Meteorologists Make for Fun Neighbors
September 30th, 2010 | Bill KirkThe first time I scared the heck out of my neighbors here in Eastern PA (U.S.A.) was on the 7th of September 1995. It was an abnormally hot day with a sweltering temperature of 91F and a heat index in the mid to upper 90s - hazy, hot and humid was an understatement. On this day my neighbors thought I was 1) crazy or 2) maybe I knew something really big weather wise was about to happen...
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60 days + 64,000 forecasters = 59 day old forecast?
September 29th, 2010 | Bill KirkWhile some think weather prediction is as simple as looking out the window, licking your finger and holding it to the heavens to make a forecast, it's a bit more complicated than that, in fact much more complicated. The science behind predicting the weather has been around for over 100 years with the "primitive equations" that make even the smartest mathematician's head spin. To give a sense of that complexity a leading mathematician by the name of Lewis Fry Richardson in 1904 said it would take 64,000 highly skilled scientists 2 months to make a 1 day forecast! Hmmm...Houston, we have a problem.
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Never say Never...
September 28th, 2010 | Bill KirkWith the launch of weathertrends360.com we'll soon be adding long-range weather forecasting to this list of things that would never happen but ultimately did! In 2008 on national TV an academic meteorology professor said that "every now and then a blind squirrel finds a nut"when asked by ABC 20/20 Sam Champion whether long range forecasting was even possible. Feel the sarcasm? Obviously the professor was a skeptic but the irony is he actually teaches a course on long range weather forecasting! The rest of the story behind the inspiration of weathertrends360...
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Welcome to the WT360 Blog
September 20th, 2010 | Bill KirkImagine saying to someone that, "you no longer have to leave the weather to chance...there is a place where you can discover your ideal future weather for any day, everywhere in the world 360 days ahead!" While that seems like an impossible statement, it's true...welcome to weathertrends360, bringing the world free, year ahead weather forecasts.
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Winter Outlook 2010-2011 (Northern Hemisphere)
September 19th, 2010 | Bill KirkLast year the Winter in the U.S. was the snowiest in 14 years (25% above average) with the 3rd straight season with very snowy conditions across the U.S. Our neighbors to the North in Canada had a reprieve with much below average snowfall (-30%) and we all remember the helicopters airlifting in snow to the Olympics.
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Woolly Worm Weather Folklore - Fact or Fiction?
September 18th, 2010 | Bill KirkI just saw my first "woolly worm" of the season (also known as the woolly bear for our friends to the North) here in Eastern Pennsylvania (USA) and it was all brown! Folklore suggest this will bring a mild Winter. Legend has it that the a reddish brown color on the fuzzy creature means mild Winter periods while the black areas suggest severe Winter weather. Fact or Fiction?
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