It is a question meteorologists get quite often – why isn’t it the warmest when the sun is at it’s highest point in the sky? At first glance, that might make sense. That is when the suns energy is pointing directly at the earth. And the sun is where we get our heat. But it’s not that simple. The Sun… Read more →
Another “phony bologna” forecast is circulating around social media. This isn’t a surprise. Social “mediarologists” are popping up all over the place. It seems like every time one gets called out, another two arrive. With graphics of apocalyptic proportions. This one claims that this winter will be cold and snowy for the southeast. It looks like this: Is it true?… Read more →
Today I helped explain what CO2 levels at 400ppm could mean for the globe. And the high plains. Post by Nick Lilja – KAMR NBC 4. If the javascript / video is slow to load, either give it a second or click here
Using the database of information offered by the National Weather Service (NWS) in Amarillo, Texas, the number of tornado reports and tornado days was established. From there, the number of “Spring” tornadoes was established removing all tornadoes before February 1 and after July 1. The previous fall and winter precipitation was also obtained from the NWS office in Amarillo. The… Read more →
There was a correlation between the weighted totals of the standard deviations from the mean of the anomalies of GoA SST, GoM SST, Previous Precipitation, ENSO SST when compared against the total number of tornadoes and the number of tornado days for that year for the data from 1996 to 2014. Sixty-three percent of the time when the weighted total… Read more →
