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BSc meteorologist Janice Davila tells Bored Panda that one of the most unknown facts from her field of expertise is that weather radars are slightly tilted upward in a half-degree (1/2°) angle.
Image credits: factspidia Another unusual piece of information about our world that meteorologist, atmospheric scientist, and owner of Makens Weather, Matt Makens, told us in a previous interview ...
The shift to colder, winter weather often makes us feel lethargic and deters our motivation to go outside. But before you pull over the blankets or curl up by the fire to watch your favorite show ...
Weather forecasting wasn't what it is today, leading to many, including Katharine Hepburn, being caught off-guard by a hurricane. Initially, the cyclone was forecast to make landfall in Florida.
Weather is the state of the atmosphere, describing for example the degree to which it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy. [1] On Earth, most weather phenomena occur in the lowest layer of the planet's atmosphere, the troposphere, [2] [3] just below the stratosphere.
Santa Ana winds bring distinct weather to Southern California. Observing weather data, clues of past wind events are immediately cle Santa Ana winds: facts and fiction
Extreme weather describes unusual weather events that are at the extremes of the historical distribution for a given area. [2]: 2908 The IPCC Sixth Assessment Report defines an extreme weather event as follows: "An event that is rare at a particular place and time of year. Definitions of 'rare' vary, but an extreme weather event would normally ...
Image credits: all_thats_interesting #6. On May 18, 1980, Washington's Mount St. Helens erupted in a cataclysmic blast that left 57 people dead and an area the size of Chicago completely devastated.