Your browser does not support the video tag. The Global Precipitation Measurement can help improve numerical weather predictions of snowfall by measuring the size and shape distribution of snow particles, layer by layer, in a storm. Video and description courtesy of NASA
Your browser does not support the video tag. Tiny particles suspended in the air, known as aerosols, can darken snow and ice causing it to absorb more of the sun’s energy. But until recently, scientists rarely considered the effect of all three major types of light-absorbing aerosols together in climate models. In a new study, NASA scientists used a climate… Read more →
You may say to yourself occasionally, “what will they think of next?” Turns out songs created from atmospheric research papers is “next” for things people will come up with. Holy moly. That was amazing. Jonathan Mann writes a “song a day” according to his youtube channel. It just so happens that today it was an academic paper. The full paper… Read more →
via GIPHY Yeah, I am. It isn’t a great one. But, hey, if there was ever a chance it might be tonight between about 9pm and midnight. The Data The model soundings suggest a pretty moist air mass aloft that is capable of producing snowflakes up above 15,000ft. Now, below that at about 9,000ft, it gets pretty dry, pretty quick…. Read more →
Last year was another active year for sever weather in Mississippi with a record-setting 115 tornadoes across the state. Multiple rounds of severe weather last spring and again during hte late fall and early winter culminated in the most tornadoes since record-keeping began in 1950. “The previous record was 108 tornadoes, which was set in 2008. Three fatalities occurred this… Read more →
