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Study shows tropical cyclone intensity shifting poleward

May 14, 2014

The latitude at which tropical cyclones reach their greatest intensity is gradually shifting from the tropics toward the poles at rates of about 33 to 39 miles per decade, according to a study published today (May 14, 2014) in the journal Nature. Read More

Statewide tornado drill planned April 24

April 23, 2014

It's Tornado and Severe Weather Awareness Week in Wisconsin, making it a good time to plan ahead and think about storms and safety. Read More

Charter Street Heating Plant keeps campus comfortable

February 6, 2014

The Charter Street Heating Plant is responsible for keeping the 65,000 people who work and study on campus in more than 300 buildings comfortable. Read More

Update: UW classes resume

January 28, 2014

Classes at UW–Madison – called off for the morning due to the bitter cold temperatures – resumed at noon today, Tuesday, Jan. 28. Read More

Campus deals with continuing frigid weather

January 28, 2014

The prediction that it will be a balmy 24 degrees on Thursday came as cold comfort to more than 60,000 students, faculty and staff who rolled out of bed today to encounter subzero temperatures again. Read More

Recent Sightings: Cocoa and the cold

January 27, 2014

A steady stream of students come in from the subzero winter weather and grab a free hot cocoa being offered in the Bascom Hall rotunda on Jan. 27. Read More

Recent Sightings: Icy bubble

January 9, 2014

A gloved hand cradles a soapy bubble that froze into an orb of ice crystals and broke during subzero weather atop Bascom Hill. The brutally cold weather was the result of a "polar vortex," a rare, winter-weather phenomenon that brought several days of frigid temperatures and wind chill from the North Pole down south into the Midwest. Read More

Update: Despite cold, campus expected to be open

January 3, 2014

As campus prepares for double-digit below zero temperatures early next week, employees are reminded to take extra precautions to prepare for the extremely cold weather. Read More

Update: No changes to Winter Commencement plans

December 22, 2013

The Winter Commencement ceremony will take place as scheduled at the Kohl Center on Sunday, Dec. 22 at 10 a.m. Extra crews have worked through the night to clear nearby sidewalks and plow parking lots. Read More

Reminder: Inclement weather guidelines; new winter parking resources

December 12, 2013

With winter weather again upon us, the Office of Human Resources is reminding employees about campus inclement weather guidelines. In addition Transportation Services has new parking resources for days when Madison Metro is impacted by snow. Read More

Tip: The 12 days of experts

December 11, 2013

For many, the holiday season brings joy, fun and cookies. Lots of cookies. Read More

Recent Sightings: Wintry chill

November 27, 2013

Bundled pedestrians walk in silhouette across a snowy path on Observatory Hill at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as the sun shines during a chilly late-fall morning. Read More

Weather: More data + more computers = better forecasts

September 9, 2013

Been beefing about weather forecasts? Did the “experts” miss a thunderstorm, botch the rainfall prediction, mistake cloudy for sunny or windy for calm? You’re not alone. Forecasts of weather are already way better than forecasts of, say, unemployment or grain harvests, but that doesn’t lead us to predict that the caterwauling over weather forecasts will dampen. Read More

National Weather Service director to speak at UW–Madison

August 20, 2013

Louis Uccellini, head of the National Weather Service and a University of Wisconsin–Madison alumnus, will bring the service’s plan to build a “Weather-Ready Nation” to the UW–Madison campus Thursday evening. Read More

App makes smartphone users ‘king or queen’ of weather satellites

July 16, 2013

Not long ago, Liam Gumley found himself in a meeting sitting between frustration and inspiration. Read More

April 15-19 is Tornado and Severe Weather Awareness Week

April 9, 2013

Gov. Scott Walker has declared April 15-19, 2013 as Tornado and Severe Weather Awareness Week in Wisconsin. Read More

Thin clouds drove Greenland’s record-breaking 2012 ice melt

April 3, 2013

If the sheet of ice covering Greenland were to melt in its entirety tomorrow, global sea levels would rise by 24 feet. Read More

Lake Mendota still officially open water

January 8, 2013

This is the time of year Lyle Anderson, office manager at the Wisconsin State Climatologists Office, “has a pair of binoculars pinned to his head ’round the clock,” according to John Young, state climatologist and emeritus atmospheric sciences professor. Read More

Normal operations, final exams to resume

December 20, 2012

The UW–Madison will resume normal operations on Friday, Dec. 21. Read More