Weather CuriousIf 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/
My regular posts consist of two main types and I use a designated hashtag for each:
#BloNoWx - Weather information for Bloomington-Normal, IL where I live. I mostly post this here because no one else is (yet).
#WeatherCurious - Weather articles I've written to help learn more about all things weather.
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/
One of the things that makes thunderstorms so dangerous is lightning. Here's an article I wrote that describes how lightning is formed and what to do to be safe around thunderstorms.
https://weather.chadcalsyn.com/blog/all-about-lightning/
Currently 21 thunderstorm warnings occurring across the country. On days like today, we use weather radar to track these storms. Here's an article I wrote about how radar works and how we use it.
https://weather.chadcalsyn.com/blog/how-weather-radar-works/
