Stories indexed under: Weather
Total: 8
- Curiosities: Why does the sky turn green before a tornado? June 6, 2008
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African dust forecast may help hurricane season predictions
May 20, 2008
As the official June 1 start of the Atlantic hurricane season approaches, forecasters are developing predictions about the severity of this year's season. For the first time this year, African dust may provide a piece of this puzzle.
- Feb. 17, 2008
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Photo, seismograph from Mendota 'Ice Quake' posted
Feb. 2, 2008
The shaking felt Thursday afternoon in areas near Lake Mendota was most likely an ice quake, according to University of Wisconsin-Madison geologists. A tremor was recorded by a geology department seismometer at 12:50 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008, and lasted approximately two or three seconds.
- Weather advisory issued for this afternoon, evening June 7, 2007 The National Weather Service is forecasting the possibility of severe and damaging storms during the course of Thursday (June 7) afternoon and evening. UW-Madison students, faculty and staff are urged to monitor rapidly changing weather conditions.
- Curiosities: What are clouds made of? April 14, 2007 Question submitted by Jimmy Andruss, 7th Grade, Sennett Middle School.
- Preparing for better weather forecasts March 27, 2007 UW–Madison scientist Allen Huang is at the forefront of preparations for new satellite instruments and the predicted data deluge.
- Online tool accesses Wisconsin winter driving conditions, airport delays Feb. 12, 2007 PDA users can quickly assess conditions on major roads in Wisconsin during a blizzard using the University of Wisconsin-Madison's PDA Animated Weather, or PAW - a PDA-friendly online weather service developed at the UW-Madison's Space Science and Engineering Center.