Tempest News & Weather Related Articles

As Dr. Marty Ralph and Dr. Jason Cordeira sat across the table at a local Chipotle for lunch, they mused the idea of an intensity scale similar to that of hurricanes or tornadoes for the more frequently occurring atmospheric rivers being seen in parts of the world. Marty drew the concept of the scale, based

…with Dr. Matthew Burns, Assistant Director of Agriculture and Natural Resources for the Clemson Cooperative Extension Service. Burns and his team at Clemson University are spearheading an innovative effort to establish a mesonet in South Carolina, deploying Tempest Weather Stations across the state, most at farms and rural locations with minimal weather monitoring technology.