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11 June 2009
A Salute To The Cloud Appreciation Society (Don't laugh I'm a member!)
Yes there really is such a thing and you can join too. I warn you, a membership card will mark your final descent into geek-dom. So clean the screen on your Mac, and dust off your entire collection of Doctor Who episodes, and accept the fact you’re a geek and be happy about it. I am! There is actually some big news in the cloud world as of late. There …
3 June 2009
How to Make your Local Meteorologist Very Happy (updated)
The title of this may confuse you, and believe it or not, to accomplish it, you have to do nothing at all! However, you would make your local weather geek even happier if you would type the words hoax into your email app. and hit send! Let me explain. I get hundreds of emails a week/sometimes each day. I try to answer as many as I can, but I and …
12 April 2009
Twisters and Ice From The Sky
Good Friday 2009 will long be remembered in Alabama and Tennessee. Huge hailstones, and violent tornadoes pounded the region. Only two deaths, and some 50 injuries, but a lot of destruction. It certainly could have been worse, and to families that lost loved ones and homes, it is a tragedy that will be remembered for a life time. Many times, when severe storms hit, the only view of hail or …
5 February 2009
Flying Saucer Clouds
Ask most Meteorologists (including me) what their favorite cloud is, and you will probably get the same answer Lennys. That’s slang term for ALTO CUMULUS STANDING LENTICULARIS Imagine a blob of air riding along in the wind. Suddenly, you run into a big mountain. As the air stream you are in, rides over the mountain, the pressure drops and so does the temperature. If it gets cold enough, the moisture …
19 December 2007
Two Really Neat Pictures
I have received two really neat pictures illustrating atmospheric phenomena this week. One is local from Ralph Koepsel of Ider. The other was taken from an aircraft carrier in the Pacific. The first shot was taken Tuesday afternoon and is a great image of Snow Virga falling from high based clouds over Dekalb County. The snow evaporated long before it reached the ground, but it was clearly visible from below. …