Thundersleet has rumbled across South Mississippi recently, so I thought I would take some time to breakdown just how Thundersleet, and Thundersnow, too, are a thing! But first, we have to go back to school!…
Category: Education
Tips for driving during Freezing Rain
Since there is a potential for freezing rain and sleet across the area, I wanted to walk everyone through some tips for driving during these icy conditions. Tip #1 via GIPHY Truly, that is the…
VIDEO: Explaining tornado formation during severe weather
If you’ve ever wondered how tornadoes form during a severe thunderstorm, now is your chance to learn! Here is the video lecture from GHY326 during the 2020 Spring Semester at USM. This 30-minutes video talks…
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VIDEO: Sit in on a class with Professor Nick
At the start of the pandemic, I was teaching and recording most of my lectures. In this particular case, this was a pre-recorded-lecture lecture where I dove into a how-to for one of the assignments.…
Precision vs Accuracy with the upcoming forecast
I’ve heard from a handful of folks curious about why I keep saying, “Things will change” with the forecast and why I won’t pick a number and stick with it. Sadly, the available data for…
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Polar Vortex induced Gulf Coast wintry weather potential is exactly that – just a potential
Sometimes I’m not sure if certain people commenting on my facebook videos are dropping ‘hot takes,’ just there to be rude, or genuinely frustrated because they actually don’t understand what I am trying to explain.…
Wx Info: Don’t use semi-trucks to shield smaller cars during severe weather
The title says it all. And yo umight be asking, “Nick, what are you even talking about?!“ And that is a great question. I turns out that someone has some pictures of some semi-trucks surrounding…
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NASA tests four RS-25 rockets at Stennis Space Center
Saturday afternoon, NASA tested four RS-25 rocket boosters north of Bay St. Louis. The test is apart of the final rounds of tests for the new Artemis mission to return to the Moon. This was…
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Learning is risky, but it is worth it
Every day when South Mississippi experiences storms, I head on to Facebook to search for storm reports. I look for pictures of trees down, fences knocked over, small hail, and flash flooding. Sifting through Facebook…
Is the Earth spinning really spinning faster today?
A story that is making the rounds – pun intended – on social media is a report that the Earth is “spinning out of control! Literally!” Except it is not. And I know “correcting information”…
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