Aug 2, 2021 08:22 PM
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshe...1-edition/
EXCERPTS (Marshall Shepherd): Every few years, I reflect on things that bother me as a meteorologist and climate scientist. For the most part, it is all in fun, but there is also an opportunity to increase weather-climate literacy. On this lazy Sunday morning, here is my list of top 10 weather and climate misconceptions that bug me the most right now.
1. Thunder happens without lightning. [...] She ended with, “I thought about what you always say.” She is referring to my constant reminder that thunder is caused by lightning...
2. “It came without warning.” This is another pet peeve. After a tornado or significant storm event, it is common to hear a media outlet, policymaker, or person utter this statement. ... Modern weather forecasting is at a level of effectiveness that rarely is their going to be a potentially severe weather day with out some time outlook, watch or warning posted...
3. Tornadoes or hurricanes are the weather events that kill more people each each year. Actually, it is extreme temperature...
4. Wind is the deadliest aspect of a hurricane. Nah, it is the water...
5. Only major hurricanes cause problems. [...] The graphic below shows the costliest U.S. storms and several of them never reached major status.
6. If there was wind damage, a tornado probably caused it. This is a strange one. [...] I have often wondered why people go right to the “tornado” explanation.
7. Weather forecasting is art, magic, or guesswork. [...] As someone with three degrees in meteorology, my transcripts are packed with classes in differential equations, thermodynamics, dynamics, physics, and so forth. Modern weather forecasting is primarily based on sophisticated numerical weather prediction models...
8. 20% chance of rain means it is not going to rain. [...] the public struggles with probability literacy, particularly percent chance of rain (explained in a previous Forbes article).
9. Climate scientists didn’t overlook basic stuff. The world of Wikipedia University, Google State, Blog Institute and Twitter Tech has given us some interesting scholarship and interpretations on topics like climate change. I watched on Twitter last week as a noted climate scientist reminded a person that climate scientists and modelers are aware of the effect of clouds on the climate system...
10. Lightning that comes from a thunderstorm is not spelled with an “e.” (MORE - missing details)
EXCERPTS (Marshall Shepherd): Every few years, I reflect on things that bother me as a meteorologist and climate scientist. For the most part, it is all in fun, but there is also an opportunity to increase weather-climate literacy. On this lazy Sunday morning, here is my list of top 10 weather and climate misconceptions that bug me the most right now.
1. Thunder happens without lightning. [...] She ended with, “I thought about what you always say.” She is referring to my constant reminder that thunder is caused by lightning...
2. “It came without warning.” This is another pet peeve. After a tornado or significant storm event, it is common to hear a media outlet, policymaker, or person utter this statement. ... Modern weather forecasting is at a level of effectiveness that rarely is their going to be a potentially severe weather day with out some time outlook, watch or warning posted...
3. Tornadoes or hurricanes are the weather events that kill more people each each year. Actually, it is extreme temperature...
4. Wind is the deadliest aspect of a hurricane. Nah, it is the water...
5. Only major hurricanes cause problems. [...] The graphic below shows the costliest U.S. storms and several of them never reached major status.
6. If there was wind damage, a tornado probably caused it. This is a strange one. [...] I have often wondered why people go right to the “tornado” explanation.
7. Weather forecasting is art, magic, or guesswork. [...] As someone with three degrees in meteorology, my transcripts are packed with classes in differential equations, thermodynamics, dynamics, physics, and so forth. Modern weather forecasting is primarily based on sophisticated numerical weather prediction models...
8. 20% chance of rain means it is not going to rain. [...] the public struggles with probability literacy, particularly percent chance of rain (explained in a previous Forbes article).
9. Climate scientists didn’t overlook basic stuff. The world of Wikipedia University, Google State, Blog Institute and Twitter Tech has given us some interesting scholarship and interpretations on topics like climate change. I watched on Twitter last week as a noted climate scientist reminded a person that climate scientists and modelers are aware of the effect of clouds on the climate system...
10. Lightning that comes from a thunderstorm is not spelled with an “e.” (MORE - missing details)
