Weather Tidbits: Sun Pillar
This Weather Tidbits explores a neat event in the sky known as a sun pillar. A sun pillar is a vertical streak of light above or below the sun. They are caused…
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Weather Tidbits: Iridescence
This Weather Tidbits discusses iridescence. They are brilliant spots or borders of colors that are observed in clouds. It appears adjacent to the sun or moon and are interpreted as an imperfect or…
Weather Tidbits: Sun Dog
The illusion of multiple suns occurs in this Weather Tidbits, with the sun dog. A sun dog is a colored luminous spot by the refraction of light through ice crystals that appear…
Weather Tidbits: Halo
This Weather Tidbits explores the sky phenomenon, known as the halo. A halo is a ring of light encircling and extending outward from the sun or moon. They are produced when the…
Weather Tidbits: Corona
We turn to coronas on this Weather Tidbits. A corona (meaning crown in Spanish) is a series of rings concentrically surrounding the disk of the sun or moon. They are usually caused when…
Weather Tidbits: Distrail
We find out the counterpart to the contrail in this Weather Tidbits, with the distrail. A distrail or dissipation trail is when an aircraft passes through a cloud and disperses the cloud in…
Weather Tidbits: Contrail
This Weather Tidbits dives into the world of contrails. A contrail is a cloud-like streamer frequently seen forming behind an aircraft flying in clear, cold and humid air; which is short for condensation…
Weather Tidbits: Aurora
One of the coolest phenomenons is explained in this Weather Tidbits, which is the aurora. An aurora is a glowing light display in the nighttime sky, caused by excited gases in the upper…
Weather Tidbits: Perseid Meteor Shower
This Weather Tidbits checks out the big meteor shower of August, the Perseids. The meteor shower originates towards the northeast at the Perseus constellation and comes from its parent which is the…
Weather Tidbits: Radiosonde
One of the most important weather instruments is explored in this Weather Tidbits, with the radiosonde. A radiosonde is an instrument that obtains a vertical distribution of temperature, pressure and humidity. It consists…
Weather Tidbits: Tropical Cyclone Naming
How tropical cyclones get their names is answered in this Weather Tidbits. Tropical cyclones are named to avoid confusion with another storm occuring at the same time and to provide…
Weather Tidbits: Wind Instruments
Multiple wind instruments are explored in this Weather Tidbits. The oldest but still reliable instrument is the wind vane; which consists of a long arrow with a tail which moves freely…
Weather Tidbits: Snow Intensity
It's a snowy Weather Tidbits, as we dive into snow intensity. Snowfall intensity is characterized by visibility, just like drizzle. Its intensity is divided into 3 categories, as light, moderate and heavy.…
Weather Tidbits: Rain Intensity
It's gets wet in this Weather Tidbits, as the intensity of rain is checked out. Rainfall intensity is determined by rate of accumulation per hour or a maximum rate in 6 minutes.…
Weather Tidbits: Sturgeon Moon
The sturgeon moon takes center stage in this Weather Tidbits. The sturgeon moon is the nickname for the August full moon. It is called that due to the abundance of sturgeon available…
Weather Tidbits: Fire Weather Alerts
Fire weather alerts take over in this Weather Tidbits. The National Weather Service issues 2 types of fire weather alerts, a fire weather watch and a red flag warning. A fire…
Weather Tidbits: Drizzle
It's just a drizzle for this Weather Tidbits. Drizzle is is liquid precipitation smaller than 0.5 mm (0.02 in) in diameter, anything larger is rain. Drizzle drops are very close together, appear to…
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