1. Damage from California mudslides during 1997–98 El Nino

    El Niño or La Nada?

    Why seasonal forecasting can’t tell us with certainty what to expect this summer—and why we might soon have a stronger sense of what late 2014 and early 2015 are likely to bring to large parts of the globe.

    • Climate,
    • Weather

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  2. Plowing snow in New Hampshire: How do cold winters and climate change intersect?

    It was so cold! (How cold was it?)

    How does the U.S. winter of 2013–14 rank against its predecessors? And was it a harbinger of more cold winters to come for parts of the country, or simply an outlier at a time of largely warming winters?

    • Climate,
    • Weather

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  3. Snow and the Super Bowl: Chicago's worst blizzard struck in January 1967

    Forecasting the big game: 1967 vs. 2014

    If the official weather forecast holds, Sunday's Super Bowl won’t have to be postponed. But the outlook would be far more uncertain if predictions today were as primitive as they were at the time of the first Super Bowl in 1967.

    • Weather

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  4. Can a two-week forecast warn us of Super Bowl snow? Pictured: 1950 "Snow Bowl"

    A super forecasting challenge

    Next month’s Super Bowl will be the first ever held in an open stadium in the northern U.S. What weather might we expect two weeks from now, and how might research improve a forecast in that time range?

    • Weather

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  5. Winter driving on I-84 at Meacham Hill, Oregon

    New technology targets slick winter roads

    Three states are deploying snowplows this winter with custom-designed sensors to better monitor weather and road conditions.

    • Weather

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