After watching this 14 years of weather time-lapse in the United States, I’ve confirmed the one thing I already knew: every state’s weather sucks except for California’s. Watch it and you’ll agree with me. More »
The Sun? Clouds? Little wavy lines? These cryptic icons used by meteorologists only serve to confuse those of us wanting to know tomorrow’s forecast. So Robb Godshaw created this easy-to-understand forecasting device that lets you feel what tomorrow’s temperature will be. More »
Earth never ceases to amaze me. Look at this sandstorm taking over the east Atlantic from the coast of Africa on January 19, 2012. At more than a million square kilometres, it could engulf the entire northeastern United States. More »
I was running around Manhattan the night of December 22, and the temperature was 13C. Being a bratty Californian, I admit I was thrilled to not be shivering. But the responsible part of my brain also found it disconcerting. More »
Think you’re looking at some gnarly surf off the coast of Hawaii? You’re way off. These curled peaks — known as Kelvin-Helmholtz wave clouds — actually formed over the land-locked city of Birmingham, Alabama. More »
This is a pretty picture of a rare occurrence, the odd coupling of a rainbow and a waterspout dancing side by side. Waterspouts are tornadoes over water. This happened near Crete, Greece, in the Mediterranean sea. More »
Despite being the coldest national capital in the world, Mongolia’s Ulan Bator is about to undertake a unique climatological experiment — employing artificial glaciers to cool and water the city during its warmer months. More »
This looks like it should be airbrushed onto the side of a really tacky t-shirt, but it’s actually quite real! An Air Force F-15E near Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, illuminated by apocalyptic lightning. More »
There’s two easy ways to work out what the weather’s doing outside. You could stick your Android phone out the window and see if it comes back wet, in which case it’s raining. Or you could install MobWeather. More »
