Latest Meteorology Stories
Residents Should Prepare Now to Protect Their Families, Homes, and Finances TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This spring, the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH®) encourages families to prepare for flood dangers prevalent from now through hurricane season. Spring is a timely reminder of the dangers associated with flooding and the steps residents and community leaders can take to protect against flood damage. To view the multimedia assets associated...
Alan McStravick for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Part 1 of redOrbit’s exclusive 6-part series. Last month, an article published on redOrbit profiled the NASA/NOAA GOES-R satellite. Slated for a 2015 launch, this amazing piece of geostationary technology is being touted for its potential to better predict severe weather conditions in the Western Hemisphere, and there can be no denying its importance to the advancement of meteorological science. A component of the GOES-R...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Temperature patterns during Earth’s last prolonged global “hot spell” some 5.3 million to 2.6 million years ago differed markedly from those of modern times, suggesting current climate models may need to be adjusted to improve future predictions, according to a study published this week in the journal Nature. The Earth was warmer during that time - known as the Pliocene Epoch - than it is today, and had higher carbon dioxide...
WASHINGTON, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A versatile NASA airborne imaging radar system is showcasing its broad scientific prowess for studying our home planet during a month-long expedition over the Americas. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) A NASA C-20A piloted aircraft carrying the Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) is wrapping up studies over the U.S. Gulf Coast, Arizona, and Central and South America. The plane...
The once-a-week report provides comparative data for all US Regions on weather trends, regional correlations and long-term forecasts SAN DIEGO, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- EarthRisk Technologies, a pioneer in the research, analysis and visualization of extreme temperature and weather pattern risks, released today the TempRisk US Weeklies, a new product that offers clients a simple-to-understand multi-week weather analysis with comparative charts, weekly highlights, and actionable...
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Rising global temperatures are expected to cause catastrophic change worldwide; however a team of UC Berkeley and University of Washington scientists has found that the Northern Hemisphere will see a greater shift in tropical rainfall patterns compared to the Earth’s southern half. Based on climate data and simulations, the climatologists found that rising temperatures will cause significant shifts in rainfall patterns around the...
OTTAWA, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Neptec Technologies Corp., a spin-out of Neptec Design Group Ltd., an award-winning space flight technology company and NASA Prime Contractor, today announced the launch of a range of innovative obscurant-penetrating 3D laser scanners (OPAL 2.0) for harsh environments and a software development tool kit (3DRi) with real-time features such as automatic change detection and object recognition and tracking. These out-of-the-box "building...
Daily weather forecast and wrap-up provided by redOrbit meteorologist Joshua Kelly. redOrbit Meteorologist Joshua Kelly Big Story Weather from April 2: The first big story from yesterday was the severe weather that broke out over Texas in the late night hours with many places seeing very large hail. The second big story was the colder weather that has settled back in over the Northern Plains and Great Lakes associated with another cold high pressure center. The third story was the...
Hail Storm Products' launch of its HAIL PROTECTOR™ System includes incentives on individual systems and family packages for the consumer. They are also offering co-branded volume packages and discount coupon specials the auto insurance industry, car dealerships, rental car companies and similar organizations may select through their launch campaign. Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) April 02, 2013 Hail Storm Products' HAIL PROTECTOR™ launches an exclusive campaign via California based...
NEW YORK, April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- James E. Hansen, director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York has announced he is retiring as the GISS director and leaving government service. Peter Hildebrand, director of the Earth Sciences Division at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., will serve as interim director until a new director is selected through a competitive process. (Logo:...
Latest Meteorology Reference Libraries
An urban heat island (UHI) is a metropolitan area that is drastically warmer than its surrounding rural areas because of human activities. The phenomenon was first looked into and described by Luke Howard during the 1810s, although he wasn’t the one to name the phenomenon. The difference in temperature is normally bigger at night as opposed to during the day, and it most obvious when winds are weak. Seasonally, UHI is seen during the summer and the winter. The key cause of the urban heat...
Climate change is a substantial and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods of time ranging from decades to millions of years. It might be a change in the average weather conditions, or in the distribution of weather around the average conditions. Climate change is a result of factors that include oceanic processes, biotic processes, variations in solar radiation received buy Earth, volcanic eruptions, and plate tectonics, and human induced alterations...
Surface Dew-points can play a huge role in weather forecasting. The first such role is that it helps determine the amount of moisture in the atmosphere for a given point. If we look at the current dew-point map above from January 28, 2013 we can note several things of interest. First, if we look at where the black circle is around the number 70, we can make note that this air right off the coast of Texas is at a dew point of 70F. The temperature outside must be above 70F, because the...
Air mass thunderstorms are found in marine time tropical air. In short they are also known as MT Thunderstorms. Air mass thunderstorms represent what is known as the common three stage thunderstorm development. This means that an air mass thunderstorm goes through the stages of Cumulus which is represented by the updrafts only being present; secondly it moves into the mature stage where it has both updrafts and downdrafts; finally it goes into the dissipating stage where you see only the...
In this lesson we are going to take a look at super-cell thunderstorms and what they mean and how they impact our daily lives. First, a super-cell thunderstorm is formed from a cumulus-nimbus cloud. Super-cell thunderstorms are the most advanced form of thunderstorms known on earth. This is because these types of thunderstorms need so many things to come together in the atmosphere at the same time. The first thing they need is the warm moist air at or near the surface. Secondly, is...
