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All storiesExample Outlook Below Severe weather outlooks, also commonly referred to as convective outlooks, are issued daily by the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center in both text and graphic form. iAlert hosts the severe weather outlook graphics which you can access by clicking…
Read More ›Hurricanes are named alphabetically from a predetermined list beginning with the letter “A” through “W”, excluding names beginning with “Q” or “U.”A storm is first named by the National Hurricane Center when the system becomes a tropical storm. The name remains as it…
Read More ›Thunderstorms are among the most powerful weather events on Earth. They can bring much needed rainfall, yet they also produce dangerous hazards such as lightning, hail, flash flooding, and tornadoes. Understanding how storms form, how they evolve, and how meteorologists detect and forecast…
Read More ›Looking at the clouds it may appear there are endless cloud types, however you may be surprised to know there are really only 4 core types.? From his Essay of the Modifications of Clouds (1803) Luke Howard divided clouds into three categories; cirrus…
Read More ›The hydrologic cycle involves the continuous circulation of water in the Earth-Atmosphere system. At its core, the water cycle is the motion of the water from the ground to the atmosphere and back again. Of the many processes involved in the hydrologic cycle…
Read More ›Two decades before the American Revolutionary War, noted inventor and scientist Benjamin Franklin had a strong curiosity when it came to the incredibly destructive force of lightning. Franklin is known for inventing one of the first lightning rods, which he used to prevent…
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