Or perhaps funnels and flowers. What is it with Mt. Vernon and funnel clouds during the annual spring Tulip festival? Remember last year? On April 29th several folks spotted and photographed a funnel cloud rotating over the famous blossoms (see picture below which I found in a story in the Skagit County Herald). Nice...
Iconic Confusion
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An interesting aspect of the communication of weather forecasts isthe use of weather icons, those little picture with clouds, raindrops, snowflakes and the like. You have seen them often:Weather icons are an attempt to quickly and intuitively communicate the type of weather expected, but as we will see, there are some issues.The National...