Today’s forecast: Quality work from AtmosCenter students

Need a forecast for the next few days across southeastern Mississippi, southern Alabama or the western Florida panhandle? These students have you covered. I’ve got to say, I wasn’t this skilled coming out of college,…

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Wx Info: Tropical tornadoes vs. other tornadoes

A tropical tornado is a special kind of tornado that is formed mostly from wind shear and less through instability. Because of that, they tend to be weaker and shorter-lived than the tornadoes that form…

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A message to everyone from those who survived Katrina

A few days before the 15 year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall, I asked people who lived through Hurricane Katrina to give their best piece of advice to their past self – or others –…

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Wx Info: A sky with two different types of clouds at the same time

So, a pretty cool thing happened to me today when I was walking outside to get the mail. I looked up and snapped this picture… The above picture features some summertime cumulus clouds bubbling up…

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Wx Info: Can two tropical cyclones combine and merge into one Super Hurricane?

No. Thankfully. Okay, not totally “No” but it doesn’t really work like a lot of us would commonly think. Tropical Cyclones, or tropical systems ss I usually call them, don’t often merge to become one…

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NWS Meteorologist recaps warning decision process on tornado near Sanford, MS

On March 30th, 2021, there was a unique atmospheric setup across parts of south Mississippi. This type of severe weather event doesn’t come along often, but when it does, it makes a very tricky situation…

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