IBM’s Watson may be the talk of the tech nerds these days, but IBM’s “Deep” generation of supercomputers haven’t faded into complete obscurity since Deep Blue beat Garry Kasparov in chess 15 years ago. In fact, its brother, Deep Thunder will bring its hyper-precise weather forecasts to the iPad.
Remember that huge solar storm from January? The one behind stunning auroras seen in Australia and overseas. Expect to hear more as we get closer to solar maximum next year – part of the sun’s regular 11-year cycle of activity. The latest: A new geomagnetic and solar radiation storm (formed after two solar plasma bursts called Coronal Mass Ejections) is hurtling towards earth at 6.4 million/km an hour, and due to hit tonight!
This photo of a rolling arcus cloud was taken on a ship off the coast of Brazil. While it looks menacing enough to fuel another 2012 end-of-the-world conspiracy, it’s also downright breathtaking.
Earlier this week, Panama City Beach, Florida, was overwhelmed with a sweeping wave of fog that was not unlike a cloud tsunami. It crept onto the beach and rolled right over buildings, giving off an almost supernatural aura.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
