Fog Bank, June 11, 2012

Weather Brains recorded on June 12 this week, as James Spann was pretty busy with severe weather on the 11th.  I did my picks live in the Google hangout, so the script doesn't exactly match.  I do have audio that I'd sent to James, just in case I couldn't make the hangout.  I also had a rant directed at Kevin Selle, wherein I pointed out the great things that can be done (Nate Johnson had his pick of the week up on a screen share)


Hello, WeatherBrains listeners, welcome to the FogBank.  Follow me on Twitter, @skydaver, and help me keep WeatherBrains fog horn free for JB.

Chuck Prevatte sent me a link to MyFoxHurricane.com. He described it as "Good hurricane stuff in one place.  Typically TV Network News Cheesy but some decent information."
http://www.myfoxhurricane.com/

Chuck also sent a link to a blogpost by a Washington reporter about potential furloughs at the NWS.
http://blogs.ajc.com/jamie-dupree-washington-insider/2012/06/07/weather-service-furloughs/

My third pick is from NOAA, with their web page on the Wireless Emergency Alerts
http://www.noaa.gov/features/03_protecting/wireless_emergency_alerts.html

Fourth, Earth Science Picture of the Day had a great springtime Aurora photo
http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2012/06/intense-spring-aurora-over-northern-michigan.html

Finally, a tutorial on Dual Pol Radar and Tornadic Debris Signature
http://www.wdtb.noaa.gov/courses/dualpol/Applications/TDS/player.html

Thanks for listening, Skydaver out!

Sent to JB
Chani Norris, @weathertroll on Twitter, had some great photos of a storm at evening
http://adventuresofaweathertroll.tumblr.com/post/24430989939/im-a-noob-at-lightning-night-photography-but

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Fog Bank, June 4, 2012

Geez, I keep forgetting to update the blog with each week's Fog Bank.


Hello Weather Brains listeners, Welcome to the Fog Bank, and the first week of summer.
Send me your choices for Picks of the Week on Twitter, where I am @skydaver.

First up, from the National Hurricane Center, an article on hurricane hazards
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/prepare/hazards.php

The next pic is from the Earth Science Picture of the day, sun halos
http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2012/05/22-degree-halo-and-46-degree-halo.html

Astronomy Picture of the Day had a great picture of the earth taken during the annular solar eclipse
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120530.html

My fourth pick is a graphic showing 56 years of tornado tracks in the US
http://visually.visually.netdna-cdn.com/TornadoTracks_4fbd458d255c5.jpg
I think there were many places that had this, but it was sent to me by @newton21989

Finally, from Weather Underground, a great lightning photo from Texas
http://www.wunderground.com/wximage/weatherfanatic2010/167?gallery=EDITORSPICK

Thanks for listening, Skydaver out!

Sent to JB
Tornado Titans had a great supercell photo, from Piedmont, OK, May 29
http://www.tornadotitans.com/blog/2012/05/31/223-amazing-supercell-near-piedmont-ok

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Fog Bank, May 29, 2012

I recorded the Fog Bank on Monday, May 28; Weatherbrains took the Memorial Day holiday off, and recorded on Tuesday



First, Some video of the May 9 dust storms in Arizonq, from Mike Olbinsky
http://www.mikeolbinski.com/2012/05/an-early-spring-dust-storm-may-9th-2012/

The second pick is a Great Wave cloud photo
Another Wave cloud photo this morning #fb @VickiGrafWRDW @wxbrad @RichWeather pic.twitter.com/9jQ37Vfq

The third pick is an article about the Jetstream
http://gantdaily.com/2012/05/13/probing-question-what-is-the-jet-stream/

Fourth is The view from Norman, OK, Monday, May 28, by Rick Smith @ounwcm
http://instagr.am/p/LMLirNn4dE/

Finally, Panama City Beach, the same night, from Jim Loznicka WJHG, @jimwxgator
http://p.twimg.com/AuBbC0OCIAEsSfm.jpg

May 28 Fog Bank Audio

Fog Bank, May 21, 2012

Yikes, I've fallen behind in posting again.



