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Is the recent Alaska heat wave setting us (Madison, WI) up for a warm late June?
We have not been subjected to extreme heat this summer. In fact, through June 18, we are about 0.2 degrees below normal for the month. That appears to be about to change as a massive ridge of high pressure will be in place over the central United States by the time you read this. Continue reading
Category: Meteorology
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How’s the hurricane season looking?
Hurricane season runs from June 1 through Nov. 30. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been making seasonal forecasts for about the last decade. Their Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook for this year indicates there is a 70 percent likelihood of having 13 to 20 named storms, of which seven to 11 could become hurricanes, including three to six major hurricanes. Continue reading
Can we predict the kinds of tornadoes that hit Oklahoma?
Through the end of last week, this spring had been well behind the average in number of reported tornadoes in the United States. Though we are still running a lower than average year, the recent devastation in Moore, Okla., has brought tornadoes back into the news in a dramatic way. Continue reading
Category: Severe Weather
Tags Dangers, Severe Weather, Thunderstorms, Tornadoes
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What were those lumpy-looking clouds over Madison last Tuesday
Those types of cloud are called mammatus. They often extend from the bottom of the anvil cloud of a thunderstorm, also called a cumulonimbus cloud, and indicate an intense storm is nearby. This was the case on Tuesday. Mammatus clouds … Continue reading
Which is older: rock ’n’roll or computerized weather forecasting?
Rock ’n’ roll is older, although not by much.
On May 6, 1955, a revolution that continues to this day began with little fanfare: the first daily weather forecasts made by a computer were issued. This was the result of nearly a year of collaborative effort between the United States Weather Bureau, the Air Force and the Navy in what was called the Joint Numerical Weather Prediction Unit, or JNWPU. Continue reading
Category: Meteorology
Tags Forecasting, Measurement, Meteorology
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