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- Mystery plume radar image near Nuclear Test Site – solved Thu, 20 Mar 14, 8:42amOccam’s Razor – the simplest explanation is most likely People ask me to look into weird things all the time. Since I operate a weather business that specifically offers weather radar analysis and tracking software,...
- NOAA shows that wind farms affect weather radar, and that affects their primary mission of forecasting and safety Fri, 8 Nov 13, 6:00am“Chaotic wind velocities associated with the rotating turbine blades triggers the doppler radar mesocyclone detection algorithm” Note: this essay was written by the National Weather Service Forecast Office is Burlington,...
- Even with a busy tornado year, still no upward trend in tornadoes Fri, 6 Jan 12, 5:00pmUS Tornado Trends–Updated to 2011 Guest post by Paul Homewood 2011 has obviously been a disastrous year for tornadoes in the USA, but does this reflect an increasing trend in either the number or severity of tornadoes?...
- Summary of the April 14-16 US tornado outbreak Tue, 19 Apr 11, 1:44pmWhile Mike Smith over at Meteorological Musings has a great post on predicting the recent tornado outbreak in the eastern USA, NOAA has this postmortem summary of the event below, complete with video and animations. See...
- Oklahoma tech scenery Mon, 7 Mar 11, 9:36pmOne of the most interesting things around here is the hi-tech/low-tech scenery. For example, where else can you see cutting edge weather radar systems juxtaposed with oil rigs pump jacks? Getting a bit closer to the blue...