tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29540976482945624182024-03-05T17:21:57.280-08:00The old weather WizGabe levinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12371787494696869391noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954097648294562418.post-59948123564434858762015-11-02T09:54:00.001-08:002015-11-02T09:54:11.769-08:00Precipitation<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeerzaE7JuMg3izWeYuPaW5i3LH9jcEOkV_sIBgvhlXET7qkFwmW-TuK1YpjTjIZkTkO0z3nIWKL6eppDvqyGZG2YYG_x9bautdTlZmXsjQUkD_jEUFpBnrOE7vZoiTN8TTqt0x1FeKgob/s1600/belt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeerzaE7JuMg3izWeYuPaW5i3LH9jcEOkV_sIBgvhlXET7qkFwmW-TuK1YpjTjIZkTkO0z3nIWKL6eppDvqyGZG2YYG_x9bautdTlZmXsjQUkD_jEUFpBnrOE7vZoiTN8TTqt0x1FeKgob/s1600/belt2.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span>When we talked about clouds and precipitation. We mentioned that when air is
forced to rise, it expands and cools and water vapor is squeezed out of the air
by the process of condensation. The moisture could take the form of dew, frost,
fog, or precipitation.<span> </span>We mentioned
various places where air is forced to rise such as mountains, along fronts and
in storms.<span> </span>Another place air is forced
to rise is in the doldrums.<span> </span>This is an
area of low pressure located near the equator of the earth. The northeast trade
winds in the northern hemisphere converge with the southeast trades of the
southern hemisphere.<span> </span>Where these winds
come together, the air is forced to rise. As a result, this is an area of heavy
rainfall day after day.<span> </span>This
Doldrum-belt does shift during the year.<span>
</span>In the summertime it migrates about five degrees north of the
equator.<span> </span>During the autumn and spring
season it is located very close to the equator and in the wintertime it
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Just the opposite, the horse latitude belt is where the
northeast trade winds originate. Air flows away from the horse latitude
belt.<span> </span>At the same time, the
south-westerlies originate from the horse latitude belt and flow away from the
area.<span> </span>As air flows away from the horse latitude belt, air must descend
to take the place of the departing surface air.<span>
</span>Air is sinking, thus warming and no clouds or precipitation occur.<span> </span>The horse latitude belt is located about 30
degrees north and south of the equator.<span>
</span>For the most part, this part of the earth is void of clouds, wind and
precipitation.<span> </span>In the early days,
explorers had to lighten the loads on their ships because there was no wind to
push them along.<span> </span>Everything had to go
overboard, even the horses they brought along for transportation in the new
world.<span> </span>As a result, this area became
known as the horse latitudes.</span></span></div>
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at 60 degrees north there is another low- pressure area like the doldrums.<span> </span>Here we see the convergence of the prevailing
southwesterlies and the polar northeasterlies.<span>
</span>Again, as they converge air is forced to rise and an area of clouds and
precipitation are formed.<span> </span>This area is
called the subpolar low area.<span> </span>What is
important is this, where the air is forced to rise, clouds and precipitation
prevails and where air is sinking, there is little in the way of clouds or
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occurs, let’s look at the different forms of precipitation.<span> </span>First, there is rain. This is described as
drops of water falling from clouds at least a few thousand feet above the
ground.<span> </span>Very fine drops, called drizzle,
falls from lower clouds such as stratus clouds. The classic snowflake consists
of a six-sided crystal.<span> </span>At very low
temperatures snow may take the form of ice needles.<span> </span>Sleet or ice pellets are formed when
raindrops fall through below-freezing layers of air, solidifying into pellets
of clear ice. Freezing rain forms when drops of rain come in contact with
below-freezing surfaces on the ground.<span> </span>This
condition, if prolonged, may create an ice storm, causing hazardous driving
conditions along with severe damage to trees, shrubs, and telephone and
electric wires.<span> </span>Finally, hail can be
described as alternating layers of snow and ice that resemble an onion in
structure.<span> </span>Hailstones, oddly enough, are
usually associated with severe summer thunderstorms and are rarely experienced
during the winter.</span></span></span></div>
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atmosphere. If the clouds are located completely in the cold air (below 32
degrees) then the temperature of the dew point will be below freezing and snow
forms. As snow falls through the air and hits the ground, it does not melt
since the ground temperature is also below freezing.<span> </span>The snow is said to stick.</span></span></span></div>
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the clouds are located both in the cold air and the warm air, then raindrops
