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12 April 2013
Denver Meteorologist Mike Nelson & Climate Change-Guest Post
I know some really excellent broadcast meteorologists around the country and I sometimes avoid mentioning any one name because I’m afraid to fend someone I might leave out. Mike Nelson is one of the giants however, and has worked at KMGH in Denver for years. When it comes to weather, he is trusted like no one else in Colorado. Besides that, he really cares about his viewers and is one …
10 April 2013
First Radar “Hook Echo” associated with A Tornado Spotted 60 years Ago Today
Click the image to read about it on the COCORAHS blog. Oh, and get a COCRAHS gauge and sign up to help the study.
9 April 2013
Bob Brier Turns Ancient History Into Must See TV
Are you looking for a project you can do with your kids or perhaps an elderly parent that will enrich your lives and leave a lasting impression?? I have a suggestion. I’ve just finished watching 48 lectures on the History of Ancient Egypt. The professor was Dr. Bob Brier of Long Island University, and to say they were fantastic would be an understatement. I bought them though The Great Courses, and let …
5 April 2013
Hurricane Forecasts and The Shrinking Cone of Uncertainty
Two events of note to mention regarding hurricanes and tropical meteorology this week. That familiar cone you see during hurricane season actually has some science to it. The width of the cone is based on the past accuracy of tropical cyclone predictions made by the National Hurricane Center. As the track predictions have improved the cone gets more narrow. Brian McNoldy at the uni. of Miami RSMAS put together a great image showing the difference in the cone from 2008 compared to …
4 April 2013
NASA Satellite Measures The Effects Of Greenland Block That Stopped Spring
I mentioned the North Atlantic Oscillation in a recent blog post. The Arctic Oscillation is closely related to the NAO and many meteorologists often use the two interchangeably. The AO and NAO have been in a deeply negative phase for several weeks and this has brought unseasonably cold weather to Eastern North America and Western Europe. So cold, that a Ohio prosecutor indicted a Pennsylvania rat (AKA Punxsutawney Phil) for fraud, after a prediction …
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.