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MSP: Most 95-Degree Highs So Early in the Season – Using Drones to Improve Hurricane Forecasts
Most 95 Degree Days So Early in Season I’m happiest when Mother Nature isn’t trying to murder me. This is the atmosphere’s attempt at balance: extreme school-closing cold can, in fact, be followed by extreme school-closing heat. Welcome to the most 95-degree days ever...
Nighttime Heat Biggest Killer in Heat Waves – Chasing Cyclones Via Satellite – Tracking “Godzilla”: Massive 2020 Atlantic Dust Storm
Research: Warm Nighttime Temperatures Pose Greatest Risk It’s not as viscerally terrifying as a tornado, hurricane or flood, but excessive heat is a bigger killer than all three. In the last 6 decades the number of annual heat waves in 50 US cities has, on average,...
Expanding Heat – Expanding Drought – Tornado Alley Shifting South/East?
Welcome to the Dog Days of June ”It’s so hot your clothes iron themselves.” “Wait, it’s so hot they installed a fan in the debt ceiling!” True story. From a Polar Vortex in February to the Vegas Vortex in June, all signs point to an unusually hot and dry summer. This...
Heat Wave Expands – More Records Likely – The Weather Forecast That Made D-Day Possible
The First Heat Wave of Summer is Here Men will sweat. Women will glow. Dogs will pant. Cats won’t care. An antiperspirant airmass pushes into Minnesota on a gusty, blast-furnace breeze, pushing the mercury into the mid to upper 90s the next few days. That’s 120-140...
Heat Wave Builds – Derecho Season – Hurricane Predictions – Tips for Kids Interested in Weather
”It’s not the heat, it’s the humility.” Close enough for a meteorologist. On Twitter Thomas Braun reminded me that we are the Florida of Canada. Good point. I’ve often wondered if Canadians complain about “hot, American air” this time of year? A notable heat spike is...
Heat Wave Building – Hottest Spot on Earth – Atlantic Hurricane Season Kicks Off – “Disaster Fatigue”
A July-Like Hot Front Is Shaping Up I don’t mind the heat at all. Then again, I can go indoors and fall asleep in air conditioned comfort - or go jump in a lake, as I’m encouraged to do frequently. Where can I enjoy the most extreme heat on Planet Earth? I sell my...