Weather Wherever

One of George Carlin’s classic routines was the hippie-dippie weatherman who proclaimed (through his own personal fog) that “There’s gonna be weather...everywhere!” These days, there are weather blogs everywhere.

I find it interesting that two types of scientists with equal passion for their work are so different when it comes to blogging. Engineers don’t blog, but weather observers and forecasters just love to share their thoughts. A bit of research showed that TV stations across the country have blogs for their weather folk - the South and Midwest seem to be particularly fond of blogging. In addition to the TV and radio stations there are individual weather lovers who obviously have a professional level of expertise.

Here is my very small sampling of weather blogs:

Jeff Master’s blog - http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/show.html

The Weather Channel - http://www.weather.com/blog/weather/

Maryland - http://blogs.marylandweather.com/

Chicago - http://wgntv.trb.com/news/weather/weblog/wgnweather/

Alabama - http://www.jamesspann.com/bmachine/wxtalk.php

Accuweather - http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/community_blog.asp

USA Today - http://blogs.usatoday.com/weather/

There is one more – a site I visit just about every day – that is well worth a look. Mt. Washington is the highest point in the eastern part of the U.S., and has some of the world’s worst weather. There has been a weather station on the top of the “Rockpile” for decades, and it was here that the highest surface wind speed on earth was recorded in 1934.

The site is www.mountwashington.org; not strictly a blog, but it does have an “Observer Comments” column that is blog-like with daily discussions of life at the top. Webcams offer views from the mountain top, and the photo archives contain stunning pictures from the surrounding hills and valleys like this:

Wherever you are, there’s a weather blog for you. Enjoy!