It’s been quite a week as far as rain goes, and we didn’t even have that many thunderstorms! Typically we get most of our rain in July and August from cold fronts and thunderstorms, but not this year. We had our second steady rain-event for the week on Friday, and here’s what we ended [...]
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Lots of changes coming up over the next week or so, thanks to a fast zonal flow. Check out this cool picture from France on Sunday (courtesy of spaceweather.com and Thierry Legault) :
On July 26th, the International Space Station flew in front of the sun over Orleans, France, where astrophotographer Thierry Legault was waiting. He couldn’t see the 0.8s transit with the naked eye, but his telescope and [...] I’ve been out and about over the last couple of weeks and have been bombarded by people asking about this weather. Why are we seeing such cool weather this summer? Is it ever going to warm up? …Well, you get the picture! I want to know what you think about the summer so far. [...] Congratulations! You’ve completed the very first puzzle on the Severe Weather Team Blog. I hope you enjoyed it. Now, I’ll share some more information with you about the sun and the cities that see the most and least. The list goes in the following order with the number of sunny days in parenthesis. We’re going to try something new on the blog today. I’m going to let you play along. What you need to do is put the following cities in order from the one with the most sunny days per year to the one with the least amount of sunny days per year. I’m not going to give you the answer, but I’ll give you clues throughout the weekend. Once you think you’ve figured it out, click here to go to the answer page. Enter your answer as the password in ALL CAPS and WITHOUT SPACES and you’ll get all the information plus the satisfaction of figuring it out. This isn’t meant to be a slam, but the folks at the National Weather Service office in El Paso, Texas must have nothing to do. They put together a website to help you determine the temperature based on the chirps of a cricket. The formula is actually pretty simple… Click into the post for a look! Yesterday, I finished my post by saying this…
…and we did it! Click into the post to find out where! The humidity is coming, and it’s long overdue. (Read More) I just found a great weather blog while surfing around the internet looking for interesting weather stories to share. They had a story about the ideal conditions for driving a golf ball. I should preface this by saying that the better you are at golf, the more the weather will affect your shot. For [...] If I told you we were below average, temperature-wise, for the summer so far, you probably wouldn’t be surprised. Today’s lows were just the icing cool whip on the cake. We broke 3 records across the Alleghenies this morning and came close to another one. Click in for the details… Say what? Well, the name “noctilucent” in Latin means night shining. These clouds are very common in Europe, especially in a year of decreased solar activity (like 2009). Here’s a photo (courtesy of Jan Koeman of Kloetinge, The Netherlands): Well, we’re almost halfway through the month of July and the temperature average for the month so far is 77°. Keep in mind that the normal high this time of year is 81°. That means we’re 4° below average as of July 13th. I went back in the record books and searched for the last 80° day we had. I didn’t have to look too far. It was back on June 25th. Then, I figured I’d search for the last 90°. I had to do a little more digging. If you’ve never noticed, we have podcasts from the USGS on the right side of our blog. Every once in a while, one of them stands out to me. I’m going to share one with you now. Click on the link below to listen to the podcast and tell me if you’re afraid of [...] Saturday, July 11th was a busy day for PARTS of the viewing area. Other parts didn’t see much of anything. The heaviest hit areas included the Northern Alleghenies and counties like Elk and Forest. They were actually under a Tornado Warning for a while Saturday evening. For more on the storms, click into the post… Here’s the latest on El Nino from NOAA.: July 9, 2009 NOAA scientists today announced the arrival of El Niño, a climate phenomenon with a significant influence on global weather, ocean conditions and marine fisheries. El Niño, the periodic warming of central and eastern tropical Pacific waters, occurs on average every two to five years and typically lasts about 12 months. Sea surface temperatures along the equatorial Eastern Pacific, as of July 1, are at least one degree above average — a sign of El Niño. Just a quick numerology post tonight to prep you for tomorrow. Are you one of those people who looks at your odometer on your dashboard and likes when it says 50000 or 12321 or 87654 or something like that? Well, tomorrow is a big day if you like those… At exactly 34 minutes and [...] In case you missed it early this morning, there’s a full moon tonight. It was full just after 5:00 this morning. It’ll still be relatively full tonight, too. It is, however, the smallest full moon of the year! For more information on the full moon, check out the link to EarthSky by clicking here. You should also know that this moon can go by several different names. Let’s see if you can guess which of the names below refer to tonight’s full moon. They are all names of full moons, but only a few refer to a full moon in July. (Hint: 3 of them are correct… and the answer is after the jump!) a) Full Wolf Moon b) Full Pink Moon c) Full Strawberry Moon d) Rose Moon e) Grain Moon f) Full Thunder Moon g) Full Hay Moon h) Full Buck Moon Have you noticed the last few days that the sunsets have been a cool shade of purple (or violet)? If not, check it out for yourself.  Johnstown Just After Sunset on 7/7 This picture was taken by out tower cam over Johnstown on Tuesday night and you can see some of the purple in the sky. While it’s not as pronounced tonight as it has been recently, you can still see it. So, why is it happening? Click into the post for the details! Well, I’m back from my trip and it was a lot of fun. The only wrinkle in the trip came on day 1 when we flew from Pittsburgh to Chicago. It was a bumpy ride. We hit turbulence and some people were pretty scared. It was a rare occurrence and it shouldn’t stop you [...] |
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