Weather
In this Weather Wednesday we learn how to properly set up and read a rain gauge.
The casual weather observer might be inclined to say, "Well, these things will even out over time," but reality is a little more complicated.
The director for North Dakota's Division of Air Quality said there are a number of reasons, including it simply being unnecessary for the state.
If allowed, the major port cities of Baton Rouge and New Orleans would be left on a river too shallow for ocean liners.
The secret to the rapid green-up has been the temperature of the soil.
The rain reports we give are from specific locations and are not meant to represent the rainfall for an entire town or city.
The area just east of the Rocky Mountains gets large hail more frequently than anywhere else in North America.
For large hail to form, a storm must have a powerful updraft and a low freezing layer.
Hail the size of quarters is approximately one inch and this is the lower threshold for the issuance of a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for hail.
StormTRACKER Meteorologist John Wheeler discusses the mid May Weather.
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John Wheeler

Lydia Blume

Jesse Ritka

Robert Poynter

Dillon Vogt

Charles Pekar

Robert Daley
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