Lake Effect Snow and Rain Lake effect Snow is something that is common almost every winter. It receives a lot of attention in the press but what about Lake effect Rain? Is there anything like that? Well, the argument sometimes is that Lake effect Rain isn’t exciting and therefore it receives very little attention. Yet, Read More
What is a Doppler radar like? A Doppler radar is a unique and specialized radar. It performs its ‘weather watch’ functions by making use of the Doppler effect. This enables it to produce velocity data relating to objects present at some distance. A Doppler radar can be seen when driving through U.S 41 between Marquette Read More
Thinking about Hiking? Hiking in Whatever Season Whether you hike in the Summer, Spring, Fall or Winter you need to have the right gear. What if you sprained your ankle? Or got an animal bite? Being prepared is absolutely essential. Hiking in the Summertime you have to think of the heat, insects, fires, lack of Read More
I don’t know about you, but when people talk about the air pressure being high, or the air pressure being low, I get confused as to what that means. Which type of air pressure means it will be a great sunny day or a cold rainy day? That is what we will explore. What is Read More
Rainbow, R.O.Y.G.B.I.V. Why it happens The rainbow, which in Latin is arcus pluvius, means “rainy arch” and is a meteorological phenomenon caused by reflection, refraction, and dispersion of light in water droplets in the atmosphere which results in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky. It was believed that the earliest occurrence of the Read More