Capital Weather Gang Archive: Media
Joe Bastardi hired by start-up firm WeatherBell
Less than three weeks after resigning as AccuWeather's chief long-range forecaster, Joe Bastardi announced Friday that he has accepted the position of chief forecaster at WeatherBell, a fledgling weather consulting firm.
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Jason Samenow
| March 11, 2011; 4:30 PM ET |
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Joe Bastardi resigns from AccuWeather
Accuweather's chief long range forecaster, Joe Bastardi, resigned from the company yesterday. Bastardi, who produced popular columns and videos on AccuWeather's subscription website "AccuWeather Pro", was the lead forecaster for the company's seasonal forecasts and hurricane outlooks. He also frequently appeared as a weather and climate commentator on Fox News
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Jason Samenow
| February 22, 2011; 1:55 PM ET |
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Post ombudsman talks weather
In case you missed it, in last Sunday's paper, the Washington Post ombudsman Andrew Alexander offered commentary on the Post's weather strategy: The Post's bid for the weather audience
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Jason Samenow
| December 17, 2010; 7:00 PM ET |
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Forecasting turkeys: Bad predictions since 1970
In "Forecasting Turkeys" part I, I walked you through some of the worst forecast busts from the founding of the National Weather Bureau (now the National Weather Service) in 1870 to 1969. Now, I walk you through some of the most horrendous prediction failures in the modern age of weather forecasting.
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Don Lipman
| December 9, 2010; 10:30 AM ET |
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Flashback: John Lennon does the weather
Today marks the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's death. Check out this short clip (h/t Steve Tracton) showing Lennon doing the weather with Tom Brokaw giving the back story
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Jason Samenow
| December 8, 2010; 8:15 PM ET |
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Howard Bernstein & Topper Shutt winter outlook
The start of meteorological winter (December 1) is just one week away and it appears the last of the region's winter outlooks has been released. Like the ones that came before it, the outlook of Howard Bernstein and Topper Shutt of WUSA-TV9 follows the tired format of recapping last winter with all sorts of dramatic snow B-roll, talking about what La Nina is, and concluding by predicting less snow.
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Jason Samenow
| November 24, 2010; 12:30 PM ET |
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