Weather Tidbits: Semi-arid Climates
This Weather Tidbits dives into a little more precipitation in the semi-arid climate. The semi-arid climate is found on a buffer zone between the arid and humid climates. Precipitation ranges between 8-16…
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Weather Tidbits: Arid Climates
Today's Weather Tidbits focuses on the driest climate in the world, which is the arid climate. Arid climates are known for producing the hottest temperatures in the world. Rainfall in this climate…
Weather Tidbits: Tropical Wet & Dry Climates
The driest climate of the tropical climates is the main headline of this Weather Tidbits. A tropical wet and dry climate has annual rainfall above 39 inches, but its…
Weather Tidbits: Moist Tropical Climates
Today's Weather Tidbits focuses on moist tropical climates. These involve two types: tropical wet and tropical monsoon. Both of these are known for a small temperature range through the year, with…
Weather Tidbits: Köppen Climate Classification
Today's Weather Tidbits explains the Köppen Climate Classification System. The system is based on the annual and monthly averages of temperature and precipitation. It also relates the climate type with its…
Weather Tidbits: Heat Index
It's get muggy and hot in this Weather Tidbits, as we turn towards the heat index. The heat index is the temperature of how hot it feels when combining the air temperature…
Weather Tidbits: Wind Chill
This Weather Tidbits focuses on wind chill. The wind chill is the temperature of how cold the air feels on your skin when wind is applied. This apparent temperature is determined by…
Weather Tidbits: Rip Currents
Today's topic focuses on rip currents and what to do if you encounter one. Rip currents are powerful, narrow channels of fast moving water that moves directly away from the shore. When…
Weather Tidbits: Types of Thunderstorms
Today’s topic is about severe thunderstorms and the different types. One type is the supercell, which is a single severe thunderstorm that provides highs winds and could potentially drop a tornado.…
Weather Tidbits: Lightning Safety
Today’s weather tidbits topic is about lightning safety. Never seek shelter under a tree because lightning is attracted to tall objects. Go inside your house or a nearby building for the best…
Weather Tidbits: Winter Weather Alerts
Today’s weather tidbits topic is about winter weather alerts. There is a winter storm watch, a winter storm warning, and a winter weather advisory, but there is also a blizzard warning that we will…
Weather Tidbits: Flood Alerts
Today on weather tidbits we’re talking about flood alerts and the different kind of flood alerts. There’s a flash flood warning, a flood warning, a flood advisory, a coastal flood warning, and a coastal…
Weather Tidbits: Tropical Alerts
This Weather Tidbits concludes the discussion of hurricanes with tropical alerts. Hurricane, Tropical Storm & Storm Surge Watches mean that these conditions are possible within 48 hours. Hurricane, Tropical Storm &…
Weather Tidbits: Saffir-Simpson Scale
This Weather Tidbits focuses on the Saffir-Simpson Scale. The scale is based on wind speed and broken down into 5 categories. A major hurricane is classified once the storm becomes a…
Weather Tidbits: Storm Surge
The power of water during a tropical system is explored in this Weather Tidbits. Storm surge is the abnormal rise of water generated by the winds of a storm. Storm surge is…
Weather Tidbits: El Niño & Hurricanes
The warmer than normal water in the eastern & central Pacific waters is known as El Niño. This event plays a big role on how a hurricane season plays out…
Weather Tidbits: Hurricane Anatomy & Decay
We keep it all hurricane in this Weather Tidbits. A hurricane consists of spiral rain bands, an eyewall and an eye. Most tropical cyclones last a few days, but some…
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