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Different Observation Times Can Have a Big Impact

Colin Loftin

Aug 28, 2014

Summer Projects: Predicting Pine Productivity with Drought Indices

This post is part of a series highlighting the summer projects from our office’s undergraduate research assistants. This part of this series is by Colin Loftin, who is finishing his degree in Meteorology and a minor in Mathematics at NC State University. Drought is an important subject, and given the conditions in the western part…

Mar 6, 2014

An Introduction to our Severe Weather Tools

The World Meteorological Organization defines severe weather as dangerous meteorological phenomenon, of varying duration, with risk of causing major damage, serious social disruption and loss of human life. The State Climate Office website provides information on and illustrations of some of the different types of severe weather. Severe Storm Stats Last fall, our information pages…

Sep 26, 2013

Summer Projects: Rainfall Study and Severe Weather Stats

This post is part of a series highlighting the summer projects from our office’s undergraduate research assistants. First up is Colin Loftin, a senior in Meteorology at NC State. This summer I completed two separate projects. For the first half of summer, I worked on a comparison of daily MPE (Multi-Sensor Precipitation Estimates) and PRISM…

Aug 20, 2013

Different Observation Times Can Have a Big Impact

If you happened to be curious about how much it rained yesterday, you would probably be looking for how much rain fell on that exact date, from midnight to midnight. TV meteorologists use the same time frame to tell viewers how much rain fell the previous day. However, many weather stations do not operate in…