are formed in the warm air while snow is formed in the cold air.<span> </span>As the raindrops fall into the colder air
below, they eventually freeze and form solid pellets of ice which we call sleet
or ice pellets. These pellets reach the ground as sleet, which some people
mistakenly call hail. So, where the cloud is located in both warm air and cold
air, we get a mixture of snow and sleet. If the entire cloud exists in above
freezing warm air, no snowflakes can form, only raindrops.<span> </span>If, however, the cold air below is thick
enough, rain drops could form pellets of ice and sleet would form, however, if
the cold air below the clouds is extremely shallow, then the rain drops
will remain rain drops until they actually hit the ground.<span> </span>If the ground temperature is below 32
degrees, then the rain freezes on contact with the ground, forming freezing
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forms of precipitation hits the ground if the entire cloud is located in the
warm air (above 32 degrees) and the surface temperature is also above 32
degrees?</span></span></span></div>
Gabe levinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12371787494696869391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954097648294562418.post-26155831089036398962015-10-20T09:45:00.002-07:002015-10-20T09:45:29.479-07:00Ice Age part II<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Last week we talked about <b>ice ages</b>. Today I will try to explain <b>what causes ice ages and are we heading for another one at this time</b>? We start out with the time period known as
the Pleistocene epoch. Pleisto means most recent. It is typically defined as the time period
that began 1.8 million years ago and lasted until about 11,700 years ago. The most recent ice age occurred then, as
glaciers covered huge parts of the planet Earth. There have been at least five documented
major ice ages during the nearly 5 billion years since the earth was formed. At
one point, during the recent ice age, sheets of ice covered all of Antarctica,
large parts of Europe, North America and South America and small areas in Asia.
In North America the ice stretched over Greenland and Canada and parts of the
northern United States. The remains of
glaciers of the latest ice age can still be seen in parts of the world,
including Greenland and Antarctica. During
this time there were about 20 cycles when the glaciers would advance and
retreat as they thawed and refroze.</span></span></div>
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what are some of the theories put forth to explain ice ages? The consensus is that several factors are
important. One that has been put forth is the change in the earth’s atmosphere.
During the recent period of the last 100-1000 years, the sharp increases in
human activity, especially the burning of fossil fuels, has caused the parallel
sharp and accelerating increase in atmosphere greenhouse gases which trap the
sun’s heat. Some scientists feel the resulting gases cause the increase in
global warming and thus the chief contributor to the accelerated melting of the
remaining glaciers and polar ice.</span></span></div>
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say the activities of the human species first began not in the 18<sup>th</sup>
century with the advent of the industrial era, but dates back to 8,000 years
ago, due to intense farming activities of our early ancestors. It was at that time that atmospheric
greenhouse gas began to increase. Some
say it was the introduction of large-scale rice agriculture in Asia, coupled
with extensive deforestation in Europe that caused the warming of the
atmosphere during the last 1000 years.
Warmer climate caused warmer ocean waters and thus less efficient
storehouses of carbon dioxide. Theories,
theories, theories! The
geological records also appear to show ice ages start when continents are in
positions which block or reduce the flow of warm water from the equator to the
Poles and thus allow ice sheets to form. The ice sheets increase earth’s
reflectivity and thus reduce the absorption
of solar radiation. The earth cools, ice
sheets continue to grow which further increases reflectivity and the cycle
continues. Another
popular theory is variations in earth’s orbit
(Milankovich’s theory.) Of particular importance are the changes in the tilt
of the earth’s axis, which affect </span></span></div>
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intensity of seasons. It is widely
believed that ice sheets advance when summers become too cool to melt all of
the accumulated snowfall from the previous winter. Of course, this is just
another theory and not completely accepted by the scientific community.
However, it does make a lot of sense.
Another theory is that the sun outputs varying amounts of energy.
Scientists are skeptical about this theory. They think the variation in the
sun’s output is so small as to have little effect on our climate.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How
about volcanism? Could volcanic
eruptions be the cause of ice ages?
