Weather Break

Click here to listen to episode 003 of Weather Break.
Is it ever really “too cold to snow”? What determines how much snow falls? How do meteorologists forecast the amount of snowfall to expect? Creighton University student Beth Dickey examines this timely topic.
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The National Snow and Ice Data Center maintains an interesting [...]

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Click here to listen to episode 002 of Weather Break.
Today, Creighton student Ross Caniglia interviews Mr. Jon Becker from the South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT). Using a network of Road Weather Information System (RWIS) observing stations around the state, the SDDOT is able to gather information about weather and road conditions. This [...]

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Click here to listen to episode 001 of Weather Break.
On the first episode of Weather Break, Dr. Jon Schrage discussed the purpose of the program and talked about the kinds of topics listeners can expect to hear on future episodes.  He then discussed the differences between “meteorology” and the “atmospheric sciences”– [...]

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