Along with orbiters on other timetables, they are among the most effective tools used to pin down the paths of major storms about five days ahead.
He told me about the storms, about the 140mph winds that can peel the roof back, demolish the walls and send the dogs pitchpoling like tumbleweed.
Even if you think the Twitter storms about political "misspeaks" and "gaffes" are fatuous, consider what you did not hear after the PM's outburst last week.
I think about Jansson and Pietilä as we drive south-west from Naantali, about their indifference in the face of storms, about the tiny boat that was their lifeline, about their passionate devotion to solitude.
The top image shows a nighttime view of hurricanes Kilo, Ignacio, and Jimena (from west to east) surrounding Hawaii, while the second image shows the storms about 12 hours later during daylight hours.
In January of this year, for example, when air traffic was significantly disrupted by winter storms, about two of every five flights within the Union experienced some kind of delay, according to data compiled by Eurocontrol, which manages air traffic for the bloc.
