Friday, September 9, 2011

A thousand year rain in DC?

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What an incredible rainfall event over the MidAtlantic states!  The remnants of tropical storm "Lee" nearly matched the ultimate r...
Sunday, September 4, 2011

Fires and intense updrafts in east Norman

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While working on a winter weather course, a colleague of mine shouted about a fire visible to the east of the National Weather Center.  Natu...
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Saturday, August 27, 2011

A benefit of probabilistic surge forecasts - an example from Irene's impact on NYC

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Here's a good site for surge predictions from SUNY Stonybrook .  The latest forecast for the Battery shows a good surge of 1-1.5 m above...
Sunday, August 14, 2011

The collapse of a stage at the Indiana State Fair 13 Aug 2011

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Note:  I've added an addendum at the bottom of this post Concert stage collapses from sudden wind gusts happen all to frequently and ...
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Sunday, April 10, 2011

The Great Sand Dunes NP 2011 on March 17-18

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Daphne, and I decided to visit the Great Sand Dunes, NP in March 17-18 this year as part of our Colorado trip.  This park is one huge sandy ...
Tuesday, March 1, 2011

The fire scars in the TX Panhandle on 28 February 2011

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West Texas suffered one of the worst wildland fire outbreaks in recent history when a strong upper-level system helped funnel strong, dry do...
Monday, February 21, 2011

Do snow ratios always increase when the temperature decreases?

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On February 8, 2011, we Normanites were facing the prospects of a big snowfall forecast according to some model runs.  At least the kind tha...