Volcanoes can contribute to high amounts of carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere when they erupt. Carbon
dioxide from volcanoes probably contributed to periods with highest overall
temperatures. With regard to volcanoes,
they also spew tremendous amounts of soot and ash into the atmosphere. This can circulate around the globe in the
upper atmosphere for years and years.
Could this block out the radiation from the sun and cause an ice age?
Many, many questions, very few answers.
Remember, ice ages last for millions and millions of years. I believe the cause or causes of such
occurrences have to be long lasting. If
one wanted to press me for my thoughts, I would have to think the variations in
the earth’s orbit around the sun, (Milankovich theory) has the most
credibility. This may work in coordination with other factors to bring on an
ice age. </span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZmFgidle7l5iF2L3kpiNKDcR4imMQ8CLL7u1KcCP9AKPah6xfr6ZQRehMbZfgtTbo5UVy-ce87gG-jxZRWEgO0E3ZKNxE-sSBd3wTBytLTyhfY6xXAkT51uAlgQT6jOwWBk4tWC7kkHv1/s1600/11dec_S.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZmFgidle7l5iF2L3kpiNKDcR4imMQ8CLL7u1KcCP9AKPah6xfr6ZQRehMbZfgtTbo5UVy-ce87gG-jxZRWEgO0E3ZKNxE-sSBd3wTBytLTyhfY6xXAkT51uAlgQT6jOwWBk4tWC7kkHv1/s1600/11dec_S.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We talked about the year without a summer, 1816.
Periodically we have periods of cold weather but that is not an <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ice age</b>. By definition, an ice age is a
period of long-term reduction in the temperature of the earth’s surface and
atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice
sheets and alpine glaciers. Within a long-term ice age, there are intermittent
warm periods we call interglacial periods.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Before we go too far into the talk on ice ages, it is
important to put “time” into perspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I really don’t know when our universe was created, the so-called “big
bang”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Theory has it our sun was born
approximately 15 billion years ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our
earth came into being some 5 billion years ago. When did man make his
appearance on earth?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, let’s shrink
the earth’s 5 billion year history into a single year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Man did not appear in January, not even the
beginning of December. On December 15th man still has not appeared on
earth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not even on December 30th.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On December 31st at noon time, man is still
not present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At 11 pm, no sign of
man.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At 11:59 pm still no sign of
man.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The final seconds tick off on New
Year’s Eve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>11:59 and 50 seconds, no
man.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finally, at 11:59 and 59 seconds
man appears on earth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Out of the entire
year, man has existed on earth for only one second.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Having this in mind, it is easier to
understand ice ages. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Let’s go way back…during the past billion (that’s a b)
years, the earth has fluctuated between warm periods (even ice free) and cold
periods when glaciers scoured the continents. The current earth cooling started
about 70 million years ago and continues today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We can determine that by examining marine sediments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have a fairly continuous record of earth’s
climate change. This record indicated decreasing deep-water temperatures along
with the build-up on continental ice sheets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Much of the deep-water cooling occurred in three major steps…36, 15 and
3 million years ago…the most recent continues today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Filling in the blanks, between 20 & 16
million years ago the earth warmed up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>About 7 million years ago the glaciers began to grow and by 5-6 million
years ago glaciers continued to grow. Then came a warming period between 5
& 3 million years ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact,
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is only the blink of the eye.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then about
3 million years ago, temperatures started falling as we entered another
glaciation period.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are still in the
midst of the third major cooling period.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>During this time, glaciers have advanced and retreated over 20 times,
often blanketing portions of North America with ice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our climate today is actually a warm period
between these many periods of glaciation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The most recent period of glaciation, which many people think of as “the
ice age” was at its height approximately 20,000 years ago. About 10,000 years
ago, the earth began to warm up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Currently, all that remains of the continental ice sheets are the
Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets and a few smaller glaciers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A typical interglacial period lasts about
12,000 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are we about ready to
begin to slide into another glaciation period?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Scientists differ on this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some
say it is just around the corner, others say it is 28,000 years off, others say
it is 50,000 years in the future. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We should consider ourselves extremely lucky.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The majority of the time, the earth is in the
midst of “an ice age”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone living
on earth today has been blessed with, as they say, a “friendly sun”.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1iigFCEIdk4DmufjIFFh0gmSIHUXmGf3iiItfjIS3xOvmFou6pDuJrpv9Tf0us1nvOjh_mBEp-TgLkAHWrExaQ6mz5zEmqvi39QfJT-3Jm6dX1ukBGHXQ1UgftmlClvb92m63D3FklHFN/s1600/iceage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1iigFCEIdk4DmufjIFFh0gmSIHUXmGf3iiItfjIS3xOvmFou6pDuJrpv9Tf0us1nvOjh_mBEp-TgLkAHWrExaQ6mz5zEmqvi39QfJT-3Jm6dX1ukBGHXQ1UgftmlClvb92m63D3FklHFN/s320/iceage.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The question always comes up about climate change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Does the climate change?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course it does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are human beings responsible for these changes?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, as mentioned earlier in this blog, many
times in the past the earth has been much warmer than it is today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mankind was not around to cause that warming.
