Entries filed under 'weather'

What to Do (and One Crazy Thing Not to Do) to Avoid Lightning Strikes

Lightning is serious stuff: It strikes approximately 400 Americans per year and around 10% of lightning-strike victims die. Here are some strategies from the NOLS Wilderness Medicine Institute about how to avoid becoming a statistic. ...

Posted by Hovey WMI on May 10, 2013 1:30 PM & Tagged Wilderness Medicine Institute, lightning and weather | permalink | Comments



When the Weather Forecast Calls for a 70% Chance of Rain, What Exactly Does That Mean?

Should we expect that 70% of a geographic area has a 100% chance of getting rain? That rain will fall during 70% of the day? Or something else entirely? We asked the chief meteorologist of Seattle's NBC affiliate to help us figure it out. ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on April 29, 2013 12:15 PM & Tagged rain, seattle and weather | permalink | Comments



Hurricane Sandy Affects National Parks

Heavy snow has closed Shenandoah National Park, and the big storm has also produced ice and snow that has closed some roads in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The weather has been a disruptive factor for hikers on the Appalachian Trail as well. ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on October 30, 2012 1:30 PM & Tagged Hurricane Sandy, national parks and weather | permalink | Comments



A Bolt from the Blue: Some Lightning Safety Tips for Lightning Awareness Week

News flash (not to be confused with a lightning flash): Lightning Awareness Week runs through Saturday, June 30. Test your high-voltage knowledge with this lightning-awareness quiz provided by Seattle television weather forecaster Jeff Renner (chief meteorologist at NBC affiliate KING-TV) and author of Mountain Weather: If a storm that includes lightning quickly develops while you're in high-elevation backcountry, your best move is to descend to a lower elevation. If that's not possible, which ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on July 3, 2012 1:49 PM & Tagged Jeff Renner, Mountain Weather, lightning and weather | permalink | Comments



Weather News: New Website Offers a Historical View; Yosemite Digs Out

Weather junkies, here's a new destination worth a look: WeatherSpark.com. Key among its features: Historical weather patterns for every day of the year for any global weather station in its mix—4,000 so far, with more, ideally lots more, to be added. WeatherSpark is the brainchild of 2 former Stanford engineering whiz kids, Sweden native Jacob Norda and former Wisconsinite James Diebel. The site collects data from 3 sources—the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Norwegian ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on March 25, 2011 1:15 PM & Tagged forecasts and weather | permalink | Comments