Weather Tidbits: Blue Moon
It's all about the blue moon in this Weather Tidbits. A blue moon is a phenomenon involving the appearance of an extra full moon within a given period of time. They occur…
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Weather Tidbits: Hunter's Moon
This Weather Tidbits discusses the Hunter's moon which took place on Halloween. The hunter's moon is named due to animals being fattened and hunted in preparation for winter, with the added light…
Weather Tidbits: Tropical Cyclone
We finish the talk on cyclones with tropical cyclones on this Weather Tidbits. A tropical cyclone is a warm core low that gets its energy from latent heat. These storms form over…
Weather Tidbits: Subtropical Cyclone
Another type of cyclone is checked out in this Weather Tidbits, the subtropical cyclone. A subtropical cyclone is a low pressure that has characteristics of both tropical and extratropical cyclones. Subtropical storms…
Weather Tidbits: Orionid Meteor Shower
The big meteor shower of October or Orionids are explored in this Weather Tidbits. The Orionids are debris leftover from its parent comet, which is Halley's Comet, and radiate from the…
Weather Tidbits: Extratropical Cyclone
This Weather Tidbits starts our miniseries on cyclones, starting with extratropical cyclones. An extratropical cyclone or mid-latitude has cold air in its core and is associated with fronts. These storms derives its…
Weather Tidbits: Neap Tide
This Weather Tidbits checks out the other type of tide, the neap tide. A neap tide occurs when the sun and moon are at right angles of each other during the quarter…
Weather Tidbits: Spring Tide
We explore some oceanography in this Weather Tidbits, with the tides. A tide is a wave that is exerted by the gravitational pull of the sun and moon. A spring tide occurs…
Weather Tidbits: Harvest Moon
This Weather Tidbits checks out the harvest moon. The harvest moon is the closest full moon to the autumn equinox. It's name comes from the extra moonlight received after sunset which aided…
Weather Tidbits: Medicane
A unusual weather event in the Mediterranean is explored in this Weather Tidbits. A medicane or mediterreanean hurricane is a tropical-like cyclone that brings heavy rain and gusty winds. These storms occur in…
Weather Tidbits: Greenhouse Effect
The greenhouse effect is discussed in this Weather Tidbits. The greenhouse effect is the warming of an atmosphere by its absorbing and emitting infrared radiation; while allowing shortwave radiation to pass…
Weather Tidbits: Autumn Equinox
It's all autumn in this Weather Tidbits. The autumn equinox happened on September 22nd at 9:30 AM. This is when the sun is directly over the equator thus providing equal lengths of…
Weather Tidbits: Composition of the Atmosphere Part 2
The variable gases take over the composition of the atmosphere in this Weather Tidbits. 7 variables gases make up the atmosphere, consisting of water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, ozone,…
Weather Tidbits: Composition of the Atmosphere Part 1
The composition of the atmosphere, specifically the permanent gases are checked out in this Weather Tidbits. Nitrogen & oxygen make up 99% of the atmosphere, but other important gases…
Weather Tidbits: Earth's Four Spheres
This Weather Tidbits dives into the four spheres that make up the earth. The 4 spheres are the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere. The lithosphere is the rigid outer layer of…
Weather Tidbits: Wildfires
This Weather Tidbits explores wildfire production and spread. A wildfire is used to describe any uncontrolled fire burning through vegetation. They commonly occur in California, the French Riviera & parts of Australia; where…
Weather Tidbits: Air Quality Index
An issue that affects everyone on a daily basis is discussed in this Weather Tidbits. The air quality index (AQI), is an index of air quality that provides daily air pollution…
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