Could George Washington have won the AMS national award for a specific forecast?
How did an out-of-season back door cold front save George Washington…and perhaps the Revolution? Why were many battles fought during the warm seasons? How was hail measured before the development of the golf ball? PRESENTER’S BIO Elliot was born in Philadelphia on May 31, 1947. There was a thunderstorm outside the hospital the day he was born. (When this fact was mentioned at a Philadelphia appearance, a member of the audience came up afterwards and said, “I am the only one here who can vouch for the fact there was a thunderstorm outside the hospital the day you were born. I delivered you!” At the age of 5, he became interested in weather when his father, a research chemist, built a barometer for him. Elliot was a weatherman in his second grade class play and was blamed for rainy weekends in fourth grade. Elliot earned a B.S. and an M.S. in Meteorology from Penn State University. In college he was a charter member of the Chi Epsilon Pi meteorology honorary society. Elliot is also a d
