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3 August 2012
Someone Turned On The Switch In The Tropical Atlantic
Besides Ernesto just north of South America, we have a tropical wave near the Bahamas and another looking very healthy off the coast of Africa this afternoon. The tropics are really heating up now. It’s tIme to check on your hurricane kits if you live near the coast.
New Peer Reviewed Science Indicates Arctic Melt is Mainly Due to Humans
While the main stream media has focused on a study that has yet to be peer-reviewed ( and really just confirms a dozen others), the present weather continues to be nothing less than amazing. The records from the dust bowl that most meteorologists (me included ) looked at with awe are tumbling daily. Tulsa, in Oklahoma, ( my hometown by the way) may approach it’s all time high this week. The max …
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.