Thunderstorms are responsible for many hiking accidents. In this article, we will focus only on lightning and leave aside the other dangers associated with storms (rain, hail, wind, cold, rising rivers…). I want to make it clear that I am not a meteorologist. However, as I spend a lot...
B: Unfortunately, yes. It will be clear early Saturday morning but there is a high chance of showers and thunderstorms later in the day. There is a severe thunderstorm warning for some parts of the Southeast. Folks in those areas might see some hail and flooding, especially in areas that ...
For immediate threat to life situations, such as when tornadoes or the upper-most severe thunderstorms (130 km/h or greater winds, seven centimetres or larger hail) are forecast, the NAAD system will trigger the immediate broadcast of the alert via radio, television stat...
It's sometimes hard to believe, but more often than not, these seemingly large sky pouches are associated with severe thunderstorms and, sometimes, tornado storms in the US. Aviators are advised to avoid these types of clouds as they are an indication they'll surely experience turbulence. Ancie...
Training storms are known to cause severe flash flooding in a short period of time Pop-up thunderstorms in the middle of summer don’t always last for very long, but sometimes they can last for hours, turning an average storm into a flash flood. This...
When a specific field is used to graze an excessive herd, it will experience a loss in vegetation coverage, and the soil will be trampled as well as be pulverised, leaving the topsoil exposed to destructive erosion elements such as winds and unexpected thunderstorms. For centuries, nomads ...
The TTUKa mobile Doppler radar: Coordinated radar and in situ measurements of supercell thunderstorms during Project VORTEX2. In 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Williamsburg, VA. 11B.2. Boston: American Meteorological Society (Preprints) (2009). Wurman, J. & Kosiba, K. Finescale radar ...
Many of the most damaging and life threatening types of weather, such as torrential rains and severe thunderstorms, begin quickly, strike suddenly, and disappear rapidly, destroying small regions while leaving neighboring areas untouched. (79) Conventional(普通) computer models of the atmosphere have ...
The National Weather Center said on Tuesday there was a moderate risk of severe thunderstorms and its Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., was "forecasting the development of tornadoes . . . large hail and damaging winds over parts of the Southern Plains and the Arkansas, Louisiana ...
Likehurricanes,tornadoesinvolve the rotating movement of air. But ahurricaneisn’t just a really bigtornado. Simply speaking, ahurricaneis a storm—or, more precisely, a storm system that’s often made up of multiplethunderstorms. Atornado, on the other hand, could be described as a single ...