The relation between the amount and quality of information available to meteorologists and the accuracy of their forecasts of a highly uncertain event (severe weather) was investigated. In three studies, meteorologists made forecasts under a total of four different information conditions. Forecast accuracy was low, and as the amount and quality of the information increased substantially, there ...

In much of the central and eastern United States, tree damage is typically the most common damage indicator available to National Weather Service meteorologists estimating wind speeds from convective storms. Unfortunately, most meteorologists have little or no formal training in the susceptibility of trees to high winds, and the Enhanced Fujita scale does not address many of the various factors...

Abstract Two widely accepted conceptual models of extratropical cyclone structure and evolution exist: the Norwegian Shapiro–Keyser models. The model was developed around 1920 by Bergen School meteorologists. This has come to feature an acute angle between cold warm fronts, with reduction in area sector during corresponding formation occluded front. 1990 motivated recognition alternative fronta...

Advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) forecast systems have shown superiority to traditional regression models in a number of research projects (e.g. Burrows 1997, Dean and Fiedler 2002). Yet operational use of AI-based forecast systems remains limited in comparison with older regression-based statistical forecast systems. Likewise, development of AI forecast systems by operational forecasters ...

Abstract The narratives of emerging adults, such as university students, can reveal aspects their professional and academic identities that explain career paths. While narrative has been studied a tool in the meteorological classroom, not used to study why students choose become meteorologists. This aims identify features about what draws pursue meteorology reflect upon how telling these help c...