the…Nov 25, 2016A response icon9Nov 25, 2016A response icon9
Improving The Warning ProcessI have spent the last two days at a wonderful Integrated Warning Team workshop, hosted by the National Weather Service in Chanhassen…Sep 15, 2016Sep 15, 2016
Summer Weather PrimerI actually wrote this essay on our weather blog five years ago, but it is just as relevant today. Most of you know I do weather on…May 30, 2016May 30, 2016
Is There Any Hope For TV Meteorologists?Developments over the last few months have not been good for those of us that do weather on traditional broadcast outlets.Apr 17, 2016A response icon11Apr 17, 2016A response icon11
