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On yesterday’s episode of Weather Break, we introduced the so-called “Saharan Air Layer”–an air mass that forms of Africa’s Sahara Desert and, therefore, is extremely hot, dry, and dusty.  At this time of year, tropical meteorologists are particularly concerned about the Saharan Air Layer because it [...]

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Click here to listen to episode 755 of Weather Break.
The phrase “a lonesome place against the sky” comes originally from the poem “Lincoln, the Man of the People” by Edwin Markham, and it’s often used to describe the loss that a group feels after a senior member of the group dies.  The expression actually refers [...]

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Click here to listen to episode 749 of Weather Break.
Yesterday on Weather Break, we spoke with Mary Jean Johnston, the project administrator for the Punxsutawney Weather Discovery Center, which is the home of the Meteorologist Hall of Fame.  It turns out that the Weather Center is a particularly nice educational center for people who are interested [...]

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Click here to listen to episode 679 of Weather Break.
Earlier this month, you undoubtedly heard all the stories on the news about the series of huge snowstorms that struck the eastern US.   Some folks started calling these storms the “Snowmeggedon” or the “Snowpocalpse”, as if these storms were the end of the world. Here [...]

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Yesterday on Weather Break, we talked about those pictures of the round hay bales that were pushed for miles by a wind storm in Alberta.  Many of you know the importance of the correct amount of moisture in the hay before it is baled.  If it’s [...]

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