1. Southern Ocean research: SOCRATES logo

    The climate secrets of southern clouds

    An international team of scientists will head to the remote Southern Ocean for six weeks to study clouds.

    • Climate,
    • Weather

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  2. NOAA precipitation forecast for 2017-18 winter

    A record winter during the American Revolution almost put independence on ice

    George Washington lacked a modern seasonal forecast when his army faced unprecedented cold in the winter of 1779-80.

    • Weather

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  3. Precipitation in the WRF model

    Groundbreaking data set gives unprecedented look at future weather

    A rich, new data set is giving scientists an unprecedented look at the future of weather

    • Climate,
    • Data,
    • Weather

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  4. The Sun. Credit NASA.

    New model reveals origins of the Sun's seasons

    The solar seasons — which change every six to 18 months from "bursty" to quiet, and vice versa — have been realistically simulated for the first time in a computer model.

    • Sun + Space Weather

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  5. Future storms will drop higher volumes of rain -- image of mesoscale convective system

    North American storm clusters could produce 80 percent more rain

    Storm clusters known as mesoscale convective systems will pose a much greater flooding risk later this century in a warming climate.

    • Climate,
    • Weather

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