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18 September 2013
Have You Seen These Pictures Of The Colorado Flooding?
The Atlantic has some amazing images of the flooding from various sources. Click the image below to see them. When you finish looking at those, read what my friend Bob Henson (at the National Center For Atmospheric Research) in Boulder had to say about this flooding. Some of the top atmospheric scientists in the world work at NCAR, and this flood event is sure to be studied like few others. …
13 September 2013
Floods Wreak Havoc Along Colorado Front Range
The flooding continues in Colorado tonight, and model guidance indicates there is more to come through the night. A plume of tropical moisture can be seen clearly on the GOES water vapor images, and this plume is bringing a lot of moisture straight out if the Tropical Pacific into Colorado. Up-slope winds are blowing from the Kansas prairies, where there is a load of warm moist air from the Gulf …
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.