Judging Extreme Weather

TABLE OF CONTENTS



Extreme Weather, who cares?

Interlude 1: Introducing Freaks of the Storm



Enter the WMO

Interlude 2: Freaks of Political Weather



Operational Parameters: Choosing the best of the best

Interlude 3: Weather Spies



The Hottest Recorded Temperature in the World, Part 1

Interlude 4: Freaks of the Heat



The Hottest Recorded Temperature in the World, Part 2

Interlude 5: More Freaks of the Heat



The Highest Wind Ever Recorded

Interlude 6: Freaks of the Wind



The Most Rain, Misplaced Decimals, Normals and Other Errors

Interlude 7: Freaks of Rain-making



The Highest Pressures Ever Recorded-and those pesky calculations

Interlude 8: Freak of Pressure



The 'Largest' Hail but no Snow

Interlude 9: Freaks of Hail



Tropical Cyclones, the planet's strongest storms

Interlude 12: Freaks of Hurricanes



Tornadoes, "Nature's Ultimate Windstorms"

Interlude 11: Freaks of Tornadoes



Lightning ... and Megalightning

Interlude 12: Freaks of Lightning



Death by Weather

Interlude 13: Safety Freaks



The Antarctic Region

Interlude 14: Freaks of the Antarctic



Getting the Word Out

Interlude 15: Freaks of the Media



The Future!

Index

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• Aquecimento global
• Geofísica
• Meteorologia e climatologia
• Física da atmosfera

weather data verification;atmospheric extremes;hydrometeorological hazards;storm impact assessment;severe weather records;climate event analysis;global weather extreme investigations