Fog Bank for February 20, 2012

Hello, WeatherBrains listeners, welcome to the Fog Bank, keeping Weatherbrains fog horn free for JB.
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Christopher Waits, @lostweatherguy, sent me the link to
NOAA Central Library US Daily Weather Maps Project
http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/dwm/data_rescue_daily_weather_maps.html

The February 16 Earth Science picture of the day has a great picture and explanation of the science behind a split sunset
http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2012/02/split-sunset.html

Space Weather.com had an interesting picture of the Feb. 14-15 Aurora, from a US Dept. of Defense Meteorological Program satellite
http://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=17&month=02&year=2012

Space.com has an article on a great Aurora display that wasn't expected
http://www.space.com/14603-photos-strange-northern-lights-display.html

From the USGS Water Science for Schools page, an article on raindrop shape.  While falling, the shape depends upon the size.  I can tell you from personal experience though, that when you're skydiving, and falling at 120mph, and you fall through raindrops, they FEEL like they have a pointy end, and they hurt!
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/raindropshape.html

Thanks for listening, Skydaver out!

The link I sent to JB
Here's another great picture of the Aurora, this one from Sweden
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35972709@N03/6831950559

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Fog Bank for Feb. 13, 2012

I guess James Spann punished me for being late with last week's Fog Bank; he couldn't stick around to play this week's segment during their recording of WeatherBrains.  I think they may play this next week.

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Starting out this week, I've got a youtube video from David Brown, NOAA Regional Climate Service Director for Southern Region, on the Texas drought
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBrcn-1zeAE

There is a Google+ account called 'Earth' posted a picture from Steve Milner, of the aurora over Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada.
Before you click on this link, pause, clear your mind, and enjoy this stunning display.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Cu4dqh7mMQg/Ty1PQ81UyOI/AAAAAAAAnvM/gPCI8311ayc/s800/Steve-Milner1.jpg

Next up, from Chuck Prevatte, weather links for kids
http://illiniweather.com/pages/kids_weather_links.htm

#tristatewx posted a pic of some fog on  Feb 04 - Massac County, IL - as it formed... http://yfrog.com/hwz6ohmj

I'll close out this week with a link from the Astronomy Picture of the Day for Feb. 9.  It's a great video of the Aurora
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120209.html



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Fog Bank for Feb. 6, 2012

I apologize for the delay; I was able to listen to Weatherbrains live last week, and forgot to put this up.
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This weeks picks are all pics, pictures, that is.

Earth Science picture of the day for Jan. 30 had a great photo of lenticular clouds over the Rockies
http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2012/01/lenticular-display-over-the-rocky-mountains-of-colorado.html

Yet another great photo of a lenticular cloud formation, this one posted on Google+ by Catherine Laplace-Builhe
https://plus.google.com/photos/112669442975277292500/albums/posts/5703859328196940786


Pictures of Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds will always make it to my picks.  This one comes from DanielEllam, of the Les Arcs ski resort in Switzerland
pic.twitter.com/UqbtsPoP

Brad Panovich posted a link to Jim Loznicka's page, with pictures of Kelvin-Helmholtz over Panama City, FL, on Feb 6.  There has been some discussion that they might not be true Kelvin-Helmholz clouds, but great looking, regardless.
http://loznickaland.com/?attachment_id=1270

I'll close out this week with an amazing contrail photo, from @weathermandoug9
http://yfrog.com/odgyeovj



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