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Puttippoq? Aatsuu
For once, I don’t have all the answers. That’s why I said “aatsuu“. That is an Inuit (Inuktitut) word for “I don’t know.” We’re learning Inuit language today because I wonder how they would describe a...
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Remote Islands VI: Return to Gough
You youngins are not old enough to remember, but we took a look at Gough Island before. Well, not directly, but as part of the British territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha eight...
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The east coast of Australia is on fire!
There’s an ongoing serious situation in Australia: the bush in New South Wales and Queensland is on fire. Here’s a look at what the Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI) on Himawari-8 saw on 8 November 2019:...
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Tropical Cyclone Idai: Before, During and After
As of the time of this writing, there is currently a humanitarian crisis in Mozambique caused by what was Tropical Cyclone Idai. Here’s the situation as of 25 March 2019. Wikipedia actually has a...
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Ice, Ice, Baby
A winter storm moved through the Northeast U.S. over the weekend of 19-20 January 2019. This Nor’easter was a tricky one to forecast. Temperatures near the coast were expected to be near (or above)...
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Don’t Eat Orange Snow
Roughly one month ago, social media (and, later, more conventional media) outlets were inundated with numerous reports of orange snow in eastern Europe and western Asia – reports like this one, this...
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The Arctic, Saharan-like Gulf Coast
Today, we’re going to take a look at another less-covered VIIRS channel on this blog: M-9, also known as the “cirrus band”. (Disambiguation: if you’re looking for the electronic musical group “Cirrus...
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There’s Something in the Water
In the fast paced world of weather, Hurricane Irma is old news. There’s already a Wikipedia page on it. But, people that were in Irma’s path are still cleaning up (at least at the time I’m writing...
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On the Disappearance of Lake Mille Lacs
Two weeks ago, one of Minnesota’s 10,000 lakes disappeared, leaving them with only 9,999. And, it wasn’t a small one, either. It was the state’s second largest inland lake. But, this is not like Goose...
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December Fluff
By now, you probably know the drill: a little bit of discussion about a particular subject, throw in a few pop culture references, maybe a video or two, then get to the good stuff – high quality VIIRS...
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Single-Purpose Flour
Think of a snowflake. What happens when that snowflake hits the ground? Now, picture other snowflakes – millions of them – all hitting the ground and piling up on top of each other, crushing our first...
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Watch for Falling Rock
Q: When a tree falls in the forest and nobody is around to hear it, does it make a sound? A: Yes. That’s an easy question to answer. It’s not a 3000-year-old philosophical conundrum with no answer....
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Remote Islands V: St. Helena and Ascension
You may have missed it in the news, but history was made last week: A plane landed! Wow! But, that’s not any old plane – that’s the first commercial airliner to land on St. Helena Island, which just...
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The Sirocco and the Giant Bowl of Dust
As mentioned before on this blog, there are typhoons, hurricanes, and cyclones, and they’re all basically the same thing. They’re just given a different name depending on where they occur in the world....
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Indian Super-Smog
We’ve poked a lot of fun at China and their serious smog problem. (Just this week, Beijing schools had their very first “smog day.” It’s just like a “snow day”, except you can’t go outside and write...
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Horrendous Haboob in the Heart and Heat of History’s Homeland
We mentioned India earlier this year due to a hellish heatwave. It’s only fair that we talk about one of the other cradles of civilization (human history) and another horrible weather-related h-word....
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The Great Indian Heat Wave of 2015
Have you ever slept in a really hot room? Of course, if you clicked on that link, keep in mind two things: perjury is a crime, and extreme heat is no joke. It is number one on the list of causes of...
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Germany’s Magic Sparkle
You may or may not have heard that a small town in Italy received 100 inches (250 cm; 2.5 m; 8⅓ feet; 8 x 10-17 parsecs) of snow in 18 hours just last week (5 March 2015). That’s a lot of snow! It’s...
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Sea-effect Snow
Take a look at this image: Photo credit: İskender Şengör via Severe Weather Europe on Facebook Is this picture from A) the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan in 1978? B) Orchard Park, New York in November...
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When China Looks Like Canada
OK, so there probably aren’t any “Canadatowns” in China like there are Chinatowns in Canada. (Now you’re probably wondering what a Canadatown in China would look like. Maybe stores and restaurants...
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