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Annual invasion of lake flies over Lake Winnebago captured on weather radar

sudshr47 May 17, 2018

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It’s finally spring, which means warmer weather, longer days, and if you’re in the Lake Winnebago region, massive swarms of freshly hatched lake flies.

This is a regular occurrence in the area, but this year’s swarm was large enough to pop up on the Fox 11 weather radar, as shared by the KOKH Fox 25’s Twitter account.

Lake fly hatch captured on weather radar https://t.co/CkivdRsdO1 pic.twitter.com/ZlnbC1NnTv

— KOKH FOX 25 (@OKCFOX) May 17, 2018

That is an unholy amount of flies. 

According to Fox 11, the flies are a very vital part of the lake’s ecosystem. They have a very short lifespan, living only a few days to mate before they die. They don’t bite and are more of an annoyance than a serious harm.  Read more…

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In honor of Earth Day, here’s the most detailed satellite view of the Northern Hemisphere yet

sudshr47 April 20, 2018

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The newest polar-orbiting satellite in the U.S. fleet snapped the most detailed image of the Northern Hemisphere, just in time for Earth Day. 

The satellite photo — taken by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) NOAA-20 spacecraft — looks down on the top of the globe, showing the ice-covered North Pole, as well as North America and Eurasia. 

If you look closely, you can see stunning details, from sea ice near Greenland, to the marked lack of sea ice across the Bering Sea, between Alaska and Russia.

Satellite image of the Northern Hemisphere, with circles indicating the Bering Sea (top left), and sea ice near Greenland, (center).

Satellite image of the Northern Hemisphere, with circles indicating the Bering Sea (top left), and sea ice near Greenland, (center).

Image: noaa. Read more…

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Watch harrowing footage from a couple’s dangerous brush with a tornado

sudshr47 April 16, 2018

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Though Savannah and Brandon Boerjan are doing fine after their brush with a tornado, a video shared shared thousands of times on Facebook shows the harrowing moments before their car and adjoining camper were run off the road.

In the now-viral clip shared Friday, Savannah – of Arkansas, per THV 11 – struggles to remain calm as the tornado spins closer to their moving vehicle. In the video’s terrifying final moments, the car appears to spin out of control, landing in nearby grass. 

Soon after the accident, Savannah Boerjan shared the footage and photos of the wreckage.  Read more…

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NASA’s beautiful snowflake simulations could help predict inclement weather

sudshr47 March 29, 2018

There’s a lot about snow we don’t know. Where does it come from? Where does it go? What does it taste like? Admittedly there are tentative answers to these questions. But there are yet more complex ones like how exactly, on a microscopic level, snow melts in mid-air. That’s the focus of one project at NASA, the results of which are both practical and beautiful.

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Weather app glitch makes it look like hell is basically freezing over

sudshr47 March 22, 2018

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East coasters have already survived four nor’easters at this point, but according to weather app, Dark Sky, the worst of times is just ahead.

The app, which uses hyper-local radar data to generate weather predictions, is predicting that this Saturday we’re going to descend into hellish subzero temperatures.

the trick this week will be to dress in layers pic.twitter.com/iyBXUgQjca

— Steve Kandell (@SteveKandell) March 22, 2018

Much like the 2004 less-than-accurate and not-really-good disaster movie, The Day After Tomorrow, Dark Sky predicts that the temperature on March 24th will plunge sharply to near a hundred degrees below zero. Sounds bad! Read more…

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