Mt. Rainier puts on a show!

Written by chuck on December 6, 2008 – 10:30 pm -

Those are called “lenticular clouds” They’re caused when the air flow is just right so when it flows over Mt. Rainier, the air gets pushed upward where it cools and condenses into clouds.

Very cool cloud photos


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1940 Armistice Day Blizzard

Written by chuck on November 11, 2008 – 10:44 am -

A perfect storm was brewing, with warm Gulf air racing into the vortex, where it mxed with extremely cold Canadian air. The Weather Bureau office in Chicago, however, was not staffed at night. So no one saw the rapidly exploding storm.

More on the Armistice Blizzard

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Bill Murray knows more about interesting weather history than anyone else I know!


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South Dakota Blizzard

Written by chuck on November 7, 2008 – 4:40 am -

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South Dakota Blizzard! Very interesting so early in the winter season!


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Lightning kills 52 cows

Written by chuck on October 25, 2008 – 10:13 am -

Click for details


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Ike – Damage photos

Written by chuck on October 5, 2008 – 7:21 am -

Click for damage photos


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Hurricane Ike – Photos

Written by chuck on September 24, 2008 – 7:11 am -

Click for photos

Click to see one home that survived


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Ike… high resolution aerial photos

Written by chuck on September 20, 2008 – 9:30 pm -

NOAA has posted high resolution aerial photos of the extensive coastal damage in Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana.

Click for photos


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Ike LIVE TV from Houston

Written by chuck on September 12, 2008 – 11:59 am -

Click for live TV from Houston


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Ike in 5 days?

Written by chuck on September 6, 2008 – 7:41 am -

Here we go again! If the map looks like this Monday, I would leave ahead of all of the traffic.

Ike

Now, let go back to 1900:
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Live video from Matt Gratham + other links

Written by chuck on September 1, 2008 – 7:55 am -

UPDATE Monday 1, 2008 Live chase.

Click here for live video from Matt.

National Hurricane Center

This page shows all four New Orleans stations streaming feeds in one window

Click for live info!

Mute the volume on all but the one station you want to listen to.

For DirecTV customers, you can watch WDSU-TV in New Orleans on Channel 361


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