Perhaps we can influence the climate to a small degree, but I think climate
changes because of factors way beyond our control. Could we stop the tide from
coming in?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Could we stop lava from
coming out of a volcano?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Could we change
the course of a hurricane?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, of course
not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Climate change occurs over millions
and millions of years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Next week I will examine some of the theories put forth
explaining the causes of ice ages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>None have been so plausible as to be able to predict the
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time we talked about the hurricane, how and where it formed (over warm ocean
waters).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We mentioned hurricanes
generally form from June 1 through November 30<sup>th</sup> in the Atlantic and
May 1 to November 30<sup>th</sup> in the Pacific Ocean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We talked about the surge of water that comes
ashore with a hurricane, the storm surge and then mentioned the scale that
measures the strength of hurricanes called the Saffir-Simpson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today we are going to investigate these
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</span>What is the difference between a hurricane, a typhoon and a
cyclone?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The answer is, basically
nothing except location.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the Atlantic
Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the eastern Pacific Ocean, these tropical storms
are known as hurricanes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the western
Pacific Ocean, these same storms are called typhoons and in the Indian Ocean,
the Bay of Bengal and Australia these storms are called cyclones. So, same type
storm, just named differently in different parts of the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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ago, there were no satellites, no radar, no TV, not even radios.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The major hurricane that hit Galveston, Texas
in 1900 took the public by complete surprise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There were a few reports being spread around that Cuba had a hurricane
but that “news” was dismissed as hearsay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>While this storm was approaching Galveston, many curious folks went to
the seashore to examine the angry seas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Finally, the storm surge arrived on shore and washed thousands of
onlookers out to sea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In all, when the
storm had passed, 16,000 people had lost their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, that would never happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have come so much further than back in
those days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the 1950’s hurricane
hunter planes began flying into the eyes of hurricanes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of my high school students, who was part
of the weather club I organized at the high school, is now the director of
research of the national hurricane center.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is in charge of the hurricane hunter division.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has asked me numerous times to fly with
him into a hurricane on the hurricane hunter plane.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I refuse each time because I am chicken.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He does tell about some harrowing experiences
he has had, but insists they have never had a passenger death or lost a
hurricane hunter in over 60 years of flying into hurricanes. My student tells
of his experiences, saying the flight is 95% boredom and 5% sheer terror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyway, he has flown though the eye of
hurricanes over 300 times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
hurricane hunter planes usually fly into, through and around the eye of the
hurricane at all levels to get very accurate readings concerning the storm and
then send all the data back to the hurricane center where it is put into
computers to improve the forecast of the future speed, strength and direction
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course, also being relayed back to the hurricane center are pictures of the
storm from space.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Satellite imagery has
improved greatly over the years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the
storm gets closer to land, radar is then utilized.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now they can get an exact fix on the location
of the storm and track its exact movement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Forecasts are then made and ready for distribution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, one of my students from the high
school weather program is the executive vice president of the largest weather
corporation in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Millions and
millions of people are notified immediately by radio, TV, and internet that a
storm is threatening their location.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Mandatory evacuations are issued in areas that are in eminent
danger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Never again will a hurricane
“sneak up” on a location.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When storms
are just beginning, they are picked up by the satellites and followed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When then get closer to land, the planes fly
out to examine them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then radar goes
