Category: education

Severe Weather Awareness 2018: Tornado Safety

February 28, 2018

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Erik Proseus

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education, safety tips, severe weather, SWAW, tornado

The El Reno, OK EF-3 tornado of May 31, 2013, taken from about one mile away by storm chaser Nick Hellums. Tornadoes are […]
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GOES-16: A Weather and Climate Game-Changer

May 24, 2017

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Erik Proseus

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education, GOES, GOES-R, meteorology, technology, weather 102

When it comes to weather forecasting, meteorologists are often only as good as the technology and data they have access to. Perhaps one […]
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AMS: Best Practices for Sharing Weather Information on Social Media

January 26, 2017

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Erik Proseus

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education, nowcast, social media

Earlier this year at the American Meteorological Society’s (AMS) 2017 Annual Meeting in Seattle, the AMS Council adopted a set of “best practices” […]
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El Niño, part II: Global & local effects / MWN Winter Outlook

November 15, 2015

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Erik Proseus

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education, el nino, weather 102, winter outlook

In part 1 of this blog series on El Niño, we examined the basics of ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation), including what exactly […]
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El Niño, part I: The basics

November 13, 2015

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Erik Proseus

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education, el nino, weather 102

With words like “Godzilla” and “strongest on record” being thrown around in relation to this winter’s pending El Niño, you might be wondering […]
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MWN Lightning Round: Joaquin forecasts, 1000-year rain, and the weekend forecast

October 7, 2015

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Erik Proseus

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education, flooding, forecast, hurricane

It’s time for another edition of the MWN Lightning Round! Today we tackle a couple topics related to recent events on the east […]
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A hot mess – and why dewpoint is more important than humidity

July 25, 2015

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Erik Proseus

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dewpoint, education, forecast discussion, weather 102

An Excessive Heat Warning has been issued for the majority of the metro (Fayette County is technically under a Heat Advisory, but I’m […]
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Heat Safety: A Complete Guide from MWN

June 4, 2015

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Erik Proseus

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education, excessive heat, heat, safety tips, weather-ready nation

Many Memphians are aware of, or experienced, the record-breaking heat of the summer of 1980, even though it was 35 years ago this […]
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Weather Mythbusters: Disproving urban myths related to today’s “disappearing” snow

February 23, 2015

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Erik Proseus

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education, radar, virga, weather 101

Many of you were diligently watching radar this afternoon as snow moved towards the area from the west. You were excited by it’s […]
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MWN 2014-2015 Winter Outlook

November 10, 2014

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Erik Proseus

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education, seasonal outlook, winter

Winter appears to be starting a bit early this year, as Arctic air is poised to ooze south of the Mason-Dixon by mid-late […]
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New severe weather outlook categories roll out

October 22, 2014

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Erik Proseus

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education, severe thunderstorms, severe weather, storm prediction center, tornado

Beginning up to eight days ahead of potential severe weather, the Storm Prediction Center (SPC), a part of NOAA/NWS and the worldwide leaders […]
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Gravity waves from Missouri storms result in Labor Day showers in the metro

September 1, 2014

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Erik Proseus

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education, gravity wave, outflow boundary

Pop-up showers around mid-day today were a bit of a surprise, as they were not indicated by computer models early this morning and, […]
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Storm Prediction Center revises severe weather outlook categories

August 17, 2014

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Erik Proseus

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education, severe thunderstorms, severe weather, storm prediction center, tornado

Beginning up to eight days ahead of potential severe weather, the Storm Prediction Center (SPC), a part of NOAA/NWS and the worldwide leaders […]
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How humid is it? Why dew point is a superior measure of humidity

August 12, 2013

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Erik Proseus

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dewpoint, education

Humidity can often be a misunderstood concept due to the different ways in which it is measured. The most familiar of these measurements […]
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Primer on outflow boundaries and how they played a role in today’s storms

June 19, 2013

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Erik Proseus

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education, gust front, outflow boundary

Outflow boundaries can be really cool to watch in action. They seem to have a life of their own, even though it is […]
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SPC Outlooks: What does Slight, Moderate, High Risk mean?

April 7, 2013

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Erik Proseus

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education, severe thunderstorms, severe weather, storm prediction center

Many times when severe weather is expected, meteorologists will refer to an area having a certain “risk” of severe weather. When severe weather […]
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Gravity waves move across the Memphis metro

February 21, 2013

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Erik Proseus

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education, gravity wave

Gravity waves are captured on radar as they move through the metro on 2/21/13 around 7:30pm Earlier this evening, NEXRAD radar picked up […]
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Severe Weather Awareness 2013: Tornado Safety

February 20, 2013

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Erik Proseus

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education, safety tips, severe weather, tornado

Murfreesboro, TN EF-4 tornado, April 10, 2009. Photo credit Titus Bartos, TitusBartos.com/PhotoBlog/ Tornadoes are violent columns of rotating air that are produced by […]
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11 Reasons why Mid-South tornadoes are so insidious

February 18, 2013

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Erik Proseus

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dixie alley, education, safety tips, severe weather, tornado, tornado warnings

While Tornado Alley may be the Hollywood backdrop for storm-chasing worthy tornado action, those of us living in the south know that Tornado […]
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“Wake low” wind causes power outages in three states

January 10, 2013

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Erik Proseus

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damaging wind, education, wake low

Though it didn’t necessarily form in the classic sense, a “wake low” developed this afternoon and moved across north MS. The northern edge […]
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