Weatherthings
Weather and Seasons: sun, heat, air, wind, rain
A little girl and her grandfather spend a summer afternoon sitting by a pond. The conversation changes from how warm the summer day is to how the pond gets cold and freezes in the winter. The grandfather helps the girl understand how the...
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Corona vs. Halo
With a bright moon and the right amount of clouds, you often may see a glow in the clouds around the moon or a ring around the moon. One of those is called a corona, the other is a lunar halo. Each tells you something different about the...
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Winter: The Coldest Season Explained
Winter, that cold, dark time of year in places far from the equator. Learn how the tilt of the Earth's axis affects the amount of sunlight different regions receive, leading to colder temperatures in winter. The video also touches on how...
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Hurricane Laura and Hurricane Delta
Louisiana was struck by two hurricanes within six weeks in 2020. Hurricane Laura was a powerful Category 4. Hurricane Delta was a Category 2. The two hurricanes made landfall in almost the same location. Combined, they took dozens of...
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Rip Current Safety: Where do Rip Currents Happen?
This is the science of what, where, and how of rip currents. Most lifeguard rescues on ocean beaches in the United States are for rip currents. See how to avoid rip currents and learn safety from these killer currents on beaches. They...
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Some Clouds are Bright Some Clouds are Dark
A simple demonstration showing how some clouds are bright and others are dark.
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Parhelic Circle
If you've ever noticed a white ring in the thin clouds that goes through the sun, this is what it is.
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Hurricane Maria - The Meteorology, and the Impact on Society
In 2018, Puerto Rico was devastated by Hurricane Maria. It was a Category 5 storm that may have killed 3,000 people. This 90 billion-dollar extremely powerful storm was a catastrophe in property damage, destruction, and deaths due to...
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Gust Front - Shelf Cloud
At times, an ominous cloud band forms on the forward or leading edge of a thunderstorm. It is part of the thunderstorm gust front, called a shelf cloud, because it hangs out in front of the storm like a shelf. It may be smooth on the...
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Weather Things: Rainbows
A blue sky and fluffy bright clouds are things that are seen around the world. The atmosphere presents a multitude of sights and phenomena using light, air, water droplets, ice crystals, and dust. Many of the phenomena give clues to...
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Water Smart: Water on Earth - Rivers
Water on Earth focuses on water as most kids would think about it. We start with water in obvious locations such as oceans, lakes, and rivers. We quickly learn that water can change phase to remain a solid in glaciers. Many kids may be...
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Weather Things: Thunderstorm Ingredients
Lightning is spectacular, from a distance. It's nature's way of transferring electricity within the sky, or between the sky and the ground. When lightning is nearby, it is a threat to safety. People are struck by lightning, in many cases...
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Hurricane Katrina: The Meteorology
Hurricane Katrina was historic, not just for size and strength but for way it hit the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and southeastern Louisiana. It led to death, destruction, displacement, and suffering, particularly in New Orleans. See the...
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Weather Things: The Sun's Role
The 3 simple ingredients of sun, air and water lead to every type of weather on Earth. The atmosphere is constantly trying to balance heat from the sun with water vapor and air to create a dynamic planet. The unique properties of the...
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Weather Things: Weather Cycles
The orbit of Earth on a tilted axis around the sun leads to the seasons. The resulting change of angle of the sun, and length of day controls how warm we get at different times of the year. With those changes in seasons come changes in...
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Grid Waves
Sometimes waves arrive at a beach or shore in the shape of a grid. Here's how that may happen.
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Weather Things: Storms
The atmosphere is dynamic and forever changing to maintain balance. The ingredients of air, sunlight and water allow life to exist on Earth, but they also generate calm scenes like rainbows, as a tornado ends. All storms move moisture,...
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Asperitas
A new designation of clouds is Asperitas. This video gives real examples of the wavy and odd looking features.
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Water Smart: Water on Earth - Lakes
Water on Earth focuses on water as most kids would think about it. We start with water in obvious locations such as oceans, lakes, and rivers. We quickly learn that water can change phase to remain a solid in glaciers. Many kids may be...
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Weather Things: Hybrid Clouds
Clouds manifest moisture condensed in the air. In this program they are appreciated and pondered. Clouds give clues to wind direction, humidity levels, weather patterns, and they just make pretty sights. We look at the basic type of...
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Flight Passenger, Left Side Window View
A celebration of cloud types, colors, heights and textures, as seen out the window of a passenger airplane.
NASA
NASA | Preparing for GOES-R at NOAA's Hazardous Weather Testbed
The future brings the unknown, and weather forecasts are all about seeing the future. NOAA’s Hazardous Weather Testbed brings top weather forecasters and research scientists together to learn about the latest tools and techniques. In...
NASA
NASA | Supercomputer Model Shows the Flow of #Blizzard2016
A NASA Center for Climate Simulation supercomputer model that shows the flow of #Blizzard2016 thru Sunday, January 24, 2016. * Note: Fixed a typo in the caption - changing the date from 2015 to 2016.
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NASA | Intern Profile – Jorel Torres
Summer intern Jorel Torres, a graduate student from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, talks about snow research and the value of hard work, persistence, and passion.