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AI News – Weather and Climate (5/17/2024)

Title: Cloudy with a chance of rage: Climatologists fume over relocation of L.A. weather station
Summary: The station is about to relocate from USC to the Los Angeles Fire Department’s training center. The National Weather Service claims that this is a smart move to avoid the heat and the traffic. The station has been keeping an eye on the temperature of downtown L.A. since 1877. That’s older than your great-grandma!

Title: Extreme weather is battering the world. What’s the cause? – DW – 05
Summary: The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has declared this year as the ultimate test of humanity’s ability to withstand extreme weather. Climate change is clearly having a field day, unleashing a barrage of natural disasters that would make even the most seasoned adventurer green with envy.

Title: Utah’s morning weather forecast for Friday, May 17
Summary: Vernal is in for a power outage, folks! Don’t worry, we’re on it. While we figure out what’s up, keep your ears peeled for updates on the UPR app or the radio. Or, you know, just sit back and enjoy the candlelight.

Title: Heading into peak extreme weather season, corporate broadcast networks must clearly and consistently link extreme weather to climate change
Summary: Corporate broadcast networks are like the weatherman who says it’s going to be sunny all day, but then it starts pouring rain. Media Matters’ annual review of 2023 broadcast climate coverage found that coverage of extreme weather peaked in July with climate change mentioned in 54 segments. Looks like the networks finally got the memo that climate change is a real thing, but they still need to work on their raincoats.

Title: Welcome to summer without El Niño
Summary: El Niño is a weather phenomenon that likes to mess with the tropical Pacific. It makes the ocean water so hot that it feels like a sauna, and then it decides to show off its skills by breaking the heat records in the summer of 2023. The eastern U.S. gets to enjoy some extra rain, while the West gets to suffer from a severe drought.

Title: Cobb County weather forecast for Friday, May 17, 2024
Summary: The National Weather Service has some bad news for Cobb County and other parts of the region. They say it’s going to be a stormy day, with lots of lightning and thunder. And not just a few, but scattered to numerous thunderstorms. So if you’re planning to go outside, make sure you have a good umbrella and a sense of humor. Because you never know when a strong to severe thunderstorm might pop up in central Georgia. And that’s not even the worst of it.

Title: Unsupervised detection of large-scale weather patterns in the northern hemisphere via Markov State Modelling: from blockings to teleconnections
Summary: Fig. 1: Wow, look at this amazing chart! It shows how the Z500 fields change over time and space. The Z500 fields are like the heartbeat of the Earth, and they tell us how fast the water is moving in the oceans. The bigger the Z500 fields, the faster the water is moving. The chart also shows that the Z500 fields are different in different places. They are bigger near the middle of the continents, like Europe and America, and smaller near the coasts and the middle of the oceans. This is because the continents and the oceans have different shapes and sizes, and they affect how the water moves. Isn’t that cool?

Title: PM Update: Remaining pleasant and mild through Friday
Summary: It’s like the weather gods decided to give us a warm hug in the upper 70s to low 80s, and they even brought a refreshing breeze to make it feel like a picture-perfect day.

Title: Climate Change Is Likely to Slash Global Income
Summary: Brace yourself, folks, because the future is looking bleak. By 2049, our global income could take a nosedive by a whopping 19%. And guess who’s going to feel the heat the most? Yep, you guessed it – the folks living in the tropics. But don’t worry, we’ve got a solution. It’s called climate change, and it’s going to cost us a whopping $38 billion a year. That’s six times more than the cost of trying to stop it. So, let’s all just sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride.

Title: Weather Insider: April 2024 global climate report
Summary: April 2024 was a scorcher, beating the previous record by a whopping 2.38°F (1.32°C)! The world was so hot, it even made the snow cover jealous with its record-low extent. Looks like April was trying to show off its sizzling skills!

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