I’ve heard from a handful of folks asking about the current / recent weather pattern. It has been a bit cooler during the last few weeks with shots for rain nearly every day. And while…
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Wx Info: Your weather isn’t more special than somewhere else
The problem with facts is that they can frequently be boring. Unless it is a fun piece of trivia or an area of interest, a fact can be unintriguing. That makes sense. We live in…
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Wx Info: Why does the sky turn green before it hails?
I’ve heard this question a few times over the years and just got it again yesterday, so I figured it is probably time to answer it on the blog! The short answer: Physics! The long…
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Wx Info: Connecting tornadoes directly to Climate Change is misleading
Climate Change is happening. Humans are not helping. Our activities are making it worse. There is no reasonable way to deny that when faced with the overwhelming evidence. I always laugh and say ‘no one…
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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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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…
