Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog

• Major pollution in California Oct 2007
• Major air pollution episode underway Aug 2007
• Pick your poison May 2007
• Ozone pollution improving in the U.S. May 2007
• Air pollution season begins Apr 2007
• Texas air pollution study gets help from the Hurricane Hunters May 2006
• Air pollution forecasting May 2006
• More on air pollution progress and challenges May 2006
• Air pollution May 2006
• Air pollution episode over western U.S. Dec 2005
• Air Quality Awareness Days Jun 2005

• Earth Day photos--2008 Apr 2008
• Earth Day photos--2007 Apr 2007
• Spectacular cloud holes yesterday Jan 2007
• Earth Day photos--2006 Apr 2006
• The coldest clouds Dec 2005
• Virga May 2005
• The dreaded bad-i-sad-o-bist-roz May 2005
• Haboob! May 2005
• Cloud Streets May 2005
• The 360-degree Rainbow Apr 2005

• Lufthansa jet narrowly avoids crashing in German windstorm Mar 2008
• A weather mystery solved! Nov 2006
• Help solve a weather mystery Nov 2006
• Flying into a record Nor'easter Feb 2006
• Hunting Hugo: the Hurricane Hunters' wildest ride

• The Rough Guide to Climate Change: A book review Jan 2008
• Extreme Weather: a book review Jan 2008
• Christmas weather books and Storm Chaser book review Dec 2007
• F5: a book review Jun 2007
• Bryan Norcross's Hurricane Almanac: a book review May 2007
• Hurricane Katrina revisited: a book review of The Storm Mar 2007
• Storm Warning--a book review Mar 2007
• Oscar time for Al Gore's movie Feb 2007
• Michael Crichton's State of Fear
• Field Notes from a Catastrophe Jul 2006
• Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth movie review Jun 2006
• The Day After Tomorrow movie review

• Arctic sea ice bottoms out at second lowest on record Sep 2008
• Climate Change Shifts Jet Stream Jun 2008
• The future of wind shear: will it decrease the number of hurricanes? May 2008
• Chile's volcano not likely to affect the climate May 2008
• Arctic ice melting season begins Apr 2008
• If global warming is occurring, why was the winter of 2007-2008 so cold and snowy? Mar 2008
• Are tornadoes getting stronger and more frequent? Feb 2008
• The future of flooding Feb 2008
• Geoengineering: should we pump sulfur into the stratosphere? Feb 2008

• 2007: Fifth warmest year on record Jan 2008
• Next century's most important place in the world--Greenland? Dec 2007
• Antarctic iceberg sinks cruise ship Nov 2007
• California fires and global warming Sep 2007
• Fabled Northwest Passage begins to re-freeze Oct 2007
• Polar ice cap gone by 2030? Sep 2007
• One third of Arctic ice cap now missing Aug 2007
• Arctic sea ice reaches a record minimum Aug 2007
• Record Arctic sea ice loss in July Aug 2007
• Warmer Water, SUPER HURRICANES Jul 2007
• Sea life's importance to the climate May 2007
• New record Arctic sea ice minimum May 2007
• The Climate Change Storm Apr 2007
• Warmest winter on record for the globe Mar 2007
• Oscar time for Al Gore's movie Feb 2007
• Future abrupt loss of Arctic sea ice Feb 2007
• Why Arctic sea ice is shrinking Feb 2007
• The pole star and Arctic climate change Feb 2007
• Arctic climate change: the past 100 years Feb 2007
• Groundhogs, tornadoes, hurricanes, and the new IPCC report Feb 2007
• Landmark climate change report coming Friday Jan 2007
• Nuclear war and climate change Jan 2007
• State of U.S. global warming efforts: Business as Usual Jan 2007
• The big weather meeting Jan 2007
• Global cooling Jan 2007
• 2006: warmest year on record in the U.S. Jan 2007
• 72° in New York City Jan 2007

• Huge Arctic ice shelf breaks away Dec 2006
• Dreaming of a brown Christmas Dec 2006
• Climate change consensus study examined Jun 2006
• Is carbon dioxide a pollutant? May 2006
• Global warming a hoax no longer May 2006
• Climate of Fear Apr 2006
• Stronger SST-intense hurricane link? Apr 2006
• Hurricane scientists divided on global warming issue Apr 2006
• Are Category 4 and 5 hurricane increasing globally? (Part II) Mar 2006
• Are Category 4 and 5 hurricanes increasing in number? Mar 2006
• Antarctica melting? Mar 2006
• Acidifying the oceans Mar 2006
• International Environmental Data Rescue Organization Mar 2006
• Greenland's greenhouse Feb 2006
• Happy Birthday, Kyoto Feb 2006
• Global warming underestimated? Feb 2006
• The NASA/Dr. James Hansen affair Feb 2006
• NASA tries to silence its top climate researcher Jan 2006
• Global warming and hurricanes part 2: An increase in late-season activity? Jan 2006

