Wasatchweatherweenies

What is probably the biggest hiring action in modern National Weather Service history is now underway.  If you are looking for positions with that agency, government boilerplate with links are below.  

The DHA announcements for the Standing Registe...

Much like Utah, the Alps offer up a tremendous diversity of recreational opportunities in the spring months due to the large elevation differences and diverse microclimates. 

The Inn Valley and the south-facing slopes of the Nordkette ridge immediately north of Innsbruck are green with just a few patches of snow hanging in the high elevations.  One can get off...

I'm approaching the half-way point of our stay in Tyrol.  One of my responsibilities as a Guest Professor is to present a "public lecture" as a way to introduce myself to the Department of Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences as well as the wider University community.  I decided to adapt my "Secrets of the Greatest Snow on Earth" talk to a Tyrolean audience. &n...

In the previous post we examined recent trends in snow and ice including glaciers and seasonal snowpack.  Here we look at future projections.  

I use the word projection rather than forecasts because projections explore "what-if" scenarios whereas forecasts try to predict a future outcome.  For climate projections, the primary what if scenarios are ...

One of the things I'm doing while on sabbatical in Austria is revisiting our current knowledge of recent changes and projected future changes to Earth's cryosphere (the frozen water part of the Earth system including ice sheets, glaciers, and snow) and integratig this information into course materials and public talks.  Austria is a good place to do this because there is...