Category: Blog
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DEEPWAVE New Zealand!
Friday, June 6th, 2014 Hokitika, South Island, New Zealand I’ve travelled all the way to beautiful Hokitika, New Zealand during NZ winter to work on the NSF/NCAR-EOL/Naval Research Lab DEEPWAVE mission. I’ll be launching daily weather balloons (upsondes) from the Hokitika Airport and forecasting and monitoring days with conditions that may produce internal atmospheric gravity waves.…
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Weather Experiments for All!
Science is meant to be interactive! That’s exactly why I tried out these three weather experiments with a class of first to fifth graders after teaching them more about severe weather events and safety. These intelligent and curious students were very engaged and I loved hearing their thoughts on each experiment. (I’ve included some suggestions on…
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School Weather Fun!
I had the exciting opportunity to talk about severe weather and safety with a class of young scientists! These elementary-age students were very eager to hear all about hail, floods, winter weather, but especially tornadoes, thunderstorms, tsunamis, and hurricanes. I absolutely loved seeing how tuned in the kids were to the weather facts and safety…
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Chilly Winter Weekend
A couple days ago I talked about this chilly Minnesota weekend (12/6-12/8) on our university station with one of our anchors, Elizabeth! In St. Cloud, we were down to -10° at 11pm last night. That’s 21° lower than the normal low temperature for December 6th!! According to the Chanhassen National Weather Service office, we’ll get down…
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River Forecast Center Fall Colors Photo Contest!
This week, we’re beginning the 1st National Weather Service North Central River Forecast Center Photo Contest!! Email your stunning autumn photos to nws.ncrfc@noaa.gov by November 15th to enter! “Autumn, the year’s last, loveliest smile” -William Cullen Bryant Like us on Facebook, Tweet @NWSncrfc! Truly, Tash
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Inundaciones en el Sur de Florida
Incluyendo hoy (19 Viernes 2013), ha habido cinco días de lluvia en el Sur de Florida. No es típico para los residentes de esa región ver tanta lluvia en el medio de Julio. El Servicio Meteorológico Nacional de Miami predice más lluvia durante este fin de semana. Con la lluvia, vienen las tormentas. Esperan ver…
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Calor y Humedad en los Estados Unidos
Hoy (18 Jueves 2013), el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional ha emitido una alerta sobre las condiciones extremas en el norte y este de los Estados Unidos. Los estados que verán afectados serán los de North Dakota hasta Massachusetts. Este aviso de calor es en efecto porque las temperaturas en estas regiones están extremamente altas. No solo…
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From Drought to Flood Threat: U.S. Southern Plains
The National Weather Service has outlined flash flood watches throughout most of central Texas and into areas of the Four Corners. In the next 24 hours, 2 to 4 inches of rain are expected in central Texas, with 1 to 2 inches northeast into the Four Corners region. This rain will provide relief for SW…
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Typhoon Soulik-Closing Eye
Typhoon Soulik is experiencing what meteorologists call an eyewall replacement cycle. Major hurricanes commonly undergo this transformation when winds exceed 100 knots (115 mph/185 kph). An outer eyewall can develop as the eye becomes smaller in size and surrounding thunderstorms intensify. Soulik has weakened due to the outer wall overtaking the inner wall and closing the…
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High Temps Expected for Central U.S.
Central regions of the United States are expected to have above average highs for the next three days. Dallas, Texas and Denver, Colorado may see temperatures 8 degrees higher than average. The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for many counties in the eastern half of Oklahoma. This advisory is in effect until later this evening (Thursday, July…
Dr. Tashiana Osborne Cherké 