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The Weather Band is an initiative of the American Meteorological Society. Free and open to all, the Weather Band provides a wide collection of fun, expert-created content on topics ranging from climate science to space weather, including virtual events, articles, and more.

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Belted by Lightning

AMS Staff | News Item | Mar 11, 2025

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A Quality of Ice Problem

AMS Staff | News Item | Mar 11, 2025

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From Folklore to High-Tech

AMS Staff | News Item | Mar 11, 2025

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CLEAR SKIES AHEAD

AMS Staff | News Item | Mar 11, 2025

Weather Band Spotlight

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Kevin Kloesel

Kevin is responsible for providing weather forecast and weather safety information to University
of Oklahoma stakeholders and direct forecast and weather decision making for hundreds of
events annually on the OU Campus.

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All Broadcasting Citizen Science Education Forecasting Severe Weather Technology
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Light in Air: Understanding and Appreciating Atmospheric Optics

AMS Staff | Webinar | Feb 28, 2025

Discover the science and cultural significance of atmospheric optics, from sunsets to rainbows, and learn how to observe and photograph these fascinating sky phenomena.

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Getting the Most from Your Home Weather Station

AMS Staff | Webinar | Feb 28, 2025

Learn how to optimize or design a home weather station, covering instrumentation, siting, and data use to enhance personal weather tracking and citizen science participation.

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Riding Tropical Winds and Waves: How ENSO Shapes Our Winter Forecast

AMS Staff | Webinar | Feb 28, 2025

This webinar explores the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), its impact on global weather patterns, and this winter’s outlook, with experts breaking down how ocean temperature shifts influence extreme weather.

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Climate Conversations: Bridging Science, Stories, and Solutions

AMS Staff | Webinar | Feb 27, 2025

This webinar explores how storytelling enhances climate communication by blending scientific data with relatable narratives to inspire action, deepen engagement, and equip scientists, educators, and community leaders with tools to drive meaningful change.

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Going Behind the Scenes During Tornadoes

AMS Staff | Webinar | Feb 27, 2025

Warning Coordination Meteorologist Rick Smith from the NWS Norman, OK, will share insights on working through severe weather events, living in a high-impact area, and his office’s role in the making of the movie Twisters.

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Warned: The Science Behind Weather Safety Messaging

AMS Staff | Webinar | Feb 27, 2025

This session explores the science of weather safety messaging, its evolution, and effective communication strategies to encourage protective actions during high-impact events, using examples like tornadoes, floods, and recent hurricanes Helene and Milton.

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Join the 2025 Rain Gauge Rally and Help Your Local Meteorologists

Chris Vagasky | Maestro | Mar 4, 2025

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Lightning Photography

Swayamprabha Roy | Solo | Feb 12, 2025

This photograph of lightning bears meteorological importance with a thrilling beauty showing a very abrupt change of dark sky into a purple one.

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Sunrise and sunset

Lijiang Bo | Solo | Feb 12, 2025

Sunrise and sunset

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The Long-Term Toll of Hurricanes

AMS Staff | News Item | Feb 14, 2025

7,000–11,000—The number of excess deaths caused by the average tropical cyclone in the United States, according to new research published in Nature.

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Flashy Clouds

AMS Staff | News Item | Feb 12, 2025

“There is way more going on in thunderstorms than we ever imagined.”
—Steve Cummer of Duke University, on recent research that revealed a new kind of gamma-ray emission in many thunderclouds that Cummer and colleagues call “flickering gamma-ray flashes,” or F

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Mysterious Auroras: The Complicated Awe-Inspiring Northern Lights

Lourdes B. Avilés, Ph.D. | News Item | Jan 7, 2025

Seeing the aurora borealis has been a lifelong dream. Growing up in the tropics, it felt like an adventurous fantasy - a journey to a faraway, freezing destination where long winter nights made the lights possible. Now, living in the mid-latitudes, I'm closer to the possibility, though sightings

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Invisible Rainbows: Secrets of the Sky's Most Colorful Phenomena

Lourdes B. Avilés, Ph.D. | News Item | Jul 13, 2023

Rainbows captivate us with their colorful beauty, formed by sunlight interacting with raindrops. Double rainbows and the dark band between arcs add to the excitement. Primary rainbows feature red on top, while the secondary rainbow displays fainter, inverted colors, and occasionally, pastel-color

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Murray River Storm

Peter Blacket | Solo | Jan 3, 2025

Summer storm across Murray River South Australia.

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Poetry (Not) In Motion

AMS Staff | News Item | Dec 29, 2024

“Day after day, day after day,
We stuck, nor breath nor motion;
As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean.”
—Lines from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s 1834 poem, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” describing the “doldrums&r

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Here Comes the Urban Rain Again

AMS Staff | News Item | Dec 23, 2024

Researchers studied satellite rainfall data for 1,056 cities across the globe for the years 2001–20, and found that 63% exhibited an “urban wet island” effect, meaning they received more annual precipitation in and downwind of their urban areas compared to bordering rural areas.

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Clear Skies Ahead: Cliff Jacobs

AMS Staff | News Item | Dec 15, 2024

Cliff Jacobs, with more than 50 years of experience in research and administration in the government and private sectors, offers some advice for students and early-career professionals.

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The U.S. Just Experienced Its Warmest Meteorological Fall on Record

Amber Liggett | News Item | Dec 12, 2024

As temperatures stay warmer later into fall, shorts and t-shirts are becoming a common sight deeper into the season. While fall isn’t disappearing, the warming trend is expected to continue across all seasons in the years ahead.

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2024 Weather Year in Review

AMS Staff | Webinar | Dec 10, 2024

2024 was a busy year for weather, from historic flooding in the southern Appalachians to a crippling ice storm in the Pacific Northwest, plus the eclipse and aurora borealis. Join Meteorologist Steve Glazier as we look back at the year’s most memorable and impactful weather events!

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