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At this time of year, you will often see that your local meteorologists are informing you that the National Weather Service has issued a “Frost Warning” or a “Freeze Warning” or a “Freeze Advisory” or some similar kind of statement.  These messages are intended primarily for [...]

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Click here to listen to episode 684 of Weather Break.
Many mechanics will tell you that you need to warm up your car before you go anywhere on a cold morning.  This unfortunately has nothing to do with making you comfortable for your drive — it has to do with letting the car’s fluids warm up [...]

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Click here to listen to episode 682 of Weather Break.
Winter is finally winding down in Nebraska and South Dakota.  Snow is melting, rain is falling, and the days are getting longer.  As we look back on the winter, it sure seems like this was a particularly cold and snowy one.  But was this a “record-breaking” [...]

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Ski resorts pretty much only make money in the winter if there is enough snow on the ground for guests to be able to ski.  Snowmaking, therefore, becomes an important part of management’s strategy, extending the skiing season and covering bare spots on the runs.  However, [...]

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Click here to listen to episode 678 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. The news media had a lot of fun with these storms, giving them silly and funny names like the “Snowmeggedon” or the [...]

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