This is why I love questions. Because the more we learn, the more we learn what we don’t know. There is a saying that floats around the Scientific Community, “The more our circumference of knowledge…
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Wx Info: Answering if the lack of severe weather is ‘luck’ or a pattern shift
I received a great question the other day. Corey checked in asking if the overall pattern had changed during the last few years since it felt like there hadn’t been as much severe weather. And…
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Dr. Ken Libbrecht can make his own snowflakes – seriously
Now, I don’t often say, “This is the coolest thing you’ll see all day” but this time I will say it. And I mean. Literally and figuratively. Veritasium interviewed Dr. Ken Libbrecht, the world expert…
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Wx Info: Why is a Lunar Eclipse red?
A great question! There is a really awesome reason with a super cool explanation. The reason: The atmosphere. Super cool explanation: Light slloowwwssss doooowwwwnnnnnnnnnn But real quick, let’s go back to school A lunar eclipse…
Wx Info: Atmospheric optics – Rainbows, sun dogs, sun pillars, light pillars, and halos
I didn’t plan on writing this piece today, but back-to-back really cool things happened in the atmosphere recently. Light pillars in Alaska and Halos in Mississippi. So what causes all of these optical illusions? Our…
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New Green Screen, who dis?
I’ve been working on some projects recently around my home office, trying to develop some new ways to share weather information with you, my awesome readers. Whether it is just a daily weather forecast or…
Today’s forecast: Quality work from AtmosCenter students
Need a forecast for the next few days across southeastern Mississippi, southern Alabama or the western Florida panhandle? These students have you covered. I’ve got to say, I wasn’t this skilled coming out of college,…
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“Nick… What do you even do now?”
A handful of folks have asked what I do now. Aasking why I left TV and if I’m still even doing anything with the weather. There are many ways to explain what it is that…
Wx Info: Tropical tornadoes vs. other tornadoes
A tropical tornado is a special kind of tornado that is formed mostly from wind shear and less through instability. Because of that, they tend to be weaker and shorter-lived than the tornadoes that form…
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A message to everyone from those who survived Katrina
A few days before the 15 year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall, I asked people who lived through Hurricane Katrina to give their best piece of advice to their past self – or others –…
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