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Hurricanes on Other Continents

Have hurricanes/cyclones/whatever ever hit Australia or South America?

Hurricanes South of the Equator

Do hurricanes ever from below the equator? If yes, do they ever cross over to the north?

Low Temperature and Time of Day

What time of day does the daily low temperature occur?

Measuring Snow

Was this the first measureable snow since 1988?  What is the weather service protocol for measuring snow?

Snow Facts

How does 1 inch of snow compare to 1 inch of rain, and how will the melting affect area rivers?

Hurricane-inspired springtime?

Could the turbulent hurricanes have spawned spring-like growth in plants?

Air pressure and Inner Ear Problems

Can Barometric Pressure affect the human body?

"Fuel when it's cool"

Should I fuel early in the morning, or late at night?

Up-River Flooding and Louisiana

More Mississippi River flooding?

Purchasing Thermometers

I want to monitor the temperature at home.

Sun Halo

What causes halos around the sun?

Previous flooding in Baton Rouge

Didn't Baton Rouge flood in 1997?

Spillway questions & comparison

How "protected" are we? How does the Morganza Spillway operate?

Flood Stage Measurements

From where is the "flood stage" measured?

Wind Creation

What creates wind?

ISS & Shuttle Question

Question: Last night, just as you said when the Orbiter came from the West, I saw it very clearly. There was an object following it, can you tell me what this was? Also, when you face the East by Southeast,

Frost at 35 degrees?

Can frost form when temperatures are above freezing?

Safe shelter in a tornado

Which is the safest room in the house during incliment weather?

La Nina's effect

Is La NiƱa affecting our weather?

Directional Winds & "Fronts"

What exactly is a "Front"? Are east winds harsher than north winds?

Causes of Fog

What instrument tells you to include it in your forecast?

Explaining Different River Stages

What is used to determine the "River Stages"?

"Isolated" vs. "Scattered" Showers

What's the difference between  scattered and isolated  showers?

What's a "dew point"?

When does dew form?

What is "Midwest?"

Geographically, where is the "midwest"?

Cell Phones and Lightning

Is it okay to use a cellphone during a thunderstorm?

Clouds changing colors

A cloud changed colors as my plane flew alongside of it...

Changes to "Daylight Saving Time"

They changed the date of Daylight Saving Time change, but is it permanent?

River water levels and soil saturation

When is the Mississippi River lowet and the soil driest?

Boy/Girl Naming Storms

In my Louisiana History class, we were talking about how hurricanes were named; my teacher told us that it's boy girl...

Weather from Rising Warm Air

What kind of weather is caused by rising warm air?

Bright Star or Planet?

Was that a star or planet this morning?

What is a "bar"?

Pressure in terms of bars, millibars, hectopascals, etc.

Revising hurricane categories

Any chance of a category 6 or category 7?

Movement of Weather Systems

Why do weather patterns seem to move from left to right across the USA?

Measuring Evaporation Rate in Inches Per Hour

Do you have information on pond evaporation in inches/hour? 

Defining the 100-Year Rain Event

What is a "100-year Rain Event"?

Water Temperature in the Gulf of Mexico

How is water temperature in the Gulf determined?

El Nino Weather Patterns

When can we expect the weather pattern to change to a normal cold front every 4 or 5 days?

Climate Change Effects on Living Things

How does climate change or global warming affect living things? 

Global Warming and Solar Activity

Could the Earth's changing distance from the sun cause global warming?

Coastal Cities vs. Rising Waters

Rising waters affecting coastal communities

Retiring Hurricane Names

What determines when or if a hurricane's name is retired?

Global Warming & Scientists Opinions

Is our planet really warming?

Global Warming on Other Planets

Is there evidence supporting global warming on other planets?

Solar Flares and Global Warming

Do solar flares have anything to do with the warming the earth?

Weather Map's Water Coloration

Are the red spots on the weather map "salt domes"?

Data Adjustment of Average Temperatures

"Average temperature" adjustments: how significant is 1/4 of a degree?

Temperature Readings

Is the temperature reading at a given location instantaneous or averaged?

High and Low Pressures

What stirs high and low pressures?

Hurricanes merge

Is it possible for two hurricanes to combine? 

Cyclical Barometric Pressure

Does the change in barometric pressure have a rhythm? 

Visibility and Rain Amounts

When you report on the visibility, how do you measure visibility?

Record Hot Temperature

We were wondering what the hottest temperature on record is for anywhere
in the world.  ...

Potential Hurricane Impacts on Metro BR

What is considered the worst case senario for a hurricane for Baton Rouge?

Backyard Weather Stations

Can my home weather station be wrong? 

Hurricanes Traveling from Pacific to Gulf

Have any storms ever formed in the pacific and crossed over into the Gulf with further intensification?  

Weather Folklore Revisited

Can you offer more insight on the weather folklore I have come across?

Sun Setting Farther North

Is the sun setting farther north this time of year?

"Flood Stages" and Flooding

Can you please explain what the various "flood stages" mean?

Barometric Pressure, Our Region, and Fishing

What is considered high, low, and normal barometric pressure for our region?

Views Of Global Warming

What is your View on Global warming?

Release of Carbon Dioxide to Atmosphere

What is your opinion on the view that "CO2 has to be stopped"?

"Unseasonable" Weather Changes

Why does unseasonable weather happen?

Building Your Own Weather Station

What home weather station would you suggest?

El Nino and the Jet Stream

Wet weather: because of a jet stream or because of El Nino?

Wet Weather and Agriculture

In springtime, when is it safe to say the rain will back off?

Inquisitive Hurricane Questions

Hard questions about big storms

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