Entries from Storm Team Weather tagged with 'How It Works'
FROST TONIGHT?
Coming off of an impressive streak of warm weather, it is hard to believe that we may see some areas of patchy frost tonight. With this being the case, I just wanted to pass along a little inside information when...
LAKE SHADOWS
An interesting thing that occurs near larger lakes is the "lake shadow". This is not really a shadow, rather a lack of clouds near the lake while away from the lake, fair weather clouds develop. You can see this on...
VIEWER QUESTION: WHAT TYPE OF CLOUD FORMATION IS THIS?
Here are the vitals of what was going on at 7:45pm, Thursday, April 10th in Edinboro, when this picture was taken. Temperature in Edinboro: Mid 50's Temperature In Charleston, WV (330 miles to the south): Mid 80's No Precipitation...
THE APRIL FOOL
For this first day of April, A.K.A. "April Fool's Day", it looks like the weather is going to try to play us as fools. Good thing you have the Storm Team ready to foil this evil plan. Temperatures for Erie,...
BIG BUBBLE OF NO TROUBLE
Saturday, with an area of high pressure overhead, we can expect sunshine to return to the area. High pressure is a large area of sinking air. As air sinks, it is compressed. As air compresses, it warms. As air warms,...
JET STREAM & TEMPERATURES
One way to see if warmer or cooler weather is approaching is to look to the jet stream. This is an area of intense winds in the upper elevations of the atmosphere. On the surface (where we are), this translates...
EARLY EASTER
This is the earliest Easter in nearly a century. The last time Easter fell this early was in the year 1913. Some may find it strange considering we are still wearing coats and bundling up as we head out the...
VERNAL EQUINOX
Ahhh, Spring is finally in the air! We are about to experience the Vernal, or Spring Equinox. This is the time when the sun makes its transition from South of the Equator into the Northern Hemisphere. The exact time of...
VIEWER QUESTION: HOW COME THERE IS NOT "EQUAL DAY AND NIGHT" ON THE EQUINOX?
This is a great question since equinox means "equal night". However, if you look at the sunrise and sunset times for our first day of Spring (March 20th), you will see that the sun rises at 7:23am and sets at...
WINTER STORM UPDATE: ICE, ICE, BABY
When you see certain things on a skew-t, a diagram that gives meteorologists a vertical profile of the atmosphere, you know you are in trouble. Our trouble today and tonight is ice. This is a Skew-T/Log-P diagram. This one shows,...
WHAT MAKES PERFECT SUNSETS?
First of all, I'd like to thank Bob Boyd who took these pictures last Sunday at the foot of Hess Ave. These inspired this particular blog entry. The sunsets in Erie are among the best on Earth. If you are...
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