Welcome to the Meteorology & Climatology topic at Suite101! This new topic explores exciting areas in weather and climate study such as global warming and weather trends.
Welcome! I am so excited to be the new Feature Writer for the new Meteorology & Climatology topic. This new topic has so many areas to explore, from weather forecasting to storm chasing and global climate changes and on and on. I would like to bring more attention to this topic, by keeping discussions up-to-date, creating weekly or monthly polls and writing intriguing weather and climate stories.
Weather is always in the news, from hurricanes to heat waves or record snow. Each season creates new weather forecasting challenges, coupled with the opportunity to use newly developed technology in meteorology. Weather forecasters are either your best friend or your enemy, depending on how accurate weather predictions are.
Today the Northwest has been in the news, with record wind gusts, rainfall totals and damaging storm debris. Roads are closed along the coast and coastal mountain passes, with trees and branches falling on roadways. Flooding is the new threat, leaving some stranded. The winter weather has created such a mess for people over here in the Northwest.
Read on for more information about winter storms, specifically Nor'Easters.
