One of the more unusual stories this week was the report that respiratory distress linked to thunderstorms in Melbourne, Australia, caused thousands of asthma attacks and four deaths earlier this week. You can read more about it in the Capital Weather Gang here. The culprit was grass pollen which was…
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From my husband John Knox (also a meteorologist) who grew up in Birmingham AL, in a recent Facebook post, including photos from AL.com: “27 years ago Tuesday, a terrible tornado in Huntsville, Alabama. November is the time of a secondary peak in tornado activity in the Southeast, climatologically speaking. This…
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Here are some fun facts on Halloween tornadoes from ustornadoes.com. No worries about tornadoes today with strong high pressure over the Southeast! http://www.ustornadoes.com/2013/10/28/halloween-tornadoes-the-spooky-historical-facts/.
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Over the course of the last day, Hurricane Matthew has grown tremendously into a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 160 mph over the southeastern Caribbean Sea. Very warm sea surface temperatures in the region are contributing to the rapid growth and will continue to affect it for the next few days….
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Many of you may remember the iconic image of the Six Flags roller coaster sitting in a pool of water caused by the tremendous flooding that occurred west of Atlanta on September 19-21, 2009. After a week of rainy conditions, a deluge fell overnight on September 20-21, bringing 15 inches…
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A USA Today story reported here by KARE11.com notes two recent records for lightning bolts were made by the World Meteorological Organization. In the story it states “Scientists identified all-time world records for both the longest lightning bolt — nearly 200 miles — and the world’s longest-duration lightning flash — over 7 seconds — according…
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While the number of tornadoes and tornado days has been decreasing in the historical “Tornado Alley” in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska in recent years, in so-called “Dixie Alley” in the Southeast tornado occurrences have been increasing, according to a new study published in the Journal of Applied Meteorology and…
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