• Global warming and hurricanes part 1: The natural cycle Dec 2005
• The Keeling Curve Jun 2005
• Record Arctic ozone loss this Spring May 2005
• Aurora activty and ozone loss May 2005
• The skeptics vs. the Ozone Hole

• Winter rains ease Southeast U.S. drought Feb 2008
• Top U.S. weather story of 2007: the Southeast U.S. drought Jan 2008
• California fires fueled by record drought Oct 2007
• Rain blesses Phoenix Mar 2006
• Drought relief? Jan 2006
• The Texas drought Jan 2006
• Texas drought thriving Jan 2006

• California fires generating significant pollution Jul 2008
• California fires could reach record levels in 2008 Jun 2008
• California fires and global warming Sep 2007
• Major pollution in California Oct 2007
• Santa Ana winds ease Oct 2007
• California fires fueled by record drought Oct 2007
• Beneficial Barry Jun 2007
• Barry weakens, douses Florida with needed rains Jun 2007
• Andrea no help for Florida's fires May 2007

• Midwest flood price tag $8 billion; Extreme Weather magazine review Jun 2008
• Two 500-year floods in 15 years Jun 2008
• Iowa flood price tag at $2 billion and growing Jun 2008
• Flood waters recede in Cedar Rapids Jun 2008
• Historic flooding hits Iowa Jun 2008
• Spring flooding hits Midwest; Southeast drought eases Feb 2008
• The future of flooding Feb 2008
• Mexico's Katrina Nov 2007
• Midwestern floods Aug 2007
• Texas floods kill 5 May 2007
• Flood walls hold on the Susquehanna Jun 2006
• Northeast flooding May 2006
• Northeast flooding continues; Hong Hong breathing easier May 2006
• Northeast flooding May 2006
• Hawaii gets a temporary reprieve Mar 2006
• Philippines disaster Feb 2006

• More heat Jul 2007
• Hot, then cold! Apr 2007
• Ultramarathon today in Death Valley Jul 2006
• More heat Jul 2006
• The heat goes on... Jul 2006
• The heat is on Jul 2006

• Cyclopsychic research breakthrough proves hurricanes/global warming connection Apr 2008
• Groundhog sees his shadow--six more weeks of winter? Feb 2008
• Treating scientists as bags of mostly water Dec 2007
• What's brewing in Greenland? Nov 2006
• Hurricane humor Mar 2006
• World's Largest Weather Instrument Aug 2005

• Hurricanes, typhoons, and tropical cyclones of 2008 (index into 206 blogs posted Jan-Dec 2008)
• Heavy Internet weather Oct 2008
• The sea turtle forecast for Fay Aug 2008
• The future of wind shear: will it decrease the number of hurricanes? May 2008
• May 2008: month of the natural disaster May 2008
• First tropical wave of the year; Postcards V: Hurricane warning probabilities May 2008
• Postcards IV: Katrina's storm surge, and the Rita evacuation May 2008
• Postcards III: Robot aircraft for hurricane research Apr 2008
• Postcards II: hurricane database issues, and the Bill Gray show Apr 2008
• Postcards from the Orlando Hurricane Conference Apr 2008
• Big money for hurricane research for 2009? Mar 2008
• The biggest storms of the 2007 global hurricane season Feb 2008
• The global hurricane season of 2007: was it unusual? Jan 2008
• The new NHC director is Bill Read Jan 2008
• Robot aircraft get major funding for hurricane work Jan 2008
• Hurricane Katrina--Looking Back to Look Ahead Jan 2008
• NHC management changes Aug 2007

• Hurricanes, typhoons, and tropical cyclones of 2007 (index into 198 blogs posted Jan-Dec 2007)
• Hurricane season of 2008 forecast to be moderately more active than average Dec 2007
• QuikSCAT satellite showing its age; ASCAT satellite helping out Dec 2007
• Bill Proenza returns to his old job Sep 2007
• Katrina's 2nd anniversary Aug 2007
• Former NHC chief Bob Burpee dies Aug 2007
• Warmer Water, SUPER HURRICANES Jul 2007
• Challenging Bill Proenza's QuikSCAT numbers Jul 2007
• An American Tragedy: 50th Anniversary of Hurricane Audrey Jun 2007
• Grading NHC's Tropical Weather Outlook Jun 2007
• National Hurricane Conference news Apr 2007
• New Orleans levee report blames Army Corps Mar 2007
• NHC director Proenza calls for new satellite Mar 2007
• Hurricane research flights grounded Feb 2007
• Good news for the 2007 hurricane season Jan 2007

