Interesting weather images
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Recent rains in Death Valley has led to a profusion of wildflowers in what is called a rare “superbloom”. Many desert plants have evolved to survive without blooming for several years until heavy rains wet the desert enough for the plants to form flowers. The last time this happened was 2005. EarthSky posted some photos…
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On my Facebook feed from friends this morning was a story about an amazing map which shows every river in the lower 48 states. You can look at the map and read the story of how it was created at https://www.wired.com/2013/06/infographic-this-detailed-map-shows-every-river-in-the-united-states/. It’s not exactly a weather image but is very interesting to look at and captures…
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The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites produced a 9 minute long video which show the entire year of weather as viewed by satellites. It is interesting to watch the patterns of weather change over the course of the year. You can see the narrated video as well as some other photos of weather…
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In the past two days, friends have sent me very interesting images of cold weather phenomena that I think you would enjoy. One is a mesmerizing video of ice stacking on Lake Superior, which you can view at https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/blogs/ice-stacking-lake-superior. The second is a spectacular image of sea smoke, also known as steam fog, described by Jason…
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My alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has a photo contest each year for the best weather-related photographs taken by alums. You might enjoy looking at this year’s set. You can find them at https://www.ssec.wisc.edu/news/articles/8497. For more great photographs of clouds, visit https://www.cloudappreciationsociety.org.
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Here is an image from NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center that shows a US map of the tornadoes that were observed across the United States in 2015. There are also state-by-state statistics showing which states received more tornadoes than average and which received less. Note that all of the Southeast experienced below-normal numbers of tornadoes last…
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A few months ago I shared a photo of pink flowers filling the Atacama Desert in Chile, a rare event caused by unusual rains in the region most likely linked to El Niño. Today you might enjoy a video of the wildflowers that are blooming in Death Valley due to the El Niño rains that…