Tag Archives: meteorology

Weather Whys in Bookstores

Posted on March 13, 2010 by

We can’t live on language and grammar alone, so please let me share my exciting news with you. My weather book, Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities is available in bookstores (and online) now. I think that anyone who’s interested in the … Continue reading →

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A Chicken in Every Pot, and Weather Whys in Every Bathroom

Posted on February 27, 2010 by

As regular readers of the blog are undoubtedly aware by now, my weather book, Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities, will be in book stores in just a couple of days (March 2, to be exact). One of the advance-sale … Continue reading →

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Hot as a Firecracker for the Fourth of July

Posted on July 3, 2009 by

Language and meteorology are intertwined, of course, since communicating the forecast accurately is just about as important as getting the forecast accurate in the first place, and cliches in meteorology are as ineffective (and annoying) as they are in any … Continue reading →

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The “C” in Arctic Stands for Cold!

Posted on January 13, 2009 by

While the blast of bitterly cold Canadian air will be the major weather story across the country for the next several days, I thought that it was a good time to correct a common pronunciation (and possibly spelling) error. The … Continue reading →

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Storm Chasers–I Don’t Think So

Posted on October 23, 2008 by

Storm chasing is one of the rare instances where science and cool seem to meet, which is evidenced by the preponderance of television shows that highlight storm chasers. In fact, there is at least one reality show based on storm … Continue reading →

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