• Hurricanes, typhoons, and tropical cyclones of 2006 (index into 222 blogs posted Jan-Dec 2006)
• The hurricane shrine of Key West Dec 2006
• A visit to ground zero of Hurricane Charley Dec 2006
• Of dust and hurricanes Dec 2006
• Bill Proenza named new NHC director Dec 2006
• New NHC Director to be announced today Dec 2006
• Hurricanes on other planets? Nov 2006
• Big money for hurricane research? Oct 2006
• Dr. Suppresso Oct 2006
• Superdome reopens! Sep 2006
• Max Mayfield to retire as head of NHC Aug 2006
• New Orleans levees on hold Jul 2006
• New Orleans levee plan released Jul 2006
• Judge restricts NOAA hurricane hunter jet Jul 2006
• Hurricane Katrina death toll raised to 1823 May 2006
• Hurricane help on the way May 2006
• A new airplane for the hurricane hunters May 2006
• Controlling hurricanes Apr 2006
• Hurricane scientists divided on global warming issue Apr 2006
• Should-have-been-Tammy Apr 2006
• Stronger SST-intense hurricane link? Apr 2006
• No more Katrinas Apr 2006
• Are Category 4 and 5 hurricane increasing globally? (Part II) Mar 2006
• Are Category 4 and 5 hurricanes increasing in number? Mar 2006
• Global warming and hurricanes part 2: An increase in late-season activity? Jan 2006

• Hurricanes, typhoons, and tropical cyclones of 2005 (index into 251 blogs posted May-Dec 2005)
• Wind-blown reporters Dec 2005
• Global warming and hurricanes part 1: The natural cycle Dec 2005
• Katrina: an unnatural disaster Sep 2005
• The benefits of hurricanes Jun 2005
• Hurricane stories May 2005
• Hunting Hugo: the Hurricane Hunters' wildest ride

• 13th warmest April on record May 2008
• Second warmest March on record; will La Niña be gone by hurricane season? Apr 2008
• If global warming is occurring, why was the winter of 2007-2008 so cold and snowy? Mar 2008
• 2007: Fifth warmest year on record Jan 2008

• Fourth warmest June on record Jul 2007
• Fourth warmest May on record Jun 2007
• Warmest January-April on record; new record Arctic sea ice minimum May 2007
• Warmest winter on record for the globe Mar 2007
• 2006: warmest year on record in the U.S. Jan 2007

• 2006: sixth warmest year on record Dec 2006
• Fourth warmest October on record Nov 2006
• 5th warmest winter on record Mar 2006
• Warmest January on record in U.S. Feb 2006
• 2005: Warmest year on record Jan 2006

• Science Debate 2008
• The new NHC director is Bill Read Jan 2008

• Bill Proenza returns to his old job Sep 2007
• QuikSCAT science at yesterday's hearing Jul 2007
• Probe recommends Proenza's permanent removal Jul 2007
• New NHC revelations Jul 2007
• Congressional NHC hearing tomorrow Jul 2007
• Restoring confidence in NHC Jul 2007
• Bill Proenza gone Jul 2007
• More heat Jul 2007
• Transcript of the NHC press conference; QuikSCAT science Jul 2007
• Revolt at NHC Jul 2007
• Challenging Bill Proenza's QuikSCAT numbers Jul 2007
• Political storm at NHC Jul 2007
• Update on Bill Proenza's doings Jun 2007
• NHC director Bill Proenza under fire Jun 2007
• A new name for the National Hurricane Center? May 2007

• Bill Proenza named new NHC director Dec 2006
• Early Out Retirements At The National Weather Service Feb 2006
• The NASA/Dr. James Hansen affair Feb 2006
• NASA tries to silence its top climate researcher Jan 2006

• NWS politics Nov 2005
• Update on the National Weather Service Duties Act of 2005 Jun 2005
• NWS Employee's Union Press release May 2005
• Follow-up on NWS Duties Act of 2005 discussion May 2005
• National Weather Service forecasts to be banned? Apr 2005

• Tornado kills four Boy Scouts in Iowa Jun 2008
• Tornadoes rip Midwest May 2008
• Parkersburg tornado an EF-5 May 2008
• The tornado season of 2008: climate change to blame? And, tropical update May 2008
• Killer tornadoes rip Iowa, and Minnesota; tropical depression possible late this week May 2008
• Killer tornadoes smash Iowa and Minnesota May 2008
• Mile-wide tornado smashes Windsor, Colorado May 2008
• An unusually early and violent tornado season May 2008
• Tornadoes kill 21 in Missouri and Oklahoma May 2008
• Atlanta tornado one the most damaging on record Mar 2008
• Destructive thunderstorm rips Atlanta Mar 2008
• Record early tornado season set to add more to its tally today Mar 2008
• Are tornadoes getting stronger and more frequent? Mar 2008
• Super Tuesday Outbreak damage surveys find five EF-4 tornadoes Feb 2008
• Super Tuesday tornado outbreak: deadliest in 23 years Feb 2008
• Rare January tornado hits Vancouver, Washington Jan 2008
• More tornadoes and flooding for the Midwest Jan 2008
• Rare January tornadoes rip the Midwest Jan 2008

