Weather CuriousWeather radar is an important tool for forecasting, especially during severe weather. He's a article about how radar works and how we use it.
https://weather.chadcalsyn.com/blog/how-weather-radar-works/
With severe thunderstorms possible tomorrow, I figure now would be a good time to go over the different types of thunderstorms and how they form. Here's an article that gives an overview of the life cycle of thunderstorms.
https://weather.chadcalsyn.com/blog/types-of-thunderstorms-and-how-they-form/
Spring officially arrived for the Northern Hemisphere this morning. Spring begins on the Vernal Equinox, when the Earth's angle relative to the Sun causes the Sun's direct rays to fall on the Equator. Here's an article that goes into a little more detail.
https://weather.chadcalsyn.com/blog/how-do-we-define-seasons/
If you watch the local weather forecast, you'll see weather maps with a lot of colored lines on them. Those lines are fronts. This article explains what they are and how they affect our weather.
https://weather.chadcalsyn.com/blog/what-are-fronts/
We're getting some cold snaps, which means we're going to be hearing about the polar vortex in the news. There's a lot of misconceptions about it. Here's an article about the polar vortex and how it causes our coldest weather.
https://weather.chadcalsyn.com/blog/meet-the-polar-vortex/
In today's learn weather post, we'll learn about what allows all of our weather to happen: the atmosphere. Here's an article about the layers of the atmosphere and how we measure it.
https://weather.chadcalsyn.com/blog/layers-of-the-atmosphere/
Today at 11:15 AM CST, we reach perihelion, when Earth is closest to the Sun, about 91.4 million miles. Why is it so cold in the Northern Hemisphere when we are closest to the Sun? I have an article that explains that.
https://weather.chadcalsyn.com/blog/what-are-perihelion-and-aphelion/
With snow in the forecast for a portion of Illinois this weekend, it's a good time to revisit the various types of winter weather we will see in the next few months, along with the advisories that accompany that weather. Here's an article I wrote about just that.
https://weather.chadcalsyn.com/blog/basics-of-winter-weather/
The West Coast will be experiencing a lot of wind and rain this week due to an atmospheric river, or Pineapple Express. Here's an article about how the atmospheric river forms and what kind of impacts it can create.
https://weather.chadcalsyn.com/blog/understanding-the-atmospheric-river/
Weather CuriousWe're minutes away from the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere, defined as the beginning of fall. But we have other ways of defining seasons. For example, meteorological fall began back on September 1. Here's an article about how seasons are defined.
https://weather.chadcalsyn.com/blog/how-do-we-define-seasons/