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1. 1. Weather Assembly

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   Published on: 5/26/2006   Last Visited: 12/13/2007

   [February 9, 2001] For the second year in a row, Meteorologist Victor Cassella from Brookhaven National Laboratory starred in an Assembly Program at the Ralph J Osgood School. Fifth graders were treated to viewing of satellite pictures of hurricanes, and specifically, the Perfect Storm, and had a birds eye view of the eye of a hurricane! Students asked some interesting questions, like can a blizzard and a hurricane happen at the same time, and what is the most dangerous type of storm? Mr. Cassella brought along an airvane (which costs about $30,000) and passed it around for students to see. Other weather gathering equipment was demonstrated and the students heard about some very firece weather conditions from the past. Some cool facts: the height of the snow on Long Island has not changed since the students parents were kids!; we've had more snow this year than the past few years; Long Island gets plenty of nor' easters; and Hurricane Gloria in 1960 had winds that reached 110 miles per hour! It seemed that all the fifth graders enjoyed the program and learned more interesting facts about unusual weather. Thanks again to Victor Cassella for a great program!
   
   BNL Meteorologist Speaks to 5th Graders
   
   Thanks to LIMSAT, the fifth graders at the Ralph J. Osgood School, Kings Park, were treated to a special Assembly about the Weather! Brookhaven National Laboratory Meteorologist Victor Cassella visited the school on March 24th at the invitation of LIMSAT - Kings Park Director of Operations Janet Tempel.
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   Cassella is a member of the Speakers Bureau at BNL and often does in-school presentations about BNL's Meteorology Department and how weather data is tracked and recorded. Bringing with him a number of cool pieces of equipment, like an anemometer, he captured the attention of the students as he described his job as a Meteorologist. During his presentation, Cassella talked about Barometric Pressure, which is part of the weather report students give each morning using the LIMSAT Weather Station in the museum. Here are some cool pictures on a hot topic.... the weather! Thanks, Victor!

2. 2. Newsday.com: Lake Long Island

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   Published on: 10/15/2005   Last Visited: 10/15/2005

   The previous rainfall record of 11.43 inches, set in 1955, was washed out by more than 13 inches this month at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, meteorologist Victor Cassella said. October rainfall has averaged 3.69 inches since 1949, the first year recorded.

3. 3. www.timesofmiddlecountry.com

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   Published on: 2/15/2008   Last Visited: 3/18/2008

   According to chief meteorologist Victor Cassella of Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, the culprit in this snowless caper is the periodic cooling of the Pacific Ocean: Blame it on La Niña.
   
   "This is definitely a La Niña year," Cassella said, noting that a body of cold water - La Niña, El Niño's diametrically opposed cousin - has formed along the western Mexican coastline, shifting the North American jet stream and forming a high-pressure ridge over the center of the continent.
   
   That ridge has delivered oodles of nastiness to the Midwest, such as the Arctic blast that, according to the Star Tribune of Minneapolis, Minn., set 85 daily record lows this week in the Twin Cities. But the Northeast has basked in what Cassella called "a southerly flow," resulting in a relatively dry and mild season.
   
   And it has been exactly that on the Island, with under 4 inches of snow recorded at BNL since November, according to Cassella. That paltry total - accumulated over five "snow events," the meteorologist said - doesn't include this week's minor dustings: the brief squall that blew through Sunday and Tuesday's slightly more substantial event, which was quickly washed away by Wednesday's rains.
   
   With "no major cold push in sight, and no big storms in our near future," Long Island could be looking at record low snowfalls this winter, Cassella said. At least, the Island will struggle to reach last year's relatively low 9 1/2 inches, he said, even if 1997-98's record of 4 1/2 inches stands.
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   Brookhaven was "walloped" by ice storms last February, Rouse noted, and Cassella pointed out that, La Niña notwithstanding, a big snow "can happen anytime on Long Island," such as the April 1996 snowstorm that dumped about a foot across Suffolk.