into play.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Computer programs forecast
future movements…. we are well protected…. follow the watches and
warnings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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a watch means a weather situation is possible in the next 12-36 hours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A warning means a weather situation is
expected in the next 24 hours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, a hurricane warning means hurricane conditions are expected in your
area within 24 hours and all precautions should be taken immediately, including
evacuation if necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Within the last
10-20 years, beachfront property has become a very popular location.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A major hurricane, category 4 or 5 will be
catastrophic. Some people will refuse to evacuate, others may be unable to
evacuate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Time will tell how this is
going to work out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are indications
a major hurricane may threaten the east coast of the United States from
September 17th to 19<sup>th</sup>, 2015.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s this year!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course,
making an outlook like this is like shooting a bullet out of the sky with
another bullet, but we will watch.</span></div>
Gabe levinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12371787494696869391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954097648294562418.post-81958697741662443672015-07-09T12:47:00.000-07:002015-07-09T12:47:09.344-07:00The hurricane part 1<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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we are going to examine another deadly storm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Very different from the tornado…. The <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">hurricane</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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hurricane is huge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unlike the tornado, a
hurricane can measure 600-700 miles in diameter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Winds near the center of the storm can reach
speeds up to 200 miles an hour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whereas
a tornado lives on land, a hurricane can only form and survive over warm ocean
waters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the center of a hurricane is
an eye.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the eye, winds are calm or
very light, the sky above is clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
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diameter to as much as 30-40 miles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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let’s see how these storms form, when and where.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For a hurricane to form, it must be, of
course, over the ocean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The ocean water
must be at least 80 degrees Fahrenheit but it should be warmer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hurricanes cannot form on the equator because
there is no Coriolis force at the equator. It is the Coriolis force that causes
the spin in the hurricane. As a result, hurricanes generally form 5-15 degrees
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go through the stages in development of a hurricane.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the Atlantic, these storms usually start
out as a weak low pressure system that drifts westward with the trade
winds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We call this a tropical wave.
After a few days, this area gets better organized, thunderstorms containing
heavy rains and gusty winds expand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
now call this area a tropical depression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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hour, we now label this as a tropical storm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If this area continues to strengthen, it will be upgraded to a hurricane
when the winds reach 75 miles an hour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Hurricanes can and do continue to strengthen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a scale to measure the strength of a
hurricane. It is called the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The weakest hurricane, a category 1
hurricane, has winds between 75 and 95 miles per hour. A category 2 hurricane
has winds of 96 to 110 mph.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Category 3
exhibits winds of 111 to 130 mph.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
storms cause extensive </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">damage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the
winds reach speeds of 131 to 155 mph, the storm is deemed a category 4
hurricane and the damage is extreme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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hurricanes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These storms do catastrophic
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might think most lives are lost during hurricanes because of the strong
winds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While some lives may be lost as a
result of winds, it is water associated with </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">hurricanes that cause the most
deaths. As winds spiral around the storm they push water into a mound at the
storms center.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the storm’s center
approaches land, it is this mound of water that rushes ashore causing
devastating floods.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A surge of 18-20 ft.
