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- Violent Weather Aids Whale Environmentalist GroupThe Sea-Shepard Conservation Society is well-known for their efforts in trying to protect the whales of the Southern Ocean. During the first phase of their latest operation called Operation Waltzing Maltida, the conversation boat Steve Irwin was unsuccessful in locating the Japanese Whaling Fleet.
- The Basics of Skew-T/Log-P DiagramsOne of the most important tools that convective forecasters have is the Skew-T/Log-P Diagram. It is a thermodynamic chart that allows forecasters to view real information about the state of the atmosphere from the surface level all the way to 100 millibars.
- Picking a Meteorology SchoolI receive a lot of email from prospective students asking for advice on picking a meteorology school and/or program. I have compiled some information that people can use for a starting point in their search.
- Benefit of the DoubtIt appears that the chaser who apparently gave away free video to a major network may have been wronged by the network. New information from the chaser at the center of this suggests that the he did sell the video to the network and he allegedly has confirmation numbers that can prove that the video was sold.
- Don’t Demote Yourself trying to Promote YourselfIt has been brought to my attention that during the recent Oklahoma blizzard, which was a major story over the holidays, that a few very well known storm chasers have given away video footage to major networks using those networks “Citizen Journalist” or viewer video services.
- Santa Enlist Help of StormChase.com Forecasters for Christmas Flight 2009We just received a high priority phone call at the StormChase.com forecasting center from the North Pole. It was Santa's lead elf meteorologist, Dr. Bouncy Sugar Socks. Poor little guy was freaking out!! It seems that Santa is very worried about the Christmas Eve forecast for supercells and possible tornadoes over parts of Oklahoma and Texas, as well as […]
- Florida Braces for Potentially Strong Winter Tornado SeasonAt the possible expense of sounding “alarmist”, I am personally concerned over storm safety of Florida's seasonal winter residents. Having been one myself for several years now, I'm surprised at how many people invade the sub-tropical state each winter to escape the harsh cold air and winter storms of the Midwest, although I fully understand their […]
- Tornado Warning Rocks Southern FloridaThe National Weather Service in Miami, FL has issued what might just be the final tornado warning of 2009 at 10:27 EST Friday, December 18th.
- New Poster Print AvailableDue to (I'm not kidding) HUNDREDS of request for a poster print of our Hyannis Supercell panorama from May 20th ealier this year, I'm pleased to announce that we have put the amazingly gorgeous image in the inventory of our store on Zazzle.com. Buy direct from our Zazzle store and save, while also be able to immediately select from dozens of great […]
- Storm Chasing Lecture at Hamilton CollegeLast week I had the honor of being invited to Hamilton College in upstate New York to give a lecture to a group of students and members of the community.
