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Greetings, everyone, and welcome to Thursday! We’ve had beautiful weather the past few days that has really got me excited for fall. But before we talk about fall, we have to finish summer first. In fact, as we close out the week, summer heat slowly begins to rebuild. One More Day of Cooler Temps Highs […]
Tag: Satellite
EPIC Daily Images of Earth
NASA has announced that it will be releasing pictures of Earth everyday. These are not your run-of-the-mill GOES images or anything like that either, these are pictures of the entire Globe in true color. The Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (yes, EPIC) is attached to the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR), a space-weather monitoring satellite. The satellite is […]
WxOrNot Tweets Of The Week
There are an endless amount of weather tweets that are sent out everyday. Whether it’s a puffy cumulus cloud or a beautiful sunset, there are a million (that might be literal) to go around. Now, some are quality, quality tweets. Others are….well, others are interesting. Either way, there are always great tweets out there. Here […]
WxOrNotBG Tweets Of The Week
There are an endless amount of weather tweets that are sent out everyday. Whether it’s a puffy cumulus cloud or a beautiful sunset, there are a million (that might be literal) to go around. Now, some are quality, quality tweets. Others are….well, others are interesting. Either way, there are always great tweets out there. Here […]
Awesome Weather
Take a look at all the awesome weather and phenomenons this week across the world! A drone flies over the Frozen Niagara Falls. Awesome footage! Take a virtual flyover of Frozen Niagara Falls courtesy of this drone video: http://t.co/2law9KyYiM pic.twitter.com/BtCaLtcUem — ClimateCentral (@ClimateCentral) February 28, 2015 Ever seen the Sahara desert in high resolution from […]
NASA Satellite Traces Dust from the Sahara to the Amazon
A NASA satellite has discovered the connection between dust from the Sahara desert to flourishing life in the Amazon rain forest. Strong winds blow dust – 27.7 million tons per year – from the Sahara across the Atlantic Ocean to the Amazon. Data was collected by NASA’s Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) satellite from 2007 […]
NOAA to Launch DSCOVR Satellite Soon
NOAA has plans to launch the DSCOVR (Deep Space Climate Observatory) satellite no earlier than February 8, 2015. This satellite will be responsible for collecting space weather data and relaying this information to Earth. The launch is set to be performed by the U.S. Air Force and SpaceX. DSCOVR will prove vital in monitoring the solar […]
Did Weather Cause the AirAsia Plane Crash?
Early Sunday morning, AirAsia Flight 8501 disappeared. This aircraft took off from Surabaya, Indonesia with 162 passengers and two pilots. So where in the world did this plane go, and what might have caused the crash? In an article from Discover Magazine, potential weather impacts are discussed. Thunderstorms with clouds heights over 44,000 ft were […]
West Coast Power Outages
Hundreds of thousands of people are without power along the west coast as one of the largest storms to hit the region in years moves in. High winds are the primary cause of power outages from Oregon to San Francisco. Take a look at the satellite view of this monster storm. #Stormageddon update: Alcatraz […]
NOAA Satellites Predict Peak Fall Foliage this Week
Scientists at NOAA’s Center for Satellite Applications & Research (STAR) have found a new way to monitor fall foliage using visible satellite imagery. The new vegetation index is released every three days and this product can even be used to forecast future fall foliage. In the latest foliage forecast, NOAA believes areas of southern Kentucky will see […]