American Meteorological Society

On #Skywarn Recognition Day, we celebrate the dedication of Skywarn volunteers and their invaluable service to the weather, water, and climate community. Thank you for providing critical weather information before, during, and after adverse weather strikes ⛈️🌪️! #skywarn2024

WORD OF THE WEEK 💬 Whiteout — (Also called milky weather.) An atmospheric optical phenomenon in which the observer appears to be engulfed in a uniformly white glow. Neither shadows, horizon, nor clouds are discernible; sense of depth and orientation is lost; only very dark, nearby objects can be seen. Whiteout occurs over an unbroken snow cover and beneath a uniformly overcast sky, when, with the aid of the snow blink effect, the light from the sky is about equal to that from the snow surface. Blowing snow may be an additional cause. This phenomenon is experienced in the air as well as on the ground.

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Today in history 🗓 5 December 1953: A tornado outbreak traveled across northeastern Louisiana, southeastern Arkansas and western Mississippi, with at least four confirmed tornadoes including a F5 tornado that destroyed Vicksburg, MS, causing 38 deaths after crossing the Mississippi River. Photo credit 📷: The Vicksburg Post

On the Front Page blog, Gretchen Mullendore of NSF NCAR discusses challenges and opportunities for community Earth system modeling--from AI's potential, to new forms of collaboration, to the role of the private sector. Mullendore is a member of the AMS Weather Enterprise Study's Community Modeling working group, who presented their findings during the 2024 Summer Community Meeting. https://bit.ly/3OEDvPT

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NASA's Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) recorded enormous swells in the atmosphere that the hurricane produced roughly 55 miles above the ground. Check out Hurricane Helene’s Gravity Waves here: https://lnkd.in/eQGcU9QW Photo credit 📷: Utah State University

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