Weather
The study found that the average precipitation event from 1991-2020 was about 5% heavier than the average precipitation event from 1951-1980.
The Clausius-Clapeyron equation shows that the mathematical relationship between air temperature and water vapor pressure is one with an upward curve as air temperature increases.
Technically, Sandy was no longer a tropical hurricane when it struck New York because of its physical structure.
StormTRACKER Meteorologist John Wheeler looks at the general weather as November approaches.
Over the last million years, the cycle has been for glacial advances of roughly 80,000 to 100,000 years interspersed with interglacial periods of roughly 20,000 years.
Winter precipitation in our region tends to largely run off into rivers, so even a very deep winter snow pack looks more impressive than it really is for soil moisture rejuvenation.
Beringia connected Russia's Siberia to Alaska, filling in the northern part of today's Bering Sea.
The U. S. Drought Monitor now has the area in a moderate drought. It is even more critical in parts of central and western part of North Dakota.
The glaciers locked up a significant amount of Earth's water, and this caused many places to be very dry.
The latest Drought Monitor indicates that most of Cass County and the southern third of Clay County is in moderate drought.
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John Wheeler
Lydia Blume
Jesse Ritka
Robert Poynter
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