I got a great question from Sarah regarding our recent shot of cold. She was curious about why this year was so weird. Seems like this cold, to her, is sticking around longer than normal.…
Category: Weather History
Lotta Watta! A brief look at the recent rain vs. the 2016 floods
I’ve heard from a good number of folks that have said, “My creek is more full today than any other time since I moved here in the 80s!” or “My pond wasn’t even this full…
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Research – MS/AL/LA’s unique climate history; how sulfates may have played a part in keeping our area cool for the past century
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…
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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Christmas Weather History of Southern MS/AL/LA
I can hear some of you now: “Oh boy. Here Nick goes again!” Guilty as charged! I went down a bit of a rabbit hole this morning trying to shake out some of the Christmas…
Second research project: how weather models can improve upslope snowfall forecasting
Hello there; thanks for taking the time to read this research. This is my second piece of research for the summer, and I have decided to switch things up from my last research paper. This…
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A quick note on the 8/24/22 Hattiesburg tornado
Yes, there was a tornado. And, in this case, the video probably really helped the National weather Service identify it. The NWS in Jackson has rated this an EF-0 tornado that was on the ground…
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Wx Info: Your weather isn’t more special than somewhere else
The problem with facts is that they can frequently be boring. Unless it is a fun piece of trivia or an area of interest, a fact can be unintriguing. That makes sense. We live in…
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NWS continues severe weather surveys: Two tornadoes were moving through Covington County simultaneously
The National Weather Service in Jackson, Mississippi finished their severe weather surveys for parts of southern Mississippi and have released stats on the tornadoes that affected the area. There were mutliple storms reports in the…
Building back better: Recovering from the 2017 EF-3 Tornado
Not all bad things stay bad. “Along with the other tornado in 2013, this was some of the worst damage I’ve ever seen.,” Ryan Moore, a reporter at the time for WDAM, said of the…
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