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Tweet Weather Observations to the National Weather Service
Now you can submit significant weather observations via Twitter to the National Weather Service. With this experimental program, the National Weather Service will be searching for Tweets that contain information about severe weather events like flooding, wind damage, hail, a tornado or funnel clouds, freezing rain, snowfall and dense fog. The National Weather Service is [...]
Earth Day
Since today was Earth Day, I thought I would post this NASA News Release… JPL Earth Scientists Reflect on Earth Day In commemoration of Earth Day on Tuesday, April 22, we asked JPL Earth scientists to reflect on the event and what it means to them. Here are some of their responses: “My father was [...]
Early morning storms
You know it’s spring in North Texas when the weather forecast reads like this… HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 849 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 TONIGHT…AS A COLD FRONT DROPS INTO THE AREA. LARGE HAIL…DAMAGING [...]
First Day of Spring
The first official day of spring was just beautiful here in north Texas. The sunshine warmed me up and the breeze cooled me down, with a nice moderate temperature in the low 70′s. I must have driven 100 miles today and had the air conditioner on for at least half the trip, because of the [...]
NOAA Safety Tips for Severe Weather
I just posted earlier about spring weather approaching, and that means spring storms. Well those storms came ripping right through Texas today. At 5:00 o’clock during evening rush hour, the Dallas Fort Worth area had the following watches and warnings from the NOAA National Weather Service: Flash Flood Warning – Flash Flood Watch – Flood [...]
Flood Safety Awareness Week
With spring right around the corner, we need to be aware when conditions are right for severe weather. Spring storms can move in swiftly and bring dangerous wind, lightning and heavy rain. OK, I admit I’m a weather watcher, or a storm junkie. I’ve foolishly driven around during storms as a youth, in awe of [...]
