News tagged with storm chasing

Chasing thundersnow could lead to more accurate forecasts

(PhysOrg.com) -- The job of one University of Missouri researcher could chill to the bone, but his research could make weather predicting more accurate. Patrick Market, associate professor of atmospheric science in the College ...

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created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Dashing through the snow, in a one-truck radar dish

SCHUSS. The term for a straight, downhill ski run. In the land of the Greatest Snow on Earth--Utah--SCHUSS is also the moniker for storm-chasing, Old Man Winter-style.

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created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Storm chasers of Utah: Tornado-hunting radar truck seeks Wasatch snow and rain

A truck-mounted radar dish often used to chase Midwest tornadoes is getting a workout in Utah this month as University of Utah meteorologists use it to get an unprecedented look inside snow and rain storms ...

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created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Changes in rainfall patterns are projected for next 30 years

Manoa have projected an increased frequency of heavy rainfall events but a decrease in rainfall intensity during the next 30 years (2011-2040) for the southern shoreline of Oahu, according to a recent study ...

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created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Life after NASA: Shuttle suppliers chase new business

Business is steady these days at Aero Industries Inc., a small metal-parts operation in Orlando. Once heavily dependent on NASA's space-shuttle program, the company now has a mix of new clients, in industries ranging from ...

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created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Storms may stall launch of twin spacecraft to moon

(AP) -- NASA may have to wait a few days before launching a set of twins to the moon.

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created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Experts praise decisions to evacuate from Irene

(AP) -- They were life and death decisions made by politicians, bureaucrats and everyday people. Hurricane Irene was barreling toward the East Coast. It was big. It was scary. Flooding was certain. The choice: ...

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created Aug 30, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA satellite data confirms Greg a hurricane, Fernanda a tropical storm

Big sisters don't like being overshadowed by their younger brothers and that's what has happened in the eastern Pacific Ocean with Tropical Storm Fernanda and now Hurricane Greg. Despite the difference in ...

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created Aug 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

GOES-11 satellite sees Tropical Storms Fernanda and 'little brother' Greg chasing each other

The Eastern Pacific Ocean is fired up with two tropical storms today, Fernanda and Greg, and both were caught in one image from the GOES-11 satellite. Both appear to be chasing each other to the west, and ...

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created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

On a wild goose chase after the world's highest migrant

(PhysOrg.com) -- The remarkable achievements of the world’s highest flying geese have been revealed by researchers from Bangor University and are reported in the prestigious American scientific journal: Proceedings of ...

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created May 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Science can't design away tornadoes' deadly threat

(AP) -- Storm science has greatly improved tornado warnings in recent years. But if that's led anyone into a sense of security, that feeling has taken a beating in recent weeks.

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created May 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 6


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