The View From the Surface

Posted by: MargieKieper, 6:43 PM GMT on March 22, 2008

We just had nine inches of wet snow in the Minneapolis suburb where I live, so it looks more like a Dr. Zhivago wonderland than anything else, but the temperatures are warm, so there's hope for spring, which came officially at the end of this week.

I'm working extreme hours now to complete some research which I will present at the AMS spring meeting on tropical meteorology. This is what I've been doing since leaving the blog, but since the first of the year it's been pretty much nonstop. Links to the talk and poster presentations are below.

Rescuing data from a black hole: Consolidation of tropical cyclone data sets into an information repository for improved data access

A Technique for Anticipating Initial Rapid Increases in Intensity in Tropical Cyclones, Using 37 gHz Microwave Imagery

So, aside from work, I am spending all my time at the computer. Right now I can hear the snowplows outside in a world of white from the window; at other times it's dark and quiet, and often I'm working in the wee hours of the morning, either because I stayed up past midnight, or got a little sleep and set the alarm for 5am. I'm used to getting emails from mets in places like Guam and Reunion asking if I ever sleep. :)

Time to get back to work. Lots of long dark hours ahead until spring really does come to Minnesota, and I am ready to head to what will likely seem like summertime weather in Orlando at the end of April. Afterwards I'll post some photos of myself and Jeff from the conference.

Squeak watching the plows today:

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Checking In Briefly

Posted by: MargieKieper, 2:23 AM GMT on December 11, 2007

Temperatures in my neck of the woods in Minnesota have been below freezing for two weeks straight now. The lowest overnight was -9F, I believe. We have six inches of snow on the ground. And I'm keeping tabs on a subtropical storm in the western NATL. :)Working hard, and making some good progress, regards tropmet.Back to the fireplace and hot chocolate now.

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Goodbye, blog!

Posted by: MargieKieper, 4:45 AM GMT on July 08, 2007

This weekend, everyone, especially those in the tropical weather community, is ready to cover their ears and go, "La la la la," or say, "Please, I'll talk about anything -- AMM, AOD, MJO, SAL, SOI, even that George Carlin hippy dippy weatherman * -- anything except what's been in the news. We'd all like a break until Monday.Oh, well. I could write about a wonderful afternoon in the local park eating ice-cold fresh cherries from the cooler while dangling my feet in...

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Proenza Likely To Resign

Posted by: MargieKieper, 6:38 PM GMT on July 06, 2007

Even though Friday morning Bill Proenza was saying in news interviews that he would not resign, by Friday afternoon, on a widely-distributed

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The Storm at the NHC

Posted by: MargieKieper, 5:05 PM GMT on July 04, 2007

Updated: 4:21 AM GMT on July 06, 2007

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