Weathered Questions

In this week's episode: weather models, weather app forecasts, American weather models, climate vs. weather and the quiet severe weather season so far. 

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In this week's episode: counting between thunder and lightning, dust devils, corn sweat and losing daylight.

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In this week's episode: derechos - what are they, have they changed over time, where was the term coined, how we forecast them and the future of alerts. 

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In this week's episode: precipitation chances, heat index, measuing moisture, wind and barometric pressure, and precipitable water and flash flooding. 

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In this week's episode: precipitation chances, heat index, measuing moisture, wind and barometric pressure, and precipitable water and flash flooding. 

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In this week's episode: why afternoon thunderstorms are so common in the summer, what's up with "dirty rain", the smell of rain, ozone in our atmosphere, and lingering firework smoke. 

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In this week's episode: the sound and state of lightning, math in meteorology, haboob formation, heat domes, and weather movies.  

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In this week's episode: the safety of sheltering under overpasses during tornadoes, the dangers of lightning strikes, the significance of drought monitoring, and how to interpret the probability of precipitation.

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In this week's episode: the difference between dew point and relative humidity, the impact of wildfire smoke on weather patterns, UV index, outdoor warning sirens, and some things to keep in mind when using a weather app.

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In this week's episode: why storms can move opposite the wind direction, what those picturesque evening sun rays are called, what are the most common summertime clouds, why you cannot reach the end of a rainbow, and how to pick a weather station for Father's Day. 

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