This column includes news received through February 5. The nearly true color image shows the southeastern U.S. coastal region. Liam Gumley's vivid image of multilevel clouds clearly shows the range of cloud heights and types.
Pinkish clouds contain ice crystals.
Clicking on the small image gives more detail. At the End of the Earth For More Information Overview Icebergs AWS Amanda Bentley Ernie Mastroianni's Antarctic series in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel began on January 9. Researcher Jonathan Thom noted that the reporter provided a third pair of hands as they loaded Automatic Weather Station equipment onto the flight to McMurdo Station from Christchurch, New Zealand. Mastroianni shadowed researchers and others from Wisconsin and filed several stories on their life and work. Antarctica weather pioneer Chuck Stearns' AWS group was featured prominently.