First up,
From Earth Science Picture of the Day,  a picture of a sun pillar
http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2012/05/brilliant-sun-pillar-over-jenison-michigan.html

The second pick is
A report from NOAA on the deployment progress of Dual Polarization Radar
http://www.roc.noaa.gov/WSR88D/PublicDocs/DualPol/DPstatus.pdf

Third, I have
Two lightning photos from Mike Hall, Kentucky Weather
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ky_weather/6998658366/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ky_weather/6998663510/

Fourth is a short article by Dr. Greg Forbes on waterspouts
http://www.weather.com/news/waterspouts-6-things

Finally,
A six image composite photo of lightning in Ottawa, KS
https://twitter.com/#!/BDMphoto/status/200688438503145472/photo/1/large

Thanks for listening
Skydaver out.

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Fog Bank, May 14, 2012

Welcome to the Fog Bank, keeping JB fog horn free.  Follow me on Twitter, @skydaver, and circle me on Google+

First up, Bryan Wood sent in an article about Storm chasing from the Columbia, MO, Daily Tribune
http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2012/apr/22/on-trail-tornadoes/?news

The second pick is an article from Wired on ten years of MODIS images from the Aqua satellite.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/05/aqua-satellite-anniversary/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=twitterclickthru

It includes links to high resolution versions of the images for your downloading pleasure.

The third pick is a video of tornado damage in Nassau, Bahamas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BgTEoQ2YMY&feature=youtu.be

Next up,  a series of pictures showing the green flash at sunset
https://twitter.com/#!/alshaymaa1413/status/195475732204498944/photo/1

I'll close out this week with a website, still in demonstration stage, but it looks like it will be interesting.  A 'Young Meteorologist' game:
http://www.youngmeteorologist.org/

Thanks for listening, Skydaver, out.

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Fog Bank, May 7, 2012

Welcome to the Fog Bank, rising to the Kevin Selle challenge.

Sherman, set the Wayback Machine to March 10, 2011 (you'll have to listen to the audio to hear Kevin's Challenge.


Here we go.
Pick number one, a Washington Post article about a ribbon in a thunderstorm.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/tornado-scientists-are-surprised-to-find-ribbon-in-thunderstorm-data/2012/04/30/gIQAcx2AsT_story.html

Pick number two is a Twitter picture sent to the @cloudappsoc
https://twitter.com/#!/TylerDurden921/status/191571473675206657/photo/1

Pick number three is from the UK Meteorology office with an explanation of lighting and thunder
http://metofficenews.wordpress.com/2012/04/11/why-are-we-getting-thunder-and-lightning/

Pick number four is a blog post from Bryan Wood about the FEMA Disaster declaration process
http://www.miamivalleywx.com/2012/04/22/fema/

My fifth pick is from the Twitter account for the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies posted a nice example of overshooting tops and concentric gravity waves radiating outward along the thunderstorm anvil top.  Their Twitter handle is @CIMSS_Satellite
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/120506_g13_vis_KS_MO_anim.gif


Thanks for listening, Skydaver, out.

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Fog Bank, April 30, 2012

Whoops, I fell behind in my updates.
There was no Fog Bank for April 23; I was travelling.


Hello WeatherBrains listeners, this is the Fog Bank, trying to keep JB fog horn free.  I had sent him a link for April 16, but he wasn't on, and he didn't use it on the 23rd.

Follow me on Twitter, @skydaver, and send me your picks for the Fog Bank.

First up:
From Earth Science Picture of the Day, Glaciating Cirrus Clouds, near Asheville, NC
http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2012/04/glaciating-cirrus-clouds.html

Second, From the NSSL, an article on their phased array tests this spring
https://secure.nssl.noaa.gov/briefings/2012/04/phased-array-radar-spring-2012-projects/

Third, A photo from Mike Hollingshead of a supercell & lightning at a truck stop in Nebraska
http://www.extremeinstability.com/stock/storms%20supercells%20with%20lightning/slides/ssl-f4232.html

Fourth,
A satellite photo posted by Brad Panovich of a rope of clouds along the outflow boundary of a front.
https://plus.google.com/photos/115333506137843021021/albums/5732001758065595825/5732001755287018162

And I'll close out with a entry at Earth Science Picture of the Day,
Fiery Sunset over Cadiz, Spain.
http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2012/04/fiery-sunset-over-cadiz-spain.html

Thanks for listening, Skydaver out!

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