Jeff Braun As Hurricane Dolly made its way into southern Texas July 24, 2008 with 100+ mph winds, drenching a 40 mile wide and 100mile long stretch, along and north of the Rio Grande River, with anywhere between 8 and 22 inches of rain, it heralded the true beginning of tropical cyclone season here in the lower 48. Yes, the Continue Reading
Jeff Braun With the main portion of Tropical Cyclone Season still around the corner (it’s slowly winding up), we thought we’d point you to the next generation of the operational TCFP product at: http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/projects/gparm/index.asp. New features include: • Extended domain: The product has been extended to cover the Northern Hemisphere Central and West Pacific tropical cyclone basins. Continue Reading
Jeff Braun Below are some links to, or copies of, some perhaps lesser known meteorological training materials. Many of these have been born out of Aviation Weather programs either here in the USA through the military Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA) or the FAA, or from up north and our Canadian Neighbors. Although some of Continue Reading
J. Braun Who or what is Dvorak? A. An opinion/editoralist writer for PC magazine. B. The man who invented the Dvorak simplified keyboard layout. C. The largest car sales and rental car companu in the Czech Republic. D. The man who developed the Dvorak tropical cyclone intensity (classification) system. E. A Chicago born folk singer/musician. F. A famous Continue Reading
