If you care about IPCC reports, you may know how important these CMIP workshops are. The participants compare many climate models and submit their manuscripts by certain deadline so that their results can be included in the upcoming IPCC report.
This week is the WCRP Workshop on CMIP5 Climate Model Analyses, at U. Hawaii. It started to rain last night, when many of the participants were arriving. It continued to rain...
ps. Just when I needed my umbrella most, it broke. My co-worker joked: "Made in China?" Unfortunately, she was right!