BEYOND THE FORECAST: WHICH IS WORSE WATCH OR WARNING?
Do you know the difference between a severe weather watch and a warning? It's important to know they are two very different things. For...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 22, 20191 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: WHAT IS AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WITH A STORM?
Have you heard of the term outflow boundary? It's a feature of a thunderstorm that we can see on Radar, most often in the spring or...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 22, 20191 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: HOW ARE TORNADOES RATED/CLASSIFIED? ALL ABOUT THE EF SCALE.
The Enhanced Fujita Scale (EF Scale) which became operational on February 1, 2007, is used to assign a tornado a 'rating' based on...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 22, 20191 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: WHY IS IT MORE CLOUDY IN THE WINTER THAN IN THE WARMER MONTHS?
It has to do with the thermal structure of the atmosphere. In general, the atmosphere in the summer is warmer in the surface layer (the...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 22, 20191 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: WHAT IS THE HIGHEST POLLEN COUNT RECORDED OVER THE PAST DECADE IN GEORGIA?
The highest pollen count over the past decade is 9,369, which was recorded on March 20, 2012. The daily pollen count, which is released...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 22, 20191 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: NEW YEAR’S EVE AND NEW YEAR'S DAY 1963 SNOWSTORM IN THE DEEP SOUTH.
On December 31, 1963, Moisture was spreading up over the Florida Panhandle and Southeast Alabama. Up at 18,000 feet, a strong trough was...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 22, 20191 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: WHAT IS THE DRIEST PLACE ON EARTH?
The driest place on Earth is in Antarctica (which is the Earth’s driest continent), in an area called the Dry Valleys. The Valleys’...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 21, 20191 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: WHAT WIND CONDITION DEFINES A GUST?
A wind gust is defined as a rapid fluctuation in wind speed, usually lasting less than 20 seconds. There must be a variation of at least...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 21, 20191 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: HOW ARE RAINBOWS FORMED?
A rainbow forms when sunlight is refracted twice (first upon entering a raindrop and then when exiting it) and reflected once within the...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 21, 20192 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: THE WORST /STRONGEST HURRICANES AND TROPICAL SYSTEMS TO HIT GA AND AL.
The "Sea Islands" Hurricane the category 3 major hurricane hit near Savannah Georgia on August 27th, 1893, leaving around 1,000-2,000...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 21, 20191 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: WHAT IS DEW AND WHAT CAUSES DEW?
Dew is water in the form of droplets that appear on exposed objects at night and early in the mornings. As exposed surfaces cool by...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 21, 20191 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: WHAT’S THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE AT WHICH A TORNADO HAS FORMED?
The majority of tornadoes occur with temperatures and dew points in at least the 50s, but there are some exceptions. A twister struck...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 21, 20191 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: WHEN WAS THE FIRST TORNADO WARNING IN WEATHER HISTORY ISSUED?
The first tornado warning ever issued was on March 25, 1948, for Tinker Air force Base in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In the afternoon of...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 21, 20191 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: WHEN DID STORMS BEGIN TO BE NAMED?
Back in the 1880s, British meteorologist Clement Wragge began naming after women tropical cyclones that threatened Australia. However, in...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 21, 20191 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE AND LOW PRESSURE?
High pressure means the air pressure at a location is higher than at all surrounding locations; low pressure, the air pressure is lower....
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 20, 20191 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: HOW DID METEOROLOGISTS FORECAST SNOW AND STORMS BEFORE COMPUTER MODELING?
Today, meteorologists have a lot of technology and tools to track and predict the weather and forecast snowfall estimates from a vast...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 20, 20191 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: WHAT CAUSES ARIZONA MONSOONS?
The term monsoon refers to a seasonal change in wind direction driven by huge temperature differences that develop between land masses...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 20, 20191 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: WHAT DO THE THE NUMEROUS ABBREVIATIONS FOR COMPUTER FORECAST MODELS MEAN?
Meteorologists and Weather Trackers use a wide range of computer models to help predict and forecast the weather. A list of some of the...
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Brandon Shipp
Aug 20, 20195 min read
BEYOND THE FORECAST: ABOUT THE GREAT SOUTHEASTERN SNOW STORM FEBRUARY 1973!
One of the greatest snowstorms in Southeastern United States and Middle Georgia history occurred February 9-11, 1973. This storm dropped...
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