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A strong tornado traveled through the Gulf Coast Region heaping snow and ice off of rooftops that killed three. White House, TN (PRWEB) April 25, 2013 Tornado season reaches its peak at different times throughout the United States. In the Gulf Coast region, where Tennessee is located, the peak of tornado season is usually later in the year, according to Mother Nature Network. However, recently, a powerful spring storm unleashed heavy winds and a tornado in Tennessee, reports ABC. Often...
WYOMISSING, Pa., April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- National hourly billing rates for small to mid-sized advertising and marketing firms remained consistent from 2011-2012, according to Second Wind's 2012 Annual Agency Survey Report. Second Wind, a national association of small-to-midsize advertising, marketing, graphic design, PR and interactive firms, annually surveys its 750+ agency members across the US and Canada to gather data for the annual report. "Downward pressure on...
Part 5 of redOrbit’s exclusive 6-part series Alan McStravick for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The last part of this exclusive series focused on the technologies behind the Earth Networks Total Lightning Network (ENTLN) and their computer and mobile-based platforms for delivery of weather information to the general public. For part 5, I sat down with the company’s senior meteorologist James West to discuss the important role played by humans in weather prediction for their...
Alan McStravick for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online “… And as a reminder, the captain recommends that you keep your seatbelt fastened while seated throughout the flight.” The above was once regarded as overly cautious advice. However, new research from the University of Reading indicates that keeping your seatbelt fastened may become a strict and necessary requirement for those crossing the Atlantic in the coming decades. Their analysis of climate change has presented models...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Two years after from the second-deadliest tornado season in US history, climate scientists are finding it difficult to predict exactly what kind of impact global warming will have on the prevalence of the deadly twisters. In 2011, nearly 1,700 tornadoes were spotted across America, killing more than 550 people, Associated Press (AP) Science Writer Seth Borenstein reported on Friday. One of those twisters killed 158 people in the...
Alan McStravick for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online In recent years, we have seen a severe uptick in the frequency and strength of tornadoes that strike from the south through the Midwest of the United States. In April of 2011, a month that regularly records an average of 161 tornadoes, a record 758 tornadoes were documented. A new study out of the University of Iowa wanted to explore how residents, caught in the direct path of a previous tornado, viewed their chances of possible...
[ Watch the Video: Talking Tornadoes with Tim Samaras ] Alan McStravick for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online On December 26, 2004, we learned of the importance that early warning systems can play in preventing loss of life when the great Indonesian tsunami caught locals and vacationers alike by surprise. In contrast, on March 11, 2011, the early warning system, while unable to prevent tens of thousands of human casualties, was effectively responsible for preventing a greater loss of...
Toronto Stock Exchange (Venture) Symbol: "WND" OTCQX Symbol: "WNDEF" Issued and Outstanding: 71,127,175 VANCOUVER, Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Western Wind Energy Corp. (the "Company" or "Western Wind") remembers that 14 years ago, we had a shared dream of building a company that would develop, own and operate wind and solar projects. The key to our success would be to engage the best individuals and move decisely for the right reasons. The road would not be smooth...
GAINESVILLE, Texas, Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Wind Energy Services Company (WES), part of the Molded Fiber Glass Companies (MFG), announced today that Thomas Brazina has joined the company as general manager. Tom will assume responsibility for the company's field service operations based in Gainesville, TX, reporting to MFG Corporate Senior Vice President David Giovaninni. WES is part of MFG Wind, MFG's comprehensive product and service capability offering for the wind energy...
TSX.V Symbol: "WND" OTCQX Symbol: "WNDEF" Issued and Outstanding: 70,617,224 VANCOUVER, Feb. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Western Wind Energy Corp. - (the "Company" or "Western Wind") (TSX Venture Exchange - "WND") (OTCQX - "WNDEF") would like to report on the Ontario Securities Commission Order and clarify what was not reported in Brookfield's News Release, issued earlier today. This morning the Ontario Securities Commission dismissed Western Wind's application to compel...
Latest wind Reference Libraries
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...
Say it’s not so, but we could be very well on the verge of entering into an EL-Nino cycle soon. How soon? The latest forecast issued by the Climate Prediction Center has upped the chances of seeing EL-Nino this year now at 61% with the favorable time period pointing towards the 3rd quarter (July-September). What does this mean to you? Well it all depends on where you’re living as EL-Nino has a wide array of impacts that are different everywhere around the globe. Here are a few...
ENSO has an impact on the severe weather across the United States. As we look at the above graph we see that the area of Baltimore is impacted by ENSO and its tornado count. The stats are for the described years to the left of each bar. During a La-Nina the tornado count picks up for the region; within 50 miles of the city up to 9 tornadoes occurred during the 2000 event. The 2010 EL-Nino set into the region and the tornado count dropped to around 4 tornadoes within 50 miles of the...
Three big weather events from this past weekend included the heat wave and also the severe weather that struck. First, the heat that is being, and has been, felt in the Southern Plains is on the average of 10-15 degrees above the average for many places, along with that is the Heat Index values that have been surpassing the 100-110 range. The second big impact of the weekend was the severe weather that went through PA/NY/NJ where there were confirmed tornadoes and the damage has put...