of water is not out of the question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This wall of water can knock down buildings, and sweep people out to
sea. It is called the storm surge; it is the real killer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And lately, as scientists delve deeper into
the nature of hurricanes, they are finding more and more unusual occurrences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, scientists are now discovering
that when hurricanes come ashore, they spawn tornadoes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes many, many tornadoes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know the damage tornadoes can do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, in addition to the flooding and wind
damage normally associated with hurricanes, we can now add tornado damage to
hurricanes.</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOj86Ml-E_E5-XpdWd7L8esbXHY09yfLLcWVcOJjOubKu2hnso3GEA2xjZOTdM6_N5vMKM_8XUzyJvoJXedz-vj5-9hzr_Xee78ugLy34ykb4JdL-c4Ghz4BESusxVAk6oKNnBc8huaJk8/s1600/hurricane3.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOj86Ml-E_E5-XpdWd7L8esbXHY09yfLLcWVcOJjOubKu2hnso3GEA2xjZOTdM6_N5vMKM_8XUzyJvoJXedz-vj5-9hzr_Xee78ugLy34ykb4JdL-c4Ghz4BESusxVAk6oKNnBc8huaJk8/s320/hurricane3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
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order to identify hurricanes better, in 1953, the United States weather bureau
began naming hurricanes. They gave hurricanes women’s names.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Until 1979, only women’s names were
used.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1980, they decided to alternate
men’s and women’s names.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If a hurricane
becomes infamous causing great damage and loss of life, that name is
permanently retired, never of course, to be used again.</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOj86Ml-E_E5-XpdWd7L8esbXHY09yfLLcWVcOJjOubKu2hnso3GEA2xjZOTdM6_N5vMKM_8XUzyJvoJXedz-vj5-9hzr_Xee78ugLy34ykb4JdL-c4Ghz4BESusxVAk6oKNnBc8huaJk8/s1600/hurricane3.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a></div>
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Gabe levinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12371787494696869391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954097648294562418.post-25428060893927131312015-06-02T10:07:00.000-07:002015-06-02T10:07:00.009-07:00Tornados<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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week I would like to venture into a situation that can be very costly both in
property and loss of life. Let’s
examine the <b>tornado</b>. This is usually a rather small storm, but extremely
violent. Tornadoes generally affect an area only, perhaps, a mile wide. However, it can move along the earth for many
miles, affecting all those located in its path.
Tornadoes usually develop from severe thunderstorms. Generally, the
scenario goes like this. Hot and humid
air exists in the Gulf States. Cold air
comes racing south from Canada.
Meanwhile, dry air is filtering into the area from the west, coming down
slope from the Rocky Mountains. The
mixture of hot moist air with cold dry air plus in infusion of air from the
west makes the atmosphere extremely unstable.
First, the severe thunderstorm, then the spinning funnel appears. Some funnels never touch the ground, others
do. Much study is being devoted to the dreaded tornado. Great advances have been made, but still much
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during the month of February tornadoes begin affecting the states bordering the
Gulf of Mexico. As March and April
approach, tornadoes begin to develop in the Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska area and
surrounding states. Come the months of
May and June, it is common to see tornadoes ripping across the landscapes of
Iowa, Missouri, and Minnesota, even the Dakotas. It is safe to say, however, very few places
in the United States never experience a tornado. </span></div>
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the spring and summer, it is not out of the question that a tornado touches
down in the northeast. Unlike the
tornadoes in the Gulf States and the mid west (tornado alley), tornadoes in the
northeast are usually of very short duration.
Some funnels just skim the ground, other remain on the ground only for a
few minutes. Tornadoes out west, where
the ground is flat, can stay alive for an hour or more, causing devastation
everywhere in its path. Some tornadoes
travel for hundreds of miles, knocking down huge trees, telephone poles, wires,
throwing cars and trucks around like they were toys, even flattening buildings.
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about tornadoes are quite common. Unfortunately, many of them are true. We hear about a baby being ripped from a
mother’s arms and found a few blocks away with only a few scratches and
bruises. We hear of cars and huge trucks
being carried high in the sky and being whirled around in the funnel, finally
coming back down to earth as the tornado weakens. One man went into his storm cellar and his
dog was following. As the tornado went
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storm cellar? Cars are not safe. Holding on to a tree is no solution. The best thing one can do is finding a
structure. If you are close to home, get
into your house. If you have a cellar,
go down into the cellar and stay away from windows. If your house has no cellar, and many do not,
get to the center of the house …again, away from windows. If you can, get on
the floor, perhaps under a bed. Some
have suggested get into the bathtub and if possible cover yourself with
something to protect yourself from falling objects. Do not, I repeat, do not go
outside to take pictures of the tornado.
