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Wednesday 12/28/16 at 5:17 PM by Jacob Wilkins

Short-Lived Tornado Touches Down in Western Kentucky

On December 26th, 2016, a band of strong thunderstorms formed in southwestern Kentucky. Low to moderate instability was achieved alongside temperatures in the mid 70s. An approaching cold front provided the lift for thunderstorms to initiate. At around 3 PM a thunderstorm in far western Kentucky began to rotate over Graves and Marshall Counties. According […]

Monday 12/19/16 at 9:21 PM by Jessica Dobson

Thundersnow Strikes in Hawaii

When you think of Hawaii, I’m sure you typically think of warm waters, white beaches, and an abundance of sunshine, right? Well you can now add thundersnow and images like the one above to that list of thoughts, because it was just reported atop Mauna Kea this past weekend. How does snow occur in Hawaii? And […]

Thursday 03/12/15 at 8:20 PM by Mallory Schnell

Blizzard Covers Peaks of Hawaii

While we’ve been experiencing warmer than normal weather here in Kentucky, a blizzard warning has been in effect for Hawaii since Wednesday. Yes, you read correctly: it has been snowing in Hawaii. According to NASA’s Earth Observatory, In the past week, the National Weather Service has issued several snowstorm and blizzard warnings for summits higher than […]