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If you ever need lesson plans for school groups or 4-H gatherings, you may be able to find some useful information at this National Weather Service web site, which lists a variety of lesson plans and craft activities geared towards teaching about aspects of weather and climate. The JetStream web page is at https://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/append/lessonplans.html.
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Here’s an interesting article about the weather balloons which are launched twice a day by National Weather Service folk to give us a view of the vertical structure of the atmosphere. This knowledge is crucial in understanding the likelihood of severe weather, the type of wintry precipitation, and the pattern of high and low pressure…
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The US Army Corps of Engineers has produced a new tool that will help coastal planners identify the likely sea level rise that they may expect to occur over this century. The tool provides three levels of rise which show the range of possible values that coastal managers will have to deal with. You can…
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The University of Kentucky published a story this week about a new smartphone app which allows citizen scientists to upload pictures and information about critical tree species, including potential pest infestations and diseases for critical species like white oak. The app is designed to be easy to use. According to the story, “The app guides…
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Climate outlook for August and next three months shows increased chance of above-normal temperatures
NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center released their latest monthly and three-month outlooks for the US. They show that for both August and the August through October period, temperatures have an increased chance of being above normal, although of course normal and below normal conditions are possible although less likely. Precipitation for both August and Aug-Oct are…
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Every once in a while when you look at a rainbow you see extra bands of colored light along the primary bow. These are called supernumerary bows. Here is a great picture of one taken over New York posted in EarthSky. You can read more about it here. Be sure to check out the link to…
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For those of you who like sailing and exciting stories, here is a story from Smithsonian magazine I ran across today on the Mobile Bay sailing disaster of 2015, when hurricane-force winds “swept more than 100 boaters into one of the worst sailing disasters in modern American history.” Surprisingly, it is a story I don’t…