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eastern half of the country it has been some winter.<span> </span>Very cold into the deep south and plenty of
snow up north.<span> </span>The sun is now advancing
slowly northward and hot weather will be upon us. Hello to another weather
phenomenon, the thunderstorm.<span> </span>We are all
familiar with thunderstorms, heavy rain, gusty winds, lightning, thunder and
even sometimes hail.<span> </span>Let’s take a closer
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cold and moisture.<span> </span>Specifically, very
warm or hot air at the surface, plenty of moisture available and a very
important ingredient cold air in the upper atmosphere.<span> </span>When it is hot at the surface and cold aloft,
we say the atmosphere is unstable.<span> </span>So,
here We go…on a hot summer afternoon, surface temperature readings in the 90’s,
the surface air is very moist, the air begins to rise.<span> </span>As long as this Parcel of air is warmer than
the air surrounding it, the air will continue to rise.<span> </span>As this air rises higher in the sky, the
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the way up to 60,000-70,000 ft. The parcel will rise that high.<span> </span>Also, remember the surface air contained a
great deal of moisture.<span> </span>Well, air is
like a sponge, warm air can hold a large amount of moisture, however, as the
air gets colder, it is like squeezing the Sponge. <span> </span>Water is released,<span> </span>if you squeeze the sponge quickly, a great
deal of water is released at once….a Heavy downpour.<span> </span>So, in general, rising air causes clouds and
precipitation because rising air expands and cools<span> </span>and can not hold as much moisture as warm air
can. That explains the rainfall during a thunderstorm…what about the lightning
and thunder?<span> </span>Let’s forget mathematics
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one.<span> </span>Since there are two hydrogen atoms,
it has a plus two Charge.<span> </span>However,
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the water molecules apart.<span> </span>The h’s are
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now charged.<span> </span>The (oh) has a negative
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negative charges are found at the base of the cloud.<span> </span>Beneath the cloud, positive charges
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object appears in the storm’s<span> </span>path,
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Gabe levinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12371787494696869391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954097648294562418.post-91741913419758571452008-07-24T08:33:00.000-07:002008-07-28T12:54:29.947-07:00Hurricane section added<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNboIINyZrx14GjgxOrWCpEovLmhHeDkfMEXPuCxNpfEDblfg0Ih1bfEPRsaHr0SHHQGua_PyAsGRIk6hwLsBeEzCdwccxyGTPVckvFHPkxwW9Y0-c1TM4jidf3hzrtTqVe6msCNbA_j-E/s1600-h/hurricane2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226605393440899586" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNboIINyZrx14GjgxOrWCpEovLmhHeDkfMEXPuCxNpfEDblfg0Ih1bfEPRsaHr0SHHQGua_PyAsGRIk6hwLsBeEzCdwccxyGTPVckvFHPkxwW9Y0-c1TM4jidf3hzrtTqVe6msCNbA_j-E/s320/hurricane2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>TheWeatherWiz.com has added a Hurricane section where we give you links to past Hurricanes, present and developing Hurricanes and our very unique exclusive Hurricane predictions maps! We are predicting 3 major storms this season <a href="http://theweatherwiz.com/Hurricane.htm">go to our site to see</a></div><div></div>Gabe levinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12371787494696869391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954097648294562418.post-8315604211214227022008-06-26T09:40:00.000-07:002008-07-28T07:59:58.425-07:00We are adding many cities to our weather forecast.