The Weather Issue

Not all wet.

Here’s what’s happening in our neck of the woods: we learn how you can get a hurricane named after you, plus we get to chat with The Today Show’s Al Roker. It’s 68 degrees and there’s a 30 percent chance that it’s already raining.


The Whalebone Weather Edition Guide to Listening to Music Outdoors

The Whalebone Weather Edition Guide to Listening to Music Outdoors

It starts with a place to sit.
Are These the Luckiest People in the World?

Are These the Luckiest People in the World?

Sometimes you’ll hear people say something like, “You’re more likely to get struck by lightning than to be something something something’d.”
How I Stopped Worrying About Social Media and Learned to Love Weather Apps

How I Stopped Worrying About Social Media and Learned to Love Weather Apps

Shelter from the (social media) storm
When Small Talk Is Big Talk: What We Really Mean When We Talk about the Weather

When Small Talk Is Big Talk: What We Really Mean When We Talk about the Weather

Talk about the weather is considered mundane small talk—the diminution meant as a sort of putdown.
A Brief And Hardly Exhaustive History Of Forecasting The Weather

A Brief And Hardly Exhaustive History Of Forecasting The Weather

Tracing the history of precipitation prognostication from that time the first weatherman grunted “rock is wet” to literal rocket science.
What are trade winds?

What are trade winds?

Any way the wind blows.
Cloud Identification Classification System

Cloud Identification Classification System

The Whalebone Department of Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services, a sub-division of The Whalebone Weather Bureau is proud to present a primer on cloud classification with some help from NOAA and our intern Will.
Whalebone Weather Tourism Bureau Presents: The Field Guide To Weather Tourism

Whalebone Weather Tourism Bureau Presents: The Field Guide To Weather Tourism

For when you gotta go where it’s warm (or cold, or rainy, or snowy…)
Photographers Point Their Cameras at Some Wild Weather

Photographers Point Their Cameras at Some Wild Weather

The Whalebone Department of Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services has been busy recently
Meteorologists at the Movies

Meteorologists at the Movies

Reviews of Weather Movies by Weatherpeople Both weatherpeople and Hollywood special effects extravaganzas rely on heavy use of green screens. We asked a few…
Here’s how you might go about getting a hurricane named after you

Here’s how you might go about getting a hurricane named after you

It’s not easy.
POW: For The Love Of Snow

POW: For The Love Of Snow

If you enjoy skiing, snowboarding, climbing, hiking, biking, running, going for walks outside, breathing air or snowball fights this one is likely for you.
A NOAA Scientist explains the difference between climate and weather

A NOAA Scientist explains the difference between climate and weather

Talking climate and weather with real-life storm chaser and NOAA and NCAR scientist Chris Rozoff In The Eye of the Storm By Jonnah Perkins…
Al Roker: The Whalebone Interview

Al Roker: The Whalebone Interview

Quite possibly the leading figure in weather news in the world. Definitely the most wonderful.