There are a couple of weather stories in the mass media today that are causing some controversy in the field of meteorology, and are in the very least interesting and thought provoking. Here are some web addresses. 1. STUDY FINDS IT RAINS MORE ON WEEKENDS -Pollution Factors Play a Role but some Scientists Say Report Skewed http://www.abcnews.com/sections/science/DailyNews/rainy980805.html http://www.msnbc.com/news/185572.asp http://cnn.com/WEATHER/9808/05/man.made.weather/index.html 2. GRAY PREDICTS LANDFALLS -Dr. William Gray, the famous hurricane number predictor, turned to predicting landfall probabilities with his latest set of predictions, according to a CNN report. CNN's on-air newscast interviewed someone at the NHC who called Gray's landfall predictions "disturbing" due to the methodology and possible errors. Media stories: http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/scitech/080698/hurricanes.sml http://www.storm98.com/reports/HURRAPOD.htm Official scientific paper: http://typhoon.atmos.colostate.edu/forecasts/1998/aug98/index.html -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "You're caught up in the Internet, You think it's such a great asset, but you're wrong, wrong, wrong!" --Jimmy Buffett || ICQ No. 136832 || --------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* Central Atlantic Storm Investigators Mailing-List To Post: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org To Cancel: lists-admin{at}weatherwatchers.org Archive: /members/casilist *************************************************