WxYz (WeatherWhys) Features (since 2008)

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 12 - VORTEX2, Part I
May 13 - VORTEX2, Part II
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 25 - Ways That the Atmosphere Deposits Ice
February 11 - 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
Others of Interest

October 10, 2007 - Christopher Columbus and the weather
May 9, 2007 - 400th anniversary of Jamestown settlement
October 25, 2006 - Weather clues from the natural world
November 1, 2006 - Nor'easters and Ben Franklin