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The First Tornado Warning of the Decade
Leave a CommentJanuary 18, 2010 - Posted by Brian Barnes

The first tornado of the decade has been issued. To our knowledge at the current time, an actual tornado hasn’t been confirmed – but the warning went out. So what is the lucky area that received it? Texas…Oklahoma?

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Danny Glover Claims Haiti Earthquake a Result of Global Warming
2 CommentsJanuary 16, 2010 - Posted by Brian Barnes

Recently in an interview with GritTV, actor Danny Glover made a comment that I found to be completely absurd. In his statement, Glover says that the entire Caribbean region is in danger of earthquakes due to global warming and the failure of the Copenhagen conference.

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The Basics of Skew-T/Log-P Diagrams
2 CommentsDecember 30, 2009 - Posted by Brian Barnes
The Basics of Skew-T/Log-P Diagrams

One of the most important tools that convective forecasters have is the Skew-T/Log-P Diagram. It is a thermodynamic chart that allows forecasters to view real information about the state of the atmosphere from the surface level all the way to 100 millibars.

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Picking a Meteorology School
20 CommentsDecember 29, 2009 - Posted by Brian Barnes
Picking a Meteorology School

I receive a lot of email from prospective students asking for advice on picking a meteorology school and/or program. I have compiled some information that people can use for a starting point in their search.

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Benefit of the Doubt
Leave a CommentDecember 27, 2009 - Posted by Brian Barnes

It appears that the chaser who apparently gave away free video to a major network may have been wronged by the network. New information from the chaser at the center of this suggests that the he did sell the video to the network and he allegedly has confirmation numbers that can prove that the video was sold.

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Don’t Demote Yourself trying to Promote Yourself
Leave a CommentDecember 26, 2009 - Posted by Brian Barnes
Don’t Demote Yourself trying to Promote Yourself

It has been brought to my attention that during the recent Oklahoma blizzard, which was a major story over the holidays, that a few very well known storm chasers have given away video footage to major networks using those networks “Citizen Journalist” or viewer video services.

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Santa Enlist Help of StormChase.com Forecasters for Christmas Flight 2009
Leave a CommentDecember 23, 2009 - Posted by Brian Barnes
Santa Enlist Help of StormChase.com Forecasters for Christmas Flight 2009

We just received a high priority phone call at the StormChase.com forecasting center from the North Pole. It was Santa’s lead elf meteorologist, Dr. Bouncy Sugar Socks. Poor little guy was freaking out!! It seems that Santa is very worried about the Christmas Eve forecast for supercells and possible tornadoes over parts of Oklahoma and Texas, as well as the strong turbulence over the United States due to a strong upper jet.

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Florida Braces for Potentially Strong Winter Tornado Season
1 CommentDecember 22, 2009 - Posted by Brian Barnes

At the possible expense of sounding “alarmist”, I am personally concerned over storm safety of Florida’s seasonal winter residents. Having been one myself for several years now, I’m surprised at how many people invade the sub-tropical state each winter to escape the harsh cold air and winter storms of the Midwest, although I fully understand their reasoning for doing so.

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Tornado Warning Rocks Southern Florida
Leave a CommentDecember 18, 2009 - Posted by Brian Barnes

The National Weather Service in Miami, FL has issued what might just be the final tornado warning of 2009 at 10:27 EST Friday, December 18th.

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New Poster Print Available
Leave a CommentDecember 02, 2009 - Posted by Brian Barnes

Due to (I’m not kidding) HUNDREDS of request for a poster print of our Hyannis Supercell panorama from May 20th ealier this year, I’m pleased to announce that we have put the amazingly gorgeous image in the inventory of our store on Zazzle.com. Buy direct from our Zazzle store and save, while also be able to immediately select from dozens of great printing and framing options.

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Storm Chasing Lecture at Hamilton College
3 CommentsNovember 03, 2009 - Posted by Brian Barnes
Storm Chasing Lecture at Hamilton College

Last week I had the honor of being invited to Hamilton College in upstate New York to give a lecture to a group of students and members of the community.

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Missing Boy and Colorado Balloon
Leave a CommentOctober 15, 2009 - Posted by Brian Barnes

We’re dealing with a high volume of phone calls and emails at the moment due …

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Russian Roulette in Tornado Alley
1 CommentSeptember 17, 2009 - Posted by Brian Barnes
Russian Roulette in Tornado Alley

My storm chasing tour guest come from all over the world and to a person who is visiting Tornado Alley for the purpose of chasing storms, they sometimes go home with the feeling that a person must be mad to live here. From their point-of-view, if the weather cooperates with the tour during their visitation – they’ll see extreme weather at its best, or sometimes at its worst. But, in reality most people that live throughout the Great Plains have never seen a tornado and most never will.

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Global Warming isn’t Cool
4 CommentsSeptember 15, 2009 - Posted by Brian Barnes
Global Warming isn’t Cool

Global Warming is big business. And no matter which side of the aisle you stand on you can point your finger at various companies and industries about their influence in shaping policies in regard to Global Warming. If you’re a believer then you’re going to point your finger at the oil and automobile industry and say they are trying to prevent the truth from getting out. If you’re a non-believer than your going to point your finger at the carbon credit and “green” industries and companies such as GE and say they are trying to use fear-mongering techniques to scare us all into buying their products.

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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Leave a CommentSeptember 13, 2009 - Posted by Brian Barnes
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Get ready for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs from Columbia Pictures and Sony Picture Animation! It will be the most delicious event since macaroni met cheese. Inspired by the beloved children’s book by Judi Barrett, the film focuses on a town where food falls from the sky like rain.

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