Latest Rain Stories
redOrbit Meteorologist Joshua Kelly Weather from September 6: A very busy day from a severe weather aspect, with strong winds from Missouri and Kansas and also southward into portions of Arkansas and Mississippi. A second pocket of strong winds occurred in the panhandle of Texas. A third region was found along the Northeast region of New York and portions of PA along with Virginia and North Carolina. A large swath of hail reports came out of Iowa with the largest report from Newell, IA...
redOrbit Meteorologist Joshua Kelly Afternoon Tropical Update for September 6, 2012: Tropics: This afternoon we still see that the low pressure which has moved into the Northern Gulf has a moderate chance of becoming a tropical system. However, time is limited as there is a strong cold front about to approach the region. Estimated winds are around 25kts with a pressure of 1009mb as of this afternoon. Hurricane Leslie continues to turn towards Bermuda with estimated winds around...
redOrbit Meteorologist Joshua Kelly Big Story Weather from Sept. 3: The heat returned to the Southern Plains as many places were near 100 with heat index values over 105. Severe weather reports from yesterday included large hail in South Dakota and also in Central Kansas. Multiple damaging wind reports occurred from Mississippi to Alabama and part of Georgia. Another pocket of damaging winds occurred in the Carolina’s. A third area was found back in Kansas and Missouri. Big Story...
redOrbit Meteorologist Joshua Kelly Big Story Weather from August 30: The big weather came from the Gulf Coast and the Southeast as Isaac continued to weaken but still provided plenty of rain and damage. Multiple tornadoes were reported throughout Mississippi as well as a single report in Alabama. There was also a pocket of wind damage reports coming from Southern California. There were reports yesterday of rainfall amounts reaching 12-24 inches along the Mississippi and Louisiana...
redOrbit Meteorologist Joshua Kelly Big Story Weather from August 29, 2012: The major story across the United States was the movement of Tropical Storm Isaac as it continued to create havoc across LA/MS/AL. There were reports of storm surges of at least 12 feet in some places, flash flooding with areas like New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast getting over 12 inches of rain. The winds that came through the area brought gusts near 60-70mph across the entire region. Tornadoes were also...
redOrbit Meteorologist Joshua Kelly Big Story Weather from August 23: The top story from yesterday again was the heavy rainfall that spread across the Southwest. The second major event was the high fire potential that is still in effect over the Northern Rockies and the Western Plains due to the very dry conditions. Also from a severe weather aspect there was one reported tornado in Eastern Colorado, along with a concentration of wind and hail damage that spread across Eastern South Dakota...
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Disney-funded research intended to better depict CGI rainbows stumbled onto a previously unknown mechanism that causes rare twinned rainbows, according to a report to be presented this week in Los Angeles at SIGGRAPH 2012, the International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques. Twinned rainbows, unlike the more popular double rainbows, appear as two independent rainbow arcs that share a common base rainbow. It has...
New connection between climate change and acidification of Northeast's forests and streams Acid rain. It was a problem that largely affected U.S. eastern states. It began in the 1950s when Midwest coal plants spewed sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides into the air, turning clouds--and rainfall--acidic. As acid rain fell, it affected everything it touched, leaching calcium from soils and robbing plants of important nutrients. New England's sugar maples were among the trees left high and...
Shining light between drops makes thunderstorm seem like a drizzle Drivers can struggle to see when driving at night in a rainstorm or snowstorm, but a smart headlight system invented by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute can improve visibility by constantly redirecting light to shine between particles of precipitation. The system, demonstrated in laboratory tests, prevents the distracting and sometimes dangerous glare that occurs when headlight beams are...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Ever tried to dodge rain drops in a downpour? Well, that’s exactly what one new set of headlights are able to do. Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a smart headlight that can predict where rain falls, and adjust the light beams accordingly. The researchers set out to develop a system that switches off rays of light that hit raindrops by using low-cost, off-the-shelf components. The team ended up with a...
Latest Rain 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...
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...
Orographic thunderstorms are formed when the air is pushed up a mountain side. This type of thunderstorm is found only on the windward side of a mountain range. In the United States we would find these types of thunderstorms on the western slopes of the Rocky Mountains and also on the western slopes of the Appalachians. Things that make this thunderstorm important: First of all they only form in certain geographical places on the earth as mentioned above. But they can form anywhere in the...
November 2012: The area is going to see a warm start to the month as temps will average in the 60-70F range with a few days rising into the 80’s and also a few days in the 50’s possible. Precipitation on the whole will be around 2-4inches for the month; while there will be none in the form of snowfall. There will be a high chance for an overnight freeze during the month. December 2012: Temps will fall for the month of December as high temps will be in the 50-70F range during the...
January 2012: Started out dry as the area only received 1.06in of rainfall which is about .76in below normal leading to an annual deficit of .76in. February 2012: Followed in January’s footsteps as being dry again; the area got only .99in of rainfall which lead to the annual deficit becoming 1.01in. March 2012: The area received a nice welcoming 3.29in of rainfall on the month which is about 1.92in above normal and brought the annual amount back to a positive 1.08in. April 2012:...
