A Flaky February After All
Meteorological winter ended at midnight last night. (Astronomical winter has about three weeks left. And, of course, Mother Nature cares little for how we define winter with accumulating snow falling...
View ArticleU.S. Basks, Rest of the Northern Hemisphere Shivers
The average March temperature in Rochester was 47.3 degrees. This was a remarkable 13 degrees above average.The average winter (December-January-February) temperature in Rochester was 32.4 degrees....
View ArticleHere comes the sun
As many celebrated the arrival of spring with warm, sunny days, some may have also noticed that sun glare has become a bit of an issue for that early morning drive.Sun glare refers to the contrast...
View ArticleHow hot has it been this summer?
This summer has been, by many measures, a brutal one in much of the lower 48 states. Record heat and a pervasive drought have been in the headlines since the late spring and the toll on agriculture...
View ArticleBlog: Is Rochester one of "America's Safest Weather Cities"?
Recently, The Weather Channel (TWC) released a report highlighting “America’s Safest Weather Cities.” There were two on the list in the Northeast: Caribou, Maine and Rochester.Interestingly, for a...
View ArticleVibrant fall colors
As the last of autumn’s leaves float to the ground in the coming days, we can ve thankful for one of the most vibrant fall color seasons in years. Interestingly, this comes after direr predictions of...
View ArticleIt's a New Year and a New Pattern
This past month of December started much as last December did in Rochester, warm and snow-free. But that changed midway through the month as a new hemispheric jet stream pattern emerged. (The...
View ArticleWhat kind of weather can we expect this March?
It has been 22 years since this area was glazed by one of the biggest ice storms to strike the United States.The Rochester/Genesee Valley ice storm commenced on March 3, 1991.It resulted from low...
View ArticleSocial media and forecasting the weather
It is well known that social media is playing an increasingly large role in societal communications. It is also becoming an increasingly significant component in meteorological forecasting and...
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