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- Weather Radar Shows Spring Bird Migration Mon, 9 Mar 20, 12:00amReposted from The Cliff Mass Weather Blog Weather Radar Shows Spring Bird Migration Every day I have been checking the weather radar for signs of the northward migration of our feathered friends, and Wednesday night I finally...
- At AGU 2013: Are tornadoes getting stronger? No. Mon, 16 Dec 13, 3:55amThis AGU session asked that question directly and I covered this previously. Now that the video of the entire session is available, I thought it worth revisiting. Of course, the answer is “no”, even when they...
- For discussion – the tornado “hockey stick” Thu, 12 Dec 13, 9:40amI’m caught between sessions but wanted to post this. From a presentation at AGU that I couldn’t attend. This from SciAm: James Elsner at Florida State University has a killer curve, and lots of caveats. The curve...
- NOAA shows that wind farms affect weather radar, and that affects their primary mission of forecasting and safety Fri, 8 Nov 13, 6:00am“Chaotic wind velocities associated with the rotating turbine blades triggers the doppler radar mesocyclone detection algorithm” Note: this essay was written by the National Weather Service Forecast Office is Burlington,...
- Are Tornadoes Getting Stronger? Rebuttal to Elsner et al. Sun, 15 Sep 13, 4:00amBy Paul Homewood http://news.fsu.edu/More-FSU-News/Researchers-develop-model-to-correct-tornado-records Quantification of long term tornado trends has been hampered by the fact that many more tornadoes are reported today...
- Washington DC’s derecho – not something new Mon, 2 Jul 12, 2:35amDerechoes have been in the news in Washington as of late. No, that’s not some new breed of super bureaucrat, but it is something from a supercell sized thunderstorm that crossed several states during its lifetime. You...
- Stormchasing in Oklahoma Sat, 5 Mar 11, 9:00pmWell not exactly, there’s no storms here today, but there are a lot of vehicles like this one: I’m attending this conference, not as a storm chaser, but as a supplier of technology to aid in storm monitoring...