Abstract: ariable selection for short-term forecasting (up to 72 h) of tropical cyclone (TC) genesis has been investigated. IBTrACS data (1979?2014) are used to identify the genesis time and position of over 2500 TCs between 30°N ...

Abstract: rought is a recurrent climate feature of the Pacific Islands and northeast Australia with meteorological and socioeconomic impacts documented from early European settlement. In this study, precipitation records for 21 ...

Abstract: he development of a dynamical model seasonal prediction service for island nations in the tropical South Pacific is described. The forecast model is the Australian Bureau of Meteorology's Predictive Ocean?Atmosphere Model ...

Abstract: AbstractTrends in mean and extreme annual and seasonal temperature and precipitation over the 1951?2015 period were calculated for 57 stations in 20 western Pacific Ocean island countries and territories. The extremes ...

Abstract: Statement:A World Meteorological Organization committee has judged that the world?s longest reported distance for a single lightning flash occurred with a horizontal distance of 321 km (199.5 mi) over Oklahoma in 2007, ...