Fog Bank, Nov. 23, 2015

Earth Science Picture of the Day,  with Altocumulus Cloud Streets
http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2015/11/altocumulus-cloud-streets.html

Great fireball photo on Spaceweather.com. Follow the link, and scroll down a bit.
http://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=10&month=11&year=2015

A fireball with aurora picture, again from space weather.com
http://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=11&month=11&year=2015

Friend of the show Chuck Prevatte sent me an article about Australian emergency groups, social media, and a need for greater coordination during emergencies.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-10/australians-disaster-trailblazers-social-media-planning-needed/6926532

The New Yorker Magazine, with a book review titled “Writers in the Storm: How weather went from symbol to science and back again” The book is Alexandra Harris’s “Weatherland” (Thames & Hudson), a forthcoming history of weather in English literature.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/11/23/writers-in-the-storm

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Fog Bank, November 9, 2015

I think the interview went a little long, and James didn't have time to play this.

Space Weather.com with a fireball photo
http://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=03&month=11&year=2015

Kelvin Helmholtz clouds featured at sciencealert.com and Gizmodo
http://www.sciencealert.com/these-beautiful-clouds-look-like-the-perfect-fiery-breaking-waves/
http://gizmodo.com/these-gorgeous-fiery-clouds-show-off-the-wonders-of-flu-1739793943

Jen Hendersen’s Weather Safety Daily had a link to NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management Digital Coast web page
http://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/hurricane

Found on Facebook; a photo of condensation trails coming off wind turbines
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1514113572236359&set=gm.1067286506623576&type=3&theater

Thursday, Nov. 12, CoCoRaHS will have a Webinar on Lake Effect snow. If you can’t get in, it will be available later. I have a link to the CoCoRaHS webinar page
http://www.cocorahs.org/Content.aspx?page=wxtalk

HT to @newton21989 for a photo of a fall streak cloud with rainbow
http://imgur.com/gallery/1lN62mo

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Fog Bank, Nov. 2, 2015

Earth Science Picture of the Day comes in with three picks this week.
First up, a triple rainbow
http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2015/10/primary-secondary-and-supernumerary-rainbows.html

Number 2 is a lenticular cloud over the Canary Islands
http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2015/10/lenticular-cloud-over-tenerife-canary-islands.html

Number 3 is a thunderstorm’s rain shield in Guatemala
http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2015/10/rain-shield-of-approaching-storm.html

JPL’s Scijinks site, had an article on storm surge
http://scijinks.jpl.nasa.gov/storm-surge/

Finally
SpaceWeather.com has a picture of a blue starter, a lightning bolt starting out of the top of a thundercloud
http://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=25&month=10&year=2015


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Fog Bank, October 26, 2015

A new wind map site, similar to the hint.fm/wind link from several years ago. This one can give more weather info.
https://www.windyty.com/?37.996,-97.075,4

ESPOD with noctilucent clouds over Norway
http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2015/09/noctilucent-clouds-observed-over-%C3%B8rsta-norway.html

Jason Samenow on communicating tropical storm threats.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/09/03/we-need-to-better-communicate-tropical-storm-threats-and-it-starts-at-the-national-hurricane-center/

NASA’s image of the day shows the ISS transiting the sun
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/international-space-station-transits-the-sun

ESPOD - roll cloud over Lake Michigan, taken in July of 2015
http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2015/09/lake-michigan-roll-cloud.html


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Fog Bank, August 31, 2015

Just three picks this week; one of them is a bit long.

CWG with a report about replacing the temperature sensor in the ASOS unit at Reagan National
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/08/11/weather-service-installs-new-temperature-sensor-at-reagan-national-airport/


ESPOD with a composite photo of lightning over Central Florida, in July, 2015
http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2015/08/lightning-display-over-central-florida.html

Nolan Doesken brings
The Return of the WxTalk Webinars!
Nolan will be the first speaker on Sept 17 describing the fascinating history of volunteer weather observations in the U.S.  The October Webinar will dig deep into the North American Monsoon by expert Christopher Castro from the Univ. of Arizona.  November will feature Tom Niziol, the Weather Channel's winter weather expert to tell us about Lake Effect Snow.  And it just get's better from there.

http://www.cocorahs.org/Content.aspx?page=wxtalk

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Fog Bank, August 24, 2015

Space Weather.com has a nice photo of lightning sprites
http://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=10&month=07&year=2015

Double lenticular cloud over Mt. Rainier, from KING 5 Weather FB page.
https://www.facebook.com/KING5Weather/photos/a.153037851400004.24516.147285891975200/323228601047594/?type=1

Five myths about Washington DC summer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-summer-weather/2015/07/24/81603d30-30a3-11e5-8f36-18d1d501920d_story.html


ESPOD with a photo of a severe storm over Northern Michigan
http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2015/08/severe-storm-over-northern-michigan.html

Capitol Weather Gang with a discussion, photos and video of a wet microburst in Arizona
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/08/10/watch-this-textbook-timelapse-of-a-wet-microburst-in-arizona/

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Fog Bank, August 10, 2015

NASA’s Image of the day had some nice photos and an article about noctilucent clouds
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/night-shining-clouds

FEMA has a FAQ about tornado/hurricane safe rooms
http://www.fema.gov/safe-rooms/frequently-asked-questions-tornado/hurricane-safe-rooms


USA Today article on undulates asperatus clouds. Mentions the Cloud Appreciation Society briefly
http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2015/06/20/asperatus-cloud-atlas/28994525/


ESPOD with a Feathery Cirrus & Hole Punch cloud.
http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2015/07/feathery-cirrus-and-hole-punch.html

I found this pretty funny
An Aussie comments on Mexican weather reporting.
https://www.facebook.com/uniladmag/videos/1473235299366191/?fref=nf
It is R rated

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