Weather Tidbits: Air Mass Classification
This Weather Tidbits deals with what is an air mass and how they are classified. An air mass is a large body of air that has similar horizontal temperature & moisture characteristics.…
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Weather Tidbits: Snow Year
This Weather Tidbits explains why snowfall is measured annually from summer to summer instead of a calendar year. The meteorological snow year begins on July 1st & ends on June 30st. The…
Weather Tidbits: Sundog Formation
This Weather Tidbits explores how sundogs are formed. They occur when sunlight is refracted by hexagonal (6 sided) shaped ice crystals from a cirrus or cirrostratus clouds; where the sunlight is bent…
Weather Tidbits: Rainbow Ingredients
This Weather Tidbits explains the four ingredients of how a rainbow forms. First, the viewer must be between the sun and the rain; followed by it must be within a few hours…
Weather Tidbits: Winter Storm Severity Index
This Weather Tidbits explores the Winter Storm Severity Index that is used by the National Weather Service. The WSSI is a tool that forecasts the impacts of winter storms; ranging…
Weather Tidbits: Warning Signs of Hypothermia
This Weather Tidbits explores the warning signs of hypothermia. Hypothermia is when the rapid loss of body heat loses heat faster than it can produce; that drops to a temperature…
Weather Tidbits: Wind Chill & Our Bodies
This Weather Tidbits explains how the wind chill affects our bodies. The 1st thing to understand is that our bodies lose heat through convection. When the outside temperature is…
Weather Tidbits: New Year Climatology
This Weather Tidbits dives into the climatology for New Year's Day. Salisbury's average high is 47° with an average low of 29°. The highest maximum temperature or record high of 68°…
Weather Tidbits: Frost Quakes
This Weather Tidbits answers what is a frost quake? Frost quakes are seismic events but triggered by the weather. These happen temperatures rapidly fall, typically from near freezing to subzero within 48…
Weather Tidbits: Christmas Climatology
This Weather Tidbits explores the extremes and averages for Christmas. The average high in Salisbury is 48° with an average low of 28°. The highest maximum temperature or record high is 75°…
Weather Tidbits: White Christmas Probability
Who has the best chance of a White Christmas? A White Christmas according to NOAA, is at least 1" snow on the ground on Christmas morning. The best areas historically consist…
Weather Tidbits: Grapuel
It's all about grapuel on this Weather Tidbits. Grapuel forms as snow, but then falls through a layer of supercooled water droplets. The droplets freeze, or rime onto the snowflakes, the end result…
Weather Tidbits: Perihelion
The 1st astronomical event of 2021 is the main headline of this Weather Tidbits. The perihelion or the Earth's closest point to the sky occurred on January 2nd, 2021. The Earth is 3…
Weather Tidbits: Winter Precipitation Types
The 4 types of wintry precipitation is discussed in this Weather Tidbits. All precipitation across the world begins as snow as it falls from the clouds. It's interaction on how much…
Weather Tidbits: What Causes Wind?
This Weather Tidbits explores how wind is formed. The first thing to understand is that air pressure is always to trying to reach a state of equilibrium or balance. Wind is…
Weather Tidbits: Arctic Oscillation
This Weather Tidbits explains the Arctic Oscillation and its role with the United States. The Arctic Oscillation or AO is a shifting of atmospheric pressure over the Arctic that creates changes in…
Weather Tidbits: Winter Fire Safety Tips
This Weather Tidbits breaks down multiple winter fire safety tips for your home. Turn off portable heaters when away or asleep. Use one heat producing appliance per outlet. Keep flammable…
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