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November 06, 2009

What is the difference between a sub-tropical and a tropical storm?

November 05, 2009

Why do hurricanes travel from East to West when most systems in the U.S. travel from West to East

November 04, 2009

Would there be a chance for tornadoes this time of year?

November 03, 2009

What is the temperature of rain, and is it the same in all storms?

November 02, 2009

How big do rain drops get?

November 01, 2009

What makes the stars twinkle?

October 31, 2009

Are there different kinds of wind?

October 30, 2009

Is it true that there’s always a thunderstorm somewhere?

October 28, 2009

What is the jet stream?

October 27, 2009

What is a shooting star?

October 26, 2009

What causes dew to form?

October 24, 2009

What is the life cycle of a thunderstorm?

October 23, 2009

How quickly do tornadoes move?

October 22, 2009

Does the sun move?

October 21, 2009

What's the difference between "weather" and "climate"?

October 20, 2009

Why do my joints hurt when bad weather is moving in?

October 19, 2009

What causes a sea breeze?

October 18, 2009

What is the difference between atmospheric pressure and barometric pressure?

October 17, 2009

How are dew points measured?

October 16, 2009

Why do clouds turn dark when it rains?

October 15, 2009

What attracts lightning to a specific object, other than elevation?

October 14, 2009

What equipment did the meteorologist use to forecast and record the information that you provide on the hurricanes today, say, 50 years ago?

October 13, 2009

How do experts decide year to year how many named storms and major hurricanes there are going to be?

October 12, 2009

What education is required to be a hurricane hunter?

October 11, 2009

Why does the St. Johns River run north, when all the other rivers run south?

October 10, 2009

What is the standard barometric pressure for the Orlando area? Does it change with the season?

October 09, 2009

Are the tornadoes produced by hurricanes strong?

October 08, 2009

Are the tornadoes produced by hurricanes strong?

October 07, 2009

Is there a correlation between the minimum pressure and the maximum sustained winds?

October 06, 2009

Does a tropical storm or hurricane take the heat away from the ocean water?

October 05, 2009

While in the eye of Fay last year, we saw an influx of birds? Is that normal?

October 04, 2009

Why does the air heat up again after it rains?

October 03, 2009

What happens if there is a bigger hurricane than a Category 5?

October 02, 2009

How do you figure out how strong a tornado really is?

October 01, 2009

What does the acronym "D.U.C.K. mean?

September 30, 2009

Why are there so many hurricane computer tracking models? Don't they all have the same information?

September 29, 2009

How do meteorologists predict the amount of rainfall from a typical rain storm to what you would get with a hurricane?

September 28, 2009

How can just a few inches of rain cause flooding several feet deep in isolated areas?

September 27, 2009

Can the pressure changes in the atmosphere affect people’s health and moods?

September 26, 2009

If hurricanes feed on the oceans, then why don’t we have salt water falling from the sky?

September 25, 2009

Can we ever get a tsunami in the Atlantic Ocean?

September 24, 2009

Could we drop alot of kitty litter into a hurricane to dry it out? Just thinking out of the box!

September 23, 2009

Have any tropical storms or hurricanes collided and then made landfall?

September 22, 2009

What is the difference between 'inches' and 'millibars'?

September 21, 2009

How do I figure where the “right front quadrant” of a storm is?

September 20, 2009

Do hurricanes get stronger during the day versus night?

September 19, 2009

How unusual is it for a tropical storm to stall for hours or days?

September 18, 2009

Who do hurricanes get named after?

September 17, 2009

Why does an area of high pressure affect the direction of a hurricane?

September 16, 2009

If lightning were to strike through a window, would it break on impact?

September 15, 2009

How is water produced in the Florida aquifer?

September 14, 2009

Do torandoes always come after a tropical storm?

September 13, 2009

If a tornado has a lake in its path, does it suck up much water?

September 12, 2009

How does a hurricane get stronger?

September 11, 2009

Can you explain the difference between a “tornado watch” and “tornado warning”?

September 10, 2009

Why isn’t there lightning during a tropical cyclone?

September 09, 2009

Do all hurricanes run “counterclockwise”?

September 08, 2009

When the weather says “winds south at 15 mph,” is that out of the south or in that direction?

September 07, 2009

Is there a particular hurricane tracking model that’s more reliable?

September 05, 2009

Which is the worst side of a hurricane: The east or the west?

September 04, 2009

Does lightning really strike from the ground up?

September 03, 2009

How does afternoon heat cause rain?

September 02, 2009

What storm recorded the lowest pressure in Florida?

September 01, 2009

How does wind start?

August 30, 2009

When you stand in a hurricane’s eye, can you see the eyewall from a distance?

August 29, 2009

What atmospheric conditions exist in the Cape Verde Islands that cause the majority of hurricanes to originate there?

August 28, 2009

Under the most extreme ideal conditions, is there a maximum wind speed that a hurricane can achieve?

August 27, 2009

Why does the water need to be at 80 degrees for tropical storms and hurricanes?

August 26, 2009

What is the fastest a storm has intensified?

August 25, 2009

What does maximum sustained wind in a hurricane mean?

August 24, 2009

What is the difference between a nor’easter and a tropical storm?

August 23, 2009

Why isn’t sunrise and sunset exactly twelve hours apart on the equinox?

August 22, 2009

Can a hurricane or tropical storm form in a month outside of hurricane season?

August 21, 2009

For how long have hurricanes been given names?

August 20, 2009

Why is the sky blue in color?

August 19, 2009

How does warm water feed a hurricane, and what causes the rotation?

August 18, 2009

How is lightning formed?

August 17, 2009

Why is the northeast quadrant of a tropical cyclone the strongest?

August 16, 2009

How does the warm water feed a hurricane, and what causes the rotation?

August 14, 2009

What is sheet lightning?

August 13, 2009

When I'm on my screened-in porch, am I in any danger from lightning?

August 12, 2009

How can crouching down in a field help you from not being struck by lightning?

August 11, 2009

How does the moon affect tide levels?

August 10, 2009

Are the Cape Verde Islands off the African coast affected much when storms form in that area?

August 09, 2009

Do we ever use hurricane names more than one time?

August 08, 2009

What happens when two thunderstorms collide?

August 07, 2009

Can we throw a bomb on top of a hurricane and blow it up?

August 06, 2009

Why are some lightning bolts pink or purple instead of white?

August 05, 2009

How much farther are we away from the sun in the winter than we are in the summer?

August 04, 2009

Why don’t you see houses with lightening rods on them?

August 03, 2009

I would like to know why it seldom (if ever) rains in the morning in Florida?

August 02, 2009

Can't an average of rainfall be recorded for the greater area, vs., I assume, the airport?

August 01, 2009

Is there any danger to take a shower during an active lightning/thunder storm?

July 31, 2009

How do the official reading sites get selected?

July 30, 2009

When lightning strikes a body of water, such as a lake, how is wildlife in the water affected?

July 29, 2009

What is the difference between a storm watch and a storm warning?

July 28, 2009

What is the coolest nighttime low temperature ever recorded in the summer?

July 27, 2009

Since the sun is so bright, why doesn't it light up most of the solar system like it does the Earth?

July 26, 2009

What are the very high thin clouds you see on some days, and why can you see rainbows in them?

July 25, 2009

What is the difference between isolated and scattered showers?

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