Stumbled upon this, this morning. It was quite informative -- some of it was a hoot, to boot.
Thought I'd pass it along.
How Tornadoes Form Video -- Weather Underground Videos
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Explained by Shaun Tanner -- Head of Meteorological Operations
Just learned something about Warm rising Updrafts 'inflowing around' Cold sinking
Downdrafts ...
aka. a 'Hook Echo' in radar. Thanks Shaun.
I always wondered what that was, and how they'd formed. Now I know.
The New Weather Underground Video -- Weather Underground Videos
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Jeff Masters -- Founder (... and staff.)
"It's just the best Weather site on the internet -- and I want to keep it that way."
Good to know.
OK, here was 'the hoot' part ... THIS was not what I was expecting.
Weekly Weather Roundup: California Heatin’ Video -- Weather Underground Videos
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Riah Gouvea -- Weather-Reporter-person ... (she's a little-bit different.)
Californians were 'dazed and confused' this week ...
"when a heatwave hit the state (California) and broke all the records -- just ALL of them."
Riah knows when to throw in a few good
Woozle pix too:
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Her weekly weather summary ends with this unusual tidbit:
"1085 daily records were set this week across the US. With 263 High temperatures records, and 822 Low temperatures records."
Aaaah ... I just learned something about
sumthin' ... (and THAT's good to know too.)
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