Year: 2023
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Coastal Land-Based Weather Station Selection
Below is a map, with a bunch of boxes and the coordinates of their Southwest and Northeast corners. These are going to be the areas of greatest focus for land-based weather stations. GOMandCarib: sw – 5,-103, ne – 33,-44 EastUSAtlantic:30,-83;41,-68 WestUSAPacific: 33,-127; 45,-114 BajaCalif: 17,-123; 35,-100 [Google_Maps_WD id=80 map=55]
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False representations of data
Representation of Storm 2, 2023, shortly before named Arlene.
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NHC Updates Forecasting for 2023
This is the most significant news blurb of this century and there ain’t much there. The short of it is the National Hurricane Center (NHC) is extending its tropical forecasting from five to seven days. They have been examining their data on forecasts vs. accuracy since 2019 and have decided they are accurate enough to…
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March 4, 2023 – Power Outages
The shaded areas are power outages caused by weather. I see this as a very good reason why we need to invest in infrastructure in this country. In those boxes are, undoubtedly, the elderly, the infirm, children, infants, wives, etc, all without power in freezing temperatures. Infrastructure matters and we, the people, don’t seem to…
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AstroNews: Lots of Planets visible in the early evening of the Twelfth Night
In true geek fashion, on the evening of Three Geeks’ Day, also known as The Three Kings or the Twelfth Night, lots of planets are out to play and traverse the night sky in recognition of the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I refer to it as the Three Geeks Night because…well,…