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Click here to listen to episode 798 of Weather Break.
Earlier this month, the strongest tropical cyclone of 2010 hit the island-nation of the Philippines. This storm was officially known as Super Typhoon Megi. Typhoons are the same kind of weather systems as hurricanes, and typhoons in the Western Pacific get names, just like [...]

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Click here to listen to episode 794 of Weather Break.
Hurricane season in the Atlantic is winding down for 2010, and it turned out to be a surprisingly active year for these storms. As of the writing of this episode of the program about a week about, there had been sixteen named storms in the [...]

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Since Weather Break originates on the campus of Jesuit university, from time to time we like to take the opportunity to mention some of the contributions made by Jesuits to the field of meteorology. Today we turn our attention to Father Benito Viñes, who was known [...]

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In the past on Weather Break, we talked about the challenges associated with forecasting how the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico will move.  We also mentioned that, once upon a time, meteorologists and atmospheric scientists actually considered deliberately spilling tanks of oil in front [...]

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Here on Weather Break, we are guilty of sometimes focusing on the most dramatic aspects of weather, forgetting that the “little things” of life can be changed dramatically by the weather.  This week we’ve been talking with tropical meteorologist Brian Strahl about his experiences during the [...]

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