Hello everyone! Thanks for taking the time to read my first research post. If you follow Nick on Facebook, you may have seen my post about climate change in our forecast area. I explained how…
Category: Research
Forecasting with a Partial Deck in Mother Nature’s Casino
Imagine sitting down at a poker table and watching the dealer remove the King and Nine of Hearts, the Ten and Three of Clubs, the Six and Jack of Spades, and the Four and Nine…
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Research: How does diurnal temperature range affect human health?
Hello there; thanks for taking the time to read this piece of research. For my final piece of research, I decided to change things up. Instead of looking at a specific weather phenomenon, I looked…
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Research: What is a derecho and what makes them significant?
Hello everyone! I appreciate you taking the time to read my third summer project. As with my other two projects, it is evident that I am a fan of severe and tropical weather. For my…
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Review: Tall tower data for tropical cyclones
Thank you for taking the time to read my third research paper of the summer! Today we’re going to be focusing on tall towers and how they can give us data to help forecast weather…
Review: Hurricane Ian & what made it so difficult to forecast
Thank you for taking the time to read my second research paper of the summer! Today we’re going to be focusing on the third costliest hurricane in United States history: Hurricane Ian. Even though this…
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Research: Is Tornado Alley Shifting to the East?
Hello everyone! Thank you for taking the time to read my second summer project. Instead of looking at a particular storm or event, I wanted to change things slightly. For my topic today, I wanted…
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Review and Summary: Different Ways QLCS Tornadoes Form?
Hello everyone and thank you for reading my first piece of research review for the summer. Today, I will examine and review an article titled “Quantification of QLCS Tornado Genesis, Associated Characteristics, and Environments across…
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What made Hurricane Sandy different from other tropical systems?
Hurricane Sandy, often referred to as ‘Superstorm Sandy’, defied the hurricane norms with its unusual path, vast size, and devastating effects on the northeast U.S. Why was this storm, which transitioned from a Category 1…
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Review: What is the “cone of uncertainty” and how can we explain it better?
Happy Friday, everyone! Now that hurricane season has begun, it is important to properly understand how the “cone of uncertainty” works by the National Hurricane Center. I was reading through this article that I thought…
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