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The Mighty Brazos

The Brazos River, at 1280 miles, is the longest river in Texas and eleventh longest in the United States.  The Rio Grande is longer, but is only partly within Texas. I spoke at a water conference the...

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Dispatch from AGU: Probable maximum precipitation becoming more probable

Probable maximum precipitation (PMP) is a commonly-used design input value for water projects such as dams for which failure is not an option.  It’s estimated, in effect, by assuming that all possible...

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Dispatch from AMS: Providing Cover

My dispatches have been less frequent than I intended, in part because I fell asleep while working and my laptop hard-disk-crashed to the floor. On Tuesday afternoon I attended an informal session on...

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Last Dispatch from AMS: One Renewable Resource Depletes Another?

I know, I’m already back, so this is not really a dispatch.  But I wanted to highlight something special that the American Meteorological Society does there: the Student Conference.  The main purpose...

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Such a Nice La Nina

After the most severe one-year drought on record for Texas, there wasn’t much to look forward to.  A weak to moderate La Nina had re-formed in the tropical Pacific, and that meant another dry winter....

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Failing Your Midterms

While students here at Texas A&M are preparing for their final examination, the National Research Council offered a midterm assessment of NASA’s, and of necessity the nation’s, Earth-observing...

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Twenty Times More Likely (Not): The Science

If you’re reading this, you probably pay enough attention to climate news to know that there was major news from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration last week that last year’s Texas...

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Dispatch from AGU: Sea Ice and Winter Weather

One of the hot topics for me at the AGU fall meeting was the Arctic ice melt, and specifically the consequences for midlatitude weather. Arctic ice melt is second phenomenon, outside of global...

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All-Time Record-Low Reservoir Levels or Drought-Busting Hurricane?

The reservoir water storage gap in Texas is approaching an all-time record low, but a slow-moving tropical cyclone might make landfall early next week and turn into a serious drought-buster.

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Texas Cold in Perspective

There’s cold, and then there’s cold.  Down here in Texas, lots of thin-skinned folks are complaining about the cold wave, while some other parts of the country have been experiencing seriously cold...

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