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Protecting Your Home From Lightning – Northern Plains “Greening” Linked to Warming Climate
Mostly Sunny, Mostly-Hot 4th of July "I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him" said Abraham Lincoln. I'm proud of both sons, including Brett, who is about to see a third Navy deployment...
Is More Smoke As Bad as Hotter Temperatures? New Criteria for Cell Phone Severe Storm Warnings
Sailing Into a Hot, Sun-filled Holiday "Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed" wrote William Faulkner. What's interesting to me is that we seem to know right from wrong, without being told....
Let’s Ignore the Heat Index – Lightning Safety When Outdoors
Do We Have To Talk About Heat Index? "Partly to mostly with a chance." Leave it to a meteorologist to leave you feeling worse than you thought possible. In winter we accidently torment you with wind chill. Summer brings the dreaded heat index, a measure of what the...
Heat Builds for Most of USA – New Data Reveals Hidden Flood Risk Across USA
Smoking Hot Fourth of July Weekend "Oh it's too hot (too hot)..too hot, lady...gotta run for shelter, gotta run for shade" sang Kool and the Gang, an earworm I'm humming to myself after gazing at the weather models. The World Meteorological Organization defines a...
Saharan Dust And Storms – National Weather Outlook For Saturday, June 27, 2020
National Weather Forecast As we head into the last Saturday of June a warm front will be lifting north over the Northeast with a cold front approaching from the east by Sunday, producing showers and storms for the Great Lakes to the Northeast. That cold front stalls...
Record Saharan Dust Cloud Reaches USA – Billion Dollar Disaster Update – Rethinking Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Rating Scale
Giving Thanks For Great Summer Weather "Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself" said Persian poet Jalal ad-Din Rumi. Where does wisdom come from? I wish knew. Maybe from listening, compromise and appreciating...