Kevin Williams

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Social media and forecasting the weather posted on Monday, June 10, 2013 - 6:17am It is well known that social media is playing an increasingly large role in societal communications. It is also becoming an increasingly significant component in meteorological forecasting and... read more...
What kind of weather can we expect this March? posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - 7:14am It has been 22 years since this area was glazed by one of the biggest ice storms to strike the United States.The Rochester/Genesee Valley ice storm commenced on March 3, 1991.It resulted from low... read more...
It's a New Year and a New Pattern posted on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 - 7:55am This past month of December started much as last December did in Rochester, warm and snow-free. But that changed midway through the month as a new hemispheric jet stream pattern emerged.... read more...
Vibrant fall colors posted on Monday, October 22, 2012 - 6:01am As the last of autumn’s leaves float to the ground in the coming days, we can ve thankful for one of the most vibrant fall color seasons in years. Interestingly, this comes after direr... read more...
Blog: Is Rochester one of "America's Safest Weather Cities"? posted on Tuesday, September 4, 2012 - 11:39am Recently, The Weather Channel (TWC) released a report highlighting “America’s Safest Weather Cities.” There were two on the list in the Northeast: Caribou, Maine and Rochester.... read more...
How hot has it been this summer? posted on Monday, August 6, 2012 - 7:38am This summer has been, by many measures, a brutal one in much of the lower 48 states. Record heat and a pervasive drought have been in the headlines since the late spring and the toll on... read more...
Here comes the sun posted on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 7:25am As many celebrated the arrival of spring with warm, sunny days, some may have also noticed that sun glare has become a bit of an issue for that early morning drive.Sun glare refers to the contrast... read more...
U.S. Basks, Rest of the Northern Hemisphere Shivers posted on Monday, April 2, 2012 - 5:46am The average March temperature in Rochester was 47.3 degrees. This was a remarkable 13 degrees above average.The average winter (December-January-February) temperature in Rochester was 32.4... read more...
A Flaky February After All posted on Thursday, March 1, 2012 - 8:44am Meteorological winter ended at midnight last night. (Astronomical winter has about three weeks left. And, of course, Mother Nature cares little for how we define winter with accumulating... read more...