Under The Weather: Weather Briefs, Vol. 2
If you can believe it, I'm still out sick today, my third day out of work and fifth day of this awful flu-like beast. As in Volume 1, I'll bring you these quick "weather briefs," or lost blog entries that I meant to post, but never did.
Lake Michigan welcomed its first major winter storm yesterday, when high winds whipped up huge waves and the lake-effect snow machine started cranking. The picture below was snapped by AccuWeather.com Weather Photo Gallery user Kimo2004 yesterday in Holland, Michigan:
This awesome time-lapse video was captured by the Fox Chicago webcam. In it, you can see several impressive storms moving through, with incredible rain shafts and a lightning strike to the Sears Tower. This is a must-see.
Hurricane Noel last week was the first test for NOAA's new unmanned hurricane reconnaissance aircraft, known as the UAS. The idea is to get near-surface wind data from the 5-foot-long-plane that can't be safely attained through Hurricane Hunter aircraft. The craft was definitely launched, but there here's no word on how it went yet, or whether it actually returned.
OFFICIAL ACCUWEATHER KENTUCKY STORM CHASE VIDEO ONLINE:
I had posted some raw video from our storm chasers that intercepted multiple supercell thunderstorms and tornadoes near Owensboro, Kentucky last month. The boys have gathered together with Southeast Expert Frank Strait to produce this video blog (PREMIUM | PRO) of their adventure. Also on Discovery.com, one of our chasers, Shawn Smith, talks about his experience chasing out West this Spring. That article is part of a whole website on Discovery's new show "Storm Chasers."
SciGuy, a blogger from Texas who has been a vocal critic of our own Joe Bastardi [BIO] in the past, finally sat down face to face with him last month when Joe visited Houston for his Winter Conference.
Scientists again believe (based on computer simulations of course) that they are close to being able to weaken, kill or change course of hurricanes. This has been tried in the past without much success, as you can see in the Hurricane FAQ, so I'm not holding my breath on this one.
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