| With summer upon us as well as hurricane | | | | atmosphere, once again, is about to unleash its |
| season, it would be nice to have some help in | | | | power this August. |
| picking a good vacation spot. Conventional | | | | Kepler observed that planetary positions coincided |
| meteorology can't provide much information for | | | | with the formation of weather systems here on |
| us on the long term. Forecasts tend to go awry | | | | earth that in turn produced storms, droughts, |
| after the three or four day mark. In this day and | | | | floods etc. The amazing thing is that his forecasts, |
| age, however, we're increasingly offered | | | | which he published months beforehand, were right |
| nontraditional replacements to mainstream | | | | on target! |
| methods, institutions and practices. Although | | | | Based on this method, the Southeast US through |
| conventional approaches serve a purpose, growing | | | | the Ohio Valley is in for a round of severe |
| awareness of their limitations and flaws impel men | | | | weather around August 14th and 15th. One |
| to explore along the fringe for new, and in some | | | | scenario shows a tropical system approaching the |
| cases, ancient solutions. So why not alternative | | | | west coast of Florida and pushing inland with |
| weather forecasts? | | | | soaking rains. Another model suggests strong |
| According to the long range weather forecasting | | | | storms with damaging winds and possible flooding |
| method employed by Johannes Kepler, the | | | | over the same area. Either way, there should be |
| famous 17th century astronomer whose weather | | | | a very active weather pattern that should not go |
| predictions brought him renown even before his | | | | by unnoticed. |
| discovery of the planetary laws of motion, the | | | | |