Interesting weather images
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On May 18, 1980 Mount St. Helens erupted in a cataclysmic event that reshaped parts of the Cascades Mountains to the southwest of Seattle. Since the eruption went mainly sidewise as the north side of the mountain collapsed, the eruption had limited climatological effects globally, although the ash did cause cooling and surface problems in…
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If you are a meteorologist, a bright sunny day with low humidity is dull and boring. Photographers know it’s hard to take good photographs in harsh sunlight, so sunshine is not welcome to them either. Rain, snow, fog and severe weather all bring their own special charms. The Digital Photography School posted an article today…
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One of my Facebook friends posted a link to a really neat web site which provides beautiful graphics for forecasts out to two weeks. While I think the forecast skill for anything beyond about 5 days is not very high, the graphics are still very interesting to look at. You can view wind, temperature, humidity,…
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I’ve seen some interesting stories about atmospheric optical effects lately. Here are a couple you might be interested in reading. NOVA on Public Broadcasting had a good story about mirages and seeing the city of Chicago appear upside down over a cold Lake Michigan (link). EarthSky also had an interesting article about why the sky…
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While you can find thousands of pictures of lightning on the web, until now no one has ever been able to take a picture of thunder. This week, however, scientists at the Southwest Research Institute in Antonio, Texas released a news story describing their first successful attempts to make images of the thunder itself. By…
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Today is an unofficial holiday which celebrates people’s fascination with weather. According to online holiday calendars, it is always celebrated on May 4. I got my start in meteorology in the third grade when a tornado came just two blocks from my house in Grand Rapids MI, and I’ve been watching the weather ever since.…
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If you have looked at the Keeling curve for carbon dioxide concentration that I have shown in past blog postings, you may be wondering why there is a yearly cycle in the concentration of carbon dioxide. The graph below shows the last two years of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, as measured on Mauna Loa…