I watched Superbowl XXXI on TV yesterday with a young Brett Favre and Desmond Howard – they defeated the Patriots 35 to 27. Drew Bledsoe was the New England Quarterback, John Madden was the sportscaster. This was well before instant replays called by the refs. I had to keep looking outside to make sure there […]
We have many weather watchers in the world both professional and amateur keeping statistics of what goes on at ground level perhaps more so now than ever due to Covid19. We talk a lot about how cold or warm it is or is going to be, how much rain or snow may or may not […]
Ever wonder what it would be like if we lived at about the same latitude in the Southern Hemisphere? In New Zealand the city of Christchurch is located at 43° 31’ south so it is about as far south of the Equator as we are north of it. And thus, their summer is in December, […]
We haven’t had a lot of weather which is indicative of wanting to spend much time outdoors this spring. Wet and chilly seems to be the pattern we are stuck in with our active weather patterns this month. Many of us are stuck on our homesteads with the uncooperative weather keeping us indoors rather than […]
Yesterday morning we said goodbye to our old friend Jett, our companion for 15 years. He was an Aussie (Australian Shepherd) who was a protector, grandchild herder, and soccer ball lover. We had many toys for him however he generally only would play with his soccer ball. He went through several during his lifetime. Luckily […]
April 19 1957: Less than a week after record low temperatures in the teens, high temperatures are pushing 80 degrees across Lower Michigan. Muskegon went from 19 degrees on the 15th to a high of 79 on this date, a rise of 60 degrees in four days. April 20 1966: A tornado killed livestock and […]
Bringing Science to Weather Forecasting Cleveland Abbe (1838-1916) was already established as an astronomer and meteorologist when the federal government formed a brand new weather service in 1870 under the U.S. Army Signal Corps. On January 3, 1871, Abbe took a risk and joined the fledgling organization as its first chief scientist. This move […]
I was asked where these articles came from. Some of these come from the NOAA and NWS archives, others from scouring the internet for old publications on college and government servers. These articles are becoming harder to find especially those about the weather. I am getting them here on my server for prosperity so they […]
Once again I am continuing with some old history of meteorology for prosperity. This once is interesting because it contains the first known photograph of a tornado and the explanation of their formation. This article will continue tomorrow. JOHN PARK FINLEY: EARLY TORNADO FORECASTS Part 1: The Early Years To know when severe weather approaches […]
We are now well into April and as is typical this year there have been a lot of up and downs. In looking back April has some of the biggest year to year swings in weather we have here in Michigan. It has been as hot as 90 and as cold as +3 here at […]