Robert C. Miller
Encyclopedia
Col. Robert C. Miller, USAF (b. 1920, d. 1998), was an American meteorologist, who pioneered severe convective storms forecasting and applied research, developing an empirical forecasting
method, identifying many features associated with severe thunderstorm
s, a forecast checklist and manuals, and is known for the first official tornado
forecast (a forecast that ironically verified) in 1948.
Weather forecasting
Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a given location. Human beings have attempted to predict the weather informally for millennia, and formally since the nineteenth century...
method, identifying many features associated with severe thunderstorm
Thunderstorm
A thunderstorm, also known as an electrical storm, a lightning storm, thundershower or simply a storm is a form of weather characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder. The meteorologically assigned cloud type associated with the...
s, a forecast checklist and manuals, and is known for the first official tornado
Tornado
A tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as a twister or a cyclone, although the word cyclone is used in meteorology in a wider...
forecast (a forecast that ironically verified) in 1948.
External links
- Golden Anniversary of Tornado Forecasting (National Severe Storms LaboratoryNational Severe Storms LaboratoryThe National Severe Storms Laboratory is a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather research laboratory located at the National Weather Center in Norman, Oklahoma....
) - The Historic Forecast (National Weather ServiceNational Weather ServiceThe National Weather Service , once known as the Weather Bureau, is one of the six scientific agencies that make up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States government...
, Norman, OK) - 1948 prediction spurs tornado forecasting (USA TodayUSA TodayUSA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003...
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