Here’s How An Intense Derecho Produced 100+ MPH Winds In Iowa On Monday
An intense derecho rolled across the Midwest on Monday, leaving behind swath of damage that stretched hundreds of miles long. At the peak of the storm’s intensity, communities in eastern Iowa saw sustained winds of 70+ MPH for an extended period of…
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President Trump (Allegedly) Wants To Know If We Can Stop A Hurricane With Nuclear Bombs
Axios reported Sunday evening that Donald Trump, former host of The Apprentice and current President of the United States, reportedly asked Homeland Security officials on multiple occasions if we could “nuke” or simply bomb a hurricane to…
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Summer Is Squall Line Season In The United States—Here’s How These Storms Form
It’s squall line season in the United States. The majority of the exciting weather we’ll see over the next couple of months will come from these lines of storms that bubble up and race across hundreds of miles in one shot. We see lots of…
Read MoreSummer Is Squall Line Season In The United States—Here’s How These Storms Form
It’s squall line season in the United States. The majority of the exciting weather we’ll see over the next couple of months will come from these lines of storms that bubble up and race across hundreds of miles in one shot. We see lots of…
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Here's a Look at CAPE, the Fuel That Powers Thunderstorms
The National Weather Service tweeted out a chart on Wednesday showing how incredibly unstable the atmosphere was over the Dallas-Fort Worth area on Wednesday afternoon. The region had CAPE values above 7,000 j/kg, which is an extreme amount of…
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Here’s How to Make Beautiful Maps Without Any Training at All
I love my maps. It sounds conceited, but…oh, heck. Who am I kidding? I’m proud of my work. Everyone should like what they make. Creating my own maps compliments my writing and gives my posts a visual style that sets them apart from other…
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