While the SPC is highlighting the region with the potential for severe weather, it isn’t a total slam dunk at this time. I know everyone and their brother with an interest in the weather is…
Category: Education
Over-alerted but under-informed: “Alert Days” blitzing through local TV stations
Article summary from ChatGPT: “The article “Over-Alerted but Under-Informed: Alert Days Blitzing through Local TV Stations” discusses the overuse of “alert days” by local TV stations, which can lead to viewers becoming desensitized to them…
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Five years later: The 2017 Hattiesburg/Petal Tornado
I knew people were going to die. Messaging was intense and started earlier than normal because I knew it was going to be a bad day. A very bad day. But this isn’t just about…
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Wx Info: Why do weather forecasts change?
This is a great question. I’m sure a lot of folks watch the evening news, check their favorite weather app or even read an update here on the blog and think, ‘Wait, didn’t it say…
Wx Info: Using basic Physics, some Chemistry and a little math to show how Human-driven Climate Change is happening
This is why I love questions. Because the more we learn, the more we learn what we don’t know. There is a saying that floats around the Scientific Community, “The more our circumference of knowledge…
Wx Info: Answering if the lack of severe weather is ‘luck’ or a pattern shift
I received a great question the other day. Corey checked in asking if the overall pattern had changed during the last few years since it felt like there hadn’t been as much severe weather. And…
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Dr. Ken Libbrecht can make his own snowflakes – seriously
Now, I don’t often say, “This is the coolest thing you’ll see all day” but this time I will say it. And I mean. Literally and figuratively. Veritasium interviewed Dr. Ken Libbrecht, the world expert…
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Wx Info: Why is a Lunar Eclipse red?
A great question! There is a really awesome reason with a super cool explanation. The reason: The atmosphere. Super cool explanation: Light slloowwwssss doooowwwwnnnnnnnnnn But real quick, let’s go back to school A lunar eclipse…
Wx Info: Atmospheric optics – Rainbows, sun dogs, sun pillars, light pillars, and halos
I didn’t plan on writing this piece today, but back-to-back really cool things happened in the atmosphere recently. Light pillars in Alaska and Halos in Mississippi. So what causes all of these optical illusions? Our…
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New Green Screen, who dis?
I’ve been working on some projects recently around my home office, trying to develop some new ways to share weather information with you, my awesome readers. Whether it is just a daily weather forecast or…
