FROM TODAY'S PRINT EDITIONS:
Bill Newhall writes from Baltimore: “Is science prone to fashions? Historically the TV forecasters have depended on ‘Bermuda Highs’ in order to make summer predictions. This year I hear nothing of them. Same goes for the ‘Alberta Clipper’ in winter. What gives?” These are colloquialisms, not scientific terms, and they may sound tired with over-use. But I’ve seen ‘Bermuda High’ in NWS discussions this summer. ‘Alberta Clipper’ appears less often than simply “clipper.” But it is still used.
(SUN PHOTO: Karl Merton Ferron; an Alberta Clipper snowfall in 2007)