Click here to listen to episode 795 of Weather Break.
As we’ve discussed a couple of times over the years here on the program, there are actually a lot of different ways that fog can form in the atmosphere. All of these different methods of fog formation ultimately are about taking air that is unsaturated [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Water and Weather'
Hail Fog
October 22nd, 2010 · No Comments
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Dry Spells in the Autumn
October 15th, 2010 · No Comments
Click here to listen to episode 790 of Weather Break.
The weather this fall has been amazing in much of Nebraska and South Dakota, but frankly we could use a little bit of rain. This isn’t because the rain could do the crops any good at this time of the year — the issue has to [...]
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Supercooled Water
October 8th, 2010 · No Comments
Click here to listen to episode 789 of Weather Break.
Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit, right? Well, maybe. Ice definitely MELTS at 32 degrees, but the exact temperature at which liquid water freezes depends on the trace impurities in the water. Something like an ice cube trays contains a very large number of water molecules, [...]
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Relative Humidity
October 6th, 2010 · No Comments
Click here to listen to episode 787 of Weather Break.
For years, you’ve been hearing the folks here at Weather Break talk about “relative humidity”. You hear them mention the concept on The Weather Channel, NOAA Weather Radio, or any of the other sources of weather information that you may be using on a daily basis. [...]
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Flooding on a Sunny Day
September 24th, 2010 · No Comments
Click here to listen to episode 780 of Weather Break.
All this week here on Weather Break, we have been talking about the different kinds of floods that are experienced in Nebraska and South Dakota. All of the kinds of floods that we have discussed clearly had one thing in common — they were all [...]
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