Weather Tidbits: Hail Formation
This Weather Tidbits focuses on the formation of hail. Hail is formed when supercooled droplets freeze within the cumulonimbus. The ice pellets then fall due to gravity, however an updraft lifts…
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Weather Tidbits: Moon Phases
The moon's phases are explored in the Weather Tidbits. The moon orbits the Earth every 29.5 days, and the moon has 8 phases during its orbit. The new moon starts and…
Weather Tidbits: Cool Snow Facts
This Weather Tidbits is all about cool snow facts. The facts range from how many snowflakes we see a year, to the types of snowflakes and even record snowfall.
Weather Tidbits: Pressure
This Weather Tidbits is all about atmospheric pressure. They are 3 important factors that determine the pressure, which are density, altitude and temperature. Pressure is measured by a barometer but it can…
Weather Tidbits: Sea vs Land Breeze
This Weather Tidbits focuses on the differences between the sea breeze and the land breeze. The sea breeze happens during the day due to the warm land and the…
Weather Tidbits: Weather Instruments
This Weather Tidbits is all about the instruments used in meteorology. The instruments listed all help measure either temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, visibility, pressure and precipitation.
Weather Tidbits: Winter Precipitation
This Weather Tidbits focuses on something Delmarva lacked seeing quite a bit this winter, which was the different types of winter precipitation. The types range from the warmest which is rain…
Weather Tidbits: Catatumbo Lightning
This Weather Tidbits focuses on a special weather phenomenon called Catatumbo Lightning. This type of lightning occurs in Venezuela and it's tends to be quite powerful but also frequent. The lightning…
Weather Tidbits: Temperature
It's all about the temperature on this Weather Tidbits. Temperature is the degree of hotness or coldness of a substance. A thermometer measures temperature and it can be read in 3 different…
Weather Tidbits: Extreme Records
This Weather Tidbits focuses on extreme weather records across the globe. It ranges from the heaviest rainfall and snowfall in 24 hours to one year, but also the strongest winds within…
Weather Tidbits: Fog
Today's Weather Tidbits focuses on fog. Fog is a low-lying cloud near or at the surface, usually represented as a stratus cloud. They are multiples types of fog, some are caused by…
Weather Tidbits: Weather Folklore
Today's Weather Tidbits focuses on Weather Folklore. The folklore range from snow to how the moon looks while being across the world, and can be easily explained with some simple meteorology.
Weather Tidbits: Combating the Weather through Home Remedies
This Weather Tidbits is unique in that it deals with how to deal with certain types of weather using household items. They are 2 ways to deice, the 1st is…
Weather Tidbits: Air Masses
Today's Weather Tidbits focuses on air masses. An air mass is large body of air. They are described by the degree of temperature in uppercase (T,E,A & P) and their source…
Weather Tidbits: Seasonal Jet Streams
Today's Weather Tidbits focuses on jet streams and their seasonal variations. A jet stream is a narrow band of strong winds in the upper levels of the atmosphere, that are…
Weather Tidbits: When Spring Brings
This Weather Tidbits focuses when spring begins depending on which science field. The most common is astronomical which begins around March 21, when the sun touches the equator, meaning equal daylight…
Weather Tidbits: The Exosphere
Today's Weather Tidbits concludes the week-long study of the atmosphere, focusing on the exosphere. The exosphere is the earth's outermost layer and at this point, you are also entering outer space. The…
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