Tag Weather
Study shows tropical cyclone intensity shifting poleward
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
For many, the holiday season brings joy, fun and cookies. Lots of cookies. Read More
Recent Sightings: Wintry chill
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The UW–Madison will resume normal operations on Friday, Dec. 21. Read More