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If you've been awake early enough to catch our morning weather updates the past two mornings, you may have noticed I have been discussing a morning blog topic during my weathercasts.
Every morning there will be a new discussion topic on this blog. The topics will range from how the weather affects you, to things that go on behind the camera.
Feel free to join the morning discussions and send me your ideas for future blog discussion topics, or leave them in the comments below. I look forward to hearing your ideas and thoughts!
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3 November 2009
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consumer1 (Anonymous) says…
I spoke recently with a person who mentioned some folks from China visiting the United States. He said because of the smog in the large city they are from, they have never actually seen a lightning bolt. He said the brown sky just lights up when there is lightening? Do you think there is any thruth to this? Are the particles of smog so dense that lightening cannot penetrate them? Or is there some meterological exlplanation for the inability for lightening to reach the ground?
Thanks
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3 November 2009
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Irish (Irish Swearingen) says…
I would like to know the science behind the weather like what is the dewpoint exactly, what causes fog,
3 November 2009
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The_Original_Bob (Anonymous) says…
If it is going to be thong or overcoat weather.
Irish - Goto www.weather.gov. Lots of good stuff in there.
Ashley - I would find it interesting to know which models you rely on and if that changes during the season. For example, do you trust one model more than the others during summer, but it might not be worth a darn in the winter.
3 November 2009
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edjayhawk (Anonymous) says…
Long range forecast for the upcoming Winter.
3 November 2009
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riverdrifter (Anonymous) says…
I'd like to know more about current weather balloon data in tornado season, as in Skew T, Log P. What the heck does it tell us? I know meterologists at NWS Topeka rely heavily on it to forecast severe weather. They release two weather balloons a day, every day to get a snapshot of the atmosphere. http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/upper…
Edjayhawk, I've been watching the CPC's longer range forecasts for years and they are getting better at it all the time. http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products…
4 November 2009
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Irish (Irish Swearingen) says…
Thanks, Bob for the head's up. It takes an enormous about of data to predict the weather as there are so many variable and they are constantly changing.
Thanks to really good weather software programs and faster computers they are more often right than wrong.
4 November 2009
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ameenen (Ashley Meenen) says…
Thanks for all of the great questions. I will use these topics/questions in my upcoming blogs. Feel free to post more topics or questions, either here or on upcoming blogs, and I will add them to the list!
consumer1, I have put together a blog today about smog, I hope it answers your question!
Irish, here is an older post about fog. Let me know if you have more questions. http://www2.ljworld.com/weblogs/lawre…
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6 November 2009
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ameenen (Ashley Meenen) says…
The_Original_Bob, Matt Miller wrote a blog last night about forecast models in response to your comment. Here it is:
http://www2.ljworld.com/weblogs/lawre…
6 November 2009
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The_Original_Bob (Anonymous) says…
Thanks, Ashley.