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Archive for March, 2009

National Geographic: Science Behind Chasing Tornadoes

World Weather Post - Tuesday, March 31, 2009 8:54

A few years ago, National Geographic published...

Watch Spectacular Display Of Western Sydney Storms

World Weather Post - Monday, March 30, 2009 19:10

I found this spectacular  video of a severe lightning storm, taken by Jimmy Deguara in Western Sydney, Australia. Many thousand lightning strikes occurred during this severe weather episode. Good timelapse photography. Have ...

Atlantic Ocean Temperature Warming Trend Caused By Dust

World Weather Post - Sunday, March 29, 2009 21:42

AccuWeather is reporting that "a reduction of airborne dust and volcanic emissions is the main cause of ...

Historical Floods In The United States

World Weather Post - Friday, March 27, 2009 8:42

Floods are in the news right now, with the expected flloding expected in North Dakota this week. You may find interesting to learn about some of the worst fllods in U.S. history in an ...

YouTube Classic: Boeing 747 Gets Hit By Lightning

World Weather Post - Thursday, March 26, 2009 4:07

This is rare footage of an airplane actually being hit by lightning. This video was originally put on YouTube on January 2008, and has been viewed 473,509 times. Take a look at this ...

Watch: School’s Out For ‘Flood Day’

World Weather Post - Wednesday, March 25, 2009 1:56

This BlueBox video from weather.com reports on the sandbagging efforts going on in Fargo. Local officials also let students out of high school to help ...

UN: Floods Affect More Than 200000 People In Namibia

World Weather Post - Monday, March 23, 2009 3:35

According to South Africa's News24.com, "More than 200 000 people in Namibia have been affected by heavy flooding near the northern ...

Severe Headaches Associated With Higher Temperatures

World Weather Post - Friday, March 20, 2009 9:19

Science Daily is reporting on one of the first large scale scientific studies which looked into the relationship ...

Watch: Ice Comes Off Lake Huron Into Michigan Homes

World Weather Post - Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:19

BBC News reports that mountains of ice came off Lake Huron into Michigan homes last week, on Sunday, March 8th, ...

Indian Ocean Deployment Of Monsoon Monitoring Buoys

World Weather Post - Wednesday, March 18, 2009 16:44

The Hindu Business Line is reporting that "almost 72 per cent of the Research Moored Array for ...

Video: Powerful Sandstorm Hits Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

World Weather Post - Tuesday, March 17, 2009 21:55

According to the BBC, "One of the strongest sandstorms to hit the Saudi capital Riyadh in decades has been filmed by ...

Nature’s Time Machine: Stories In The Ice

World Weather Post - Monday, March 16, 2009 9:05

Peter Tyson, Nova Online producer at PBS, has written a fascinating article on ice cores and asks the question:  "How would you like to ...

Six ways to save the world: scientists compile list of climate change clinchers

World Weather Post - Sunday, March 15, 2009 15:21

The Guardian reported last week that "scientists at the international congress in Copenhagen have prepared a summary statement ...

Drought, Recession Scorch Texas Cattle Ranchers

World Weather Post - Wednesday, March 11, 2009 4:30

From Pandora, Texas, Ed Stoddard and Jessica Rinaldi, of Reuters, are reporting that ...

Watch Boy Tell How He Survived A Twister

World Weather Post - Tuesday, March 10, 2009 20:51

Watch this BlueBox raw video of a boy telling how he ...

Dramatic New Sea Level Figures To Be Revealed This Week At Climate Change Conference In Copenhagen

World Weather Post - Monday, March 9, 2009 3:30

Very important news about new evidence of a dramatic rise in sea level was published ...

Watch: Winter Swimming Competition in Riga

World Weather Post - Thursday, March 5, 2009 4:01

From Reuters: ' Latvians love a winter swim." "Swimmers in Riga take to the icy water in an annual winter swimming competition. At least 70 people competed in Latvia's ...

Weather Channel BlueBox Video: Kids Invent Wildfire Solution

World Weather Post - Wednesday, March 4, 2009 22:24

Six young kids have come up with some pretty good ideas to help prevent wildfires in their own community....

Thundersnow Facts

World Weather Post - Tuesday, March 3, 2009 22:15

National Geographic has an article today on a rather rare meteorological event, ...

Numerical Weather Prediction: The Science Behind The Weather Forecast

World Weather Post - Monday, March 2, 2009 3:18

The forecast chart on the left represents the 72-hour forecast of mean sea level pressure and wind speed a few km above the surface. This specifc chart was produced at ...

Computer Model To Recreate Snowflake Crystals

World Weather Post - Sunday, March 1, 2009 15:53

It may seem a simple thing, simulating a snowflake by computer. Not as easy as it looks. Scientists ...


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