Why do snowstorms last so long? We live in the Denver area and it snowed for 18 hours, from 9 PM last night to 3 PM this afternoon. My wife asked me why it never rains for that length of time. I muttered something about convection in the summer, then stopped when I realized I didn't know what I was talking about.
posted by lukemeister
on Oct 26, 2011 -
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Is there a site that compares actual weather records (recorded temperature, precipitation, etc.) with various online weather forecasts to show which forecasts are more reliable?
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posted by pracowity
on Jun 7, 2011 -
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What are the best Twitterfeeds for air disruptions out of Dublin, Ireland, 26th May?
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posted by Wilder
on May 23, 2011 -
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I need to identify certain areas of the world - figure zip cod/international analogue is discrete enough, although more granular is preferred - which meet a variety of meteorological conditions.
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posted by dyerfr
on Apr 13, 2011 -
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What's the best way to predict future weather? and Please make sense of the harsh winter and harsh summer we're experiencing in the mid-atlantic....
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posted by dmbfan93
on Jul 4, 2010 -
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I have questions about the weather reporting on my local television and radio stations, and how that data is gathered. I want to know how it likely works, rather than how it ideally should work, especially as I'm located in a small college town in the Midwest.
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posted by aabbbiee
on Jan 27, 2010 -
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Recent research has concluded that strong volcanic plumes exhibit cyclonic, storm-like rotation, which helps explain why volcanic thunderstorms occur. The article indicates that the volcanic plume from Mt. Pinatubo in 1991 exhibited anticlockwise rotation, which I infer to be consistent with the rotation of a low-pressure system in the northern hemisphere. My question: Will the rotational direction of these volcanic mesocyclones be governed by the Coriolis Effect, local atmospheric conditions, compositional characteristics of the plume, or some combination of these factors?
posted by baphomet
on Mar 29, 2009 -
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Please reccommend books of all kinds about weather forecasting and meteorology . . .
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posted by protorp
on Dec 29, 2008 -
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Comment on the current academic job market, and the likelihood of scoring a tenure-track position in the Earth Sciences.
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posted by capitalist.pig
on Dec 5, 2008 -
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I miss Tom Skilling. I'm looking for some good regional weather blogs, specifically for Los Angeles.
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posted by hwyengr
on Nov 25, 2008 -
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You are not my meteorologist but . . . There are clouds and there are
clouds, I'd never seen one like this before, what kind was it?
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posted by MasonDixon
on Apr 18, 2008 -
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i'm looking for recommendations for good brands or distributors of home weather station equipment.
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posted by klanawa
on Oct 4, 2007 -
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To what degree to private weather forecasting companies (like Accuweather) rely on US government data in creating their forecasts?
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posted by Brian James
on Aug 19, 2007 -
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Could anyone point me to an online resource that would let me look up the weather forecast for a date in the past? Failing that, could someone tell me what the weather was like in NYC
yesterday?
posted by vers
on Nov 13, 2004 -
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The son of Hurricane Ivan ?. Apparently the forces which generated Ivan respawned a tropical storm near Texas. To mefi meteoreologist, is this a first time event or there's some precedent ?
posted by elpapacito
on Sep 23, 2004 -
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Scientists, sailors, meteorologists: I need a buoy! I'm looking for a small buoy hull for some scientific instrumentation. [more inside]
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posted by Nothing
on Aug 18, 2004 -
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