Fog Bank, July 16, 2012

Hello, Weatherbrains listeners, this is David Phillips, skydaver on Twitter, with the Fog Bank. Please leave a comment so I know you're reading this.

My first pick comes from the NWS office for Baltimore & Washington, who posted an analysis of the June 29 Derecho
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/lwx/events/svrwx_20120629/?goback=%2Egde_1858089_member_131685317

Next, I have a discussion of a severe weather policy for MLB, after the events at the Texas game
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/updraft/archive/2012/07/why_major_league_baseball_need.shtml

Third, Mike Francis, Chief Meteorologist for WXIA, Channel 11 in Atlanta, GA, posted a video about outflow boundaries of thunderstorms.
http://wizarmy.11alive.com/news/weather/124243-what-outflow-boundary-why-does-it-matter

My fourth pick comes from NOAA Weather Partners with a YouTube video on DualPol Radar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdvAODg-lts&feature=plcp

Finally, the CIMSS Satellite Blog has an interesting article titled Mesoscale Convective System exhibiting cloud-top gravity waves and transverse banding
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/10774

Thanks for listening, Skydaver Out!


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The link I'd sent to JB:

Tim Buckley, @TimBuckleyWX, from Wilmington, NC, posted a great Lightning is Frightning video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4PMvzdc3NE&feature=plcp

Fog Bank, July 9, 2012

Hello, Weather Brains listeners, this is the Fog Bank.  I'm Dave Phillips, skydaver on Twitter.  My Google+ link should be available over on the right, too.

The first three picks are all related to the June 29th Derecho.

First, a GOES-East satellite loop
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/derecho.html

The second pick is from NOAA Weather Partners with a radar composite loop of the event.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz3S7-m-KjE&feature=plcp

And third, Accuweather's Jesse Ferrell posted a summation of Derecho articles on The WeatherMatrix blog
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-blogs/weathermatrix/tarpocalypse-2012-thats-no-derecho-english/67648

Chuck Prevatte sent an article from FoxBusiness channel on five graduate degrees that don't pay off.
http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2012/06/14/five-graduate-degrees-that-dont-pay-off/

Earth Science Picture of the Day comes through with another great cloud photo
http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2012/06/great-plains-severe-storm.html


Just as a bonus, I thought I'd throw in some pictures that a crewmate took from our ship while we were in the North Atlantic, somewhere in the GUIK gap, in the late summer, 1979 (maybe 1980)
https://plus.google.com/photos/110542479265736697332/albums/5559971057042196737

If you read this, let me know that you saw the ship pictures.

Thanks for listening, Skydaver out!

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