Every case and every client is different. FMA prides itself in making as thorough as possible investigation in concert with the resources available to the client. We tailor our approach to the question at hand, rather than using a one-sized fits all approach to reconstructing weather at a given time or place. We will work with each client to develop a mutually agreeable scope of work and budget estimate for the task before commencing any work.

The following are typical of some of the many questions we have addressed for clients over the years:

• Could damage to sensitive electronics in a factory have been caused by a lightning strike?
• Was there a severe thunderstorm warning in effect when the tent blew down?
• Did the peak hurricane wind gusts exceed the engineering design specifications for the hanger roof?
• How long had lightning been occurring around the soccer field before a player was struck?
• Was a series of storms considered one or more than one meteorological event?
• Was it possible for winds to have blown smoke in a given direction?
• How many times had a coliseum roof experienced winds >75 mph in the last decade?
• Was it a tornado or straight-line winds?
• How often can a Category 3 hurricane be expected to strike a specific stretch of coastline?
• Could unusual mountain wind currents have caused a semi truck to swerve and jackknife?
• Was the rainfall over a washed out mountain roadway a one-in-a-hundred year event?
• Could complex winds aloft have blown agricultural chemicals for many miles?
• What was the heat index at the time an apparent heat-related death occurred?
• How could ice form on a parking lot when the air temperature was above freezing?
• How strong were the wind gusts that toppled the tree onto a car?
• How many times had large hail impacted a given roof in the last ten years?
• Could more than five inches of rain have occurred only 10 miles from the airport where not a drop fell?
• Did a massive crop failure result from the worst heat and drought in the last 100 years?
• Did ozone levels reach unhealthy levels on a given afternoon?
• How many hours each year can you expect dense fog at a given point in a city?
• The airport temperature was 42 degrees, there was no precipitation, yet the client claims to have slipped on fresh snow and ice. Was this possible?
• What were the wind speeds on a large lake when a shipping accident occurred?
• How could snow melting occur, causing ice building up on a sidewalk, when the temperature was well below freezing?
• Each case brings a new challenge. We look forward to hearing yours!