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigB4bFe7Fs84FHapOIMhT1m9mkNStox4ZGbe1xV61_KlJRcwTS3CQdiK7Gb0OK3G-iW4gk9W2d67NFxFj1qBubcflN_udzPDm6Gjnuv0qwLIG6-Nw_2D9x6JTpJkVN7dUBJ0fWiWDxl-TK/s1600-h/Image3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216234703358145634" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigB4bFe7Fs84FHapOIMhT1m9mkNStox4ZGbe1xV61_KlJRcwTS3CQdiK7Gb0OK3G-iW4gk9W2d67NFxFj1qBubcflN_udzPDm6Gjnuv0qwLIG6-Nw_2D9x6JTpJkVN7dUBJ0fWiWDxl-TK/s320/Image3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQsRf6NjiEOlmvu2QMVW5RfOgxolfKY-hC47XL7J2Ghm8uyk29I9zAR08T5w3shnU4dWTqgyEUYkQSWxcWYlN3SzS6B00oGbnVGDlE7hjZv7e9GmgFYAdcc95qyNyDoPvYo9VMgMSuuSBG/s1600-h/tstorm.jpg"></a><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><div>We are adding many more cities to our international weather forecast </div><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><div><a href="http://theweatherwiz.com/forcast-int.php">http://theweatherwiz.com/forcast-int.php</a> </div><div> </div><div>here's the list:</div><div></div><div>1. Alexandria, Egypt</div><div>2. Guatemala City, Guatemala<br />3. Davoa, Guatemala</div><div>4. Cozumel, Mexico</div><div>5. Fort De France, Martinique</div><div>6. Castries, St. Lucia</div><div>7. Cancun, Mexico</div><div>8. Punta Arenas, Chile</div><div>9. Managua, Nicaragua</div><div>10. Port of Spain, Trinidad</div><div>11. Wellington, New Zealand</div><div>12. Kyoto, Japan</div><div>13. Rhodes, Greece</div><div>14. Riga, Latvia</div><div>15. Kingston, Jamaica</div><div>16. La Paz, Bolivia</div><div>17. Osaka, Japan</div><div>18. Phnom Penh, Cambodia</div><div>19. Cairns, Australia</div><div>20. Cusco, Peru</div><div>21. Christchurch, New Zealand</div><div>22. Auckland, New Zealand<br /></div><div>23. Nice, France</div><div>24. Phuket, Thailand</div><div>25. Quito, Ecuador</div><div>26. Seoul, South Korea</div><div>27. Pisa, Italy</div><div>28. San Jose, Costa Rica</div><div>29. Amman, Jordan</div><div>30. Hanoi, Viet Nam</div><div>31. Saigon, Viet Nam</div><div>32. Cairo, Egypt</div><div>33. Lima Peru</div><div>34. Hamilton, Bermuda</div><div>35 Oranjestad, Aruba</div><div>36. Juliana Airport, St Maartin<br /><br />In addition, we have filled in any missing precipitation data so people canget a better idea of what to expect when they arrive at their destination.<br />Precipitation data completed for these additional cities:<br /></div><div>1. San Juan, Puerto Rico</div><div>2. Mayaguez, Puerto Rico</div><div>3. Ponce, Puerto Rico</div><div>4. Danville, Ky</div><div>5. Traverse City, Mi</div><div>6. Austin, Tx</div><div>7. San Antonio, Tx</div><div>8. Ithaca, N.Y.</div><div>9. Lufkin, Tx</div><div>10. Waterloo, Ia</div><div>11. Barrow, Ak</div><div>12. Alpena, Mi</div><div>13. Wichita Falls, Tx</div><div>14. Gettysburg, Pa</div><div>15. San Marcos, Tx</div><div>16. Bennington, Vt</div><div>17. St Johns bury, Vt</div><div>18. St. Croix, Virgin Islands</div><div>19. St. Thomas, Virgin Islands</div><em></em><em></em><em></em>Gabe levinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12371787494696869391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954097648294562418.post-84449580807161366232008-06-17T17:15:00.000-07:002008-06-17T17:27:41.388-07:00The Weather Wiz is operational<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinfR2GqQUFdZyIn3A5KB_YjglK0i-TV-cFPXqR6plpkZmoFVvX2AVtkFOK-xlnq32e3tbmo8wl0bIblHuT-BBrDuiQ3RbBv5skxRb536wi0ipK6i0pwTF72m-WFuv4It6EmfYPPcrS-iXu/s1600-h/tstorm.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213010733632316610" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinfR2GqQUFdZyIn3A5KB_YjglK0i-TV-cFPXqR6plpkZmoFVvX2AVtkFOK-xlnq32e3tbmo8wl0bIblHuT-BBrDuiQ3RbBv5skxRb536wi0ipK6i0pwTF72m-WFuv4It6EmfYPPcrS-iXu/s320/tstorm.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Our new web site <a href="http://theweatherwiz.com/"><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">TheWeatherWiz.Com</span></strong> </a>is operational<br />Planning a trip?...<br />A party or a special event? Have you ever wondered what the weather will be? Let the Weather Wiz help you pick THE BEST WEATHER date!A record 83 per cent accuracy since 1978 and higher accuracy in the last 10 years. It's easy, fast AND FREE. Just follow the step by step directions below:<br />Select a country<br />Select a city<br />Select a day, month and year </div>Gabe levinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12371787494696869391noreply@blogger.com0