• Spectacular tornado photos from Michigan Oct 2007
• Tornadoes kill 3 in Michigan..."Medepression" hits Spain Oct 2007
• Tornado kills two in Missouri; more tornadoes on tap for today Oct 2007
• Quiet in the tropics; major severe weather outbreak in the U.S. Oct 2007
• TD 10 spawns EF-1 tornado in Florida; new disturbance a threat to Texas and Louisiana Sep 2007
• Greensburg tornado an EF-5 May 2007
• Another wild night in Tornado Alley May 2007
• Tornado smashes small Kansas town; major tornado outbreak today May 2007
• Weather radios now required for Indiana mobile homes Apr 2007
• Killer tornado hits Texas and Mexico Apr 2007
• Big Wind in the Windy City Apr 2007
• Severe weather moves into the Mississippi Valley Mar 2007
• More tornadoes for the Plains Mar 2007
• Tornadoes and huge hail pound the Plains Mar 2007
• Major tornado outbreak in the Plains Mar 2007
• Lessons learned from the May 3, 1999 tornado Mar 2007
• An early and vicious tornado season Mar 2007
• Deadly tornadoes rip Alabama, Georgia, and Missouri Mar 2007
• Tornadoes rip the U.S. Mar 2007
• Florida's tornadoes and El Niño Feb 2007
• Groundhogs, tornadoes, hurricanes, and the new IPCC report Feb 2007

• F4 tornado confirmed in Missouri Aug 2006
• Major severe weather outbreak possible today May 2006
• Weather Channel arrests Apr 2006
• Tornado season: why so active? Apr 2006
• Tennessee tornadoes Apr 2006
• Major tornado outbreak expected today Apr 2006
• Severe weather outbreak update Apr 2006
• Violent tornado rakes Tennessee Apr 2006
• F4 tornado reported; Brazilian disturbance fizzles Mar 2006
• Tornado damage surveys Mar 2006
• March madness Mar 2006
• A wild weather Sunday Mar 2006
• New Orleans tornado and tropical update Feb 2006

• Tornado intercept vehicles Dec 2005
• Fall tornado rips Indiana Nov 2005
• Indiana tornado Nov 2005
• Tornado Drought Jun 2005

• Green Bay vs. Siberia: comparing Poles of Cold Jan 2008
• Blizzard of '08 leaves 11 feet of snow in the Sierras Jan 2008
• Heavy snow and rain continue to pound California Jan 2008
• Blizzards, hurricane force winds pound California Jan 2008
• Huge storm poised to pound California; snow falls in Florida Jan 2008

• 95L fizzles; Sierras brace for 5-10 feet of snow Dec 2007
• Winter grips North America Dec 2007
• Sunday's 'Noreaster Dec 2007
• Huge storm pounds Pacific Northwest with hurricane force winds Dec 2007
• Black Sea storm causes ecological disaster; powerful Bay of Bengal cyclone forming Nov 2007
• North Sea storm spares England and the Netherlands Nov 2007
• Huge North Sea storm threatens England and the Netherlands with serious flooding Nov 2007
• 'Noreaster Noel whips up high winds and huge waves Nov 2007
• 'Noreaster Noel pounds New England; new tropical depression may hit Nicaragua Nov 2007
• Noel the hurricane becomes Noel the 'Noreaster Nov 2007
• Noel to bring big winds to Massachusetts and Nova Scotia Nov 2007
• Nor'easter of 2007 winds down Apr 2007
• Nor'easter of 2007 slowly winds down Apr 2007
• Nor'easter of 2007 peaks in intensity, continues pounding New England Apr 2007
• High tide in New York brings flooding Apr 2007
• Wind, waters rising across the Northeast Apr 2007
• Hurricane-like Nor'easter may form Sunday Apr 2007
• Winter is back to normal Jan 2007
• Storms and heat in Europe Jan 2007
• 72° in New York City; Avalanche rips Colorado highway Jan 2007

• Winter forecast Nov 2006
• Flying into a record Nor'easter Feb 2006
• Blizzicanes Feb 2006
• Blizzard of 2006: One for the record books Feb 2006
• Historic blizzard pounds NYC Feb 2006
• Category 5 snowstorms Feb 2006
• Five more weeks of winter? Feb 2006
• Wacky winter warmth--no end in sight Jan 2006

• Moscow's very white Christmas Dec 2005
• This winter's forecast: NOAA vs. the woolly bears Nov 2005
• Forecast for the winter of 2005-2006:: Part I, the woolly bears Nov 2005