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Weather Wonders

Kansas State Climatologist Mary Knapp offers this weekly series of short programs on weather phenomena and recent meteorological events in Kansas.  

     
June 1, 2009   WHAT IS HEAT LIGHTNING?
    IS IT A CAPPED INVERSION?
    THE WATER VAPOR IN “AIR”
May 25, 2009   THE START OF SUMMER VARIES
    CALCULATING THE HEAT INDEX
    COMPONENTS OF A HEAT WAVE
May 18, 2009   DERECHOS: SQUALL-LINE STORMS
    “BOW-SHAPED” THUNDERSTORMS
    MOVEMENT WITHIN A BODY OF AIR
May 11, 2009   MEASURING WIND SPEED
    A “BOLT FROM THE BLUE”
    WHAT’S DARK LIGHTNING?
May 4, 2009   THE TEMPERATURE INSIDE A CAR
    TERMS DESCRIBING HEAVY RAIN
    STATE-WIDE AVERAGE RAINFALL
April 27, 2009   RAPID SNOW MELT AND ICE DAMS
    VORTEX-2 TO STUDY TORNADOES
    PAY ATTENTION TO ROLL CLOUDS
April 20, 2009   LEARN THE “30-30” RULE
    THE WINDS IN A TORNADO
    TRANSITIONAL WEATHER
April 13, 2009   HAIL FORMED BY LAYERS OF ICE
    APRIL SHOWERS; MAY FLOWERS
    THE IMPORTANCE OF EARTH DAY
April 6, 2009   DAM FAILURE: WHAT TO DO
    SUN EXPOSURE CONCERNS
    A FREEZE IS STILL POSSIBLE
March 30, 2009   “BUBBLES” IN THE PUDDLES
    FLASH FLOODING DANGERS
    A “HIDDEN” WATER HAZARD
March 23, 2009   WHY IT MAY NOT BE A TORNADO
    HOW AN AIR MASS IS IDENTIFIED
    WHAT’S THE DROUGHT MONITOR?
March 16, 2009   THE DIRECTION FOR HAIL
    NOAA WEATHER RADIO
    ENHANCED FUJITA RATING
March 9, 2009   LONGER DAYS, STRONGER STORMS
    STORM SPOTTER TRAINING IS VITAL
    WHY IT’S RARE TO SEE “SUNDOGS”
March 2, 2009   WIND: A LION...OR A LAMB?
    DIFFERENT TYPES OF WIND
    TYPES OF DAMAGING WIND
February 23, 2009   IS A WEATHER EVENT A RECORD?
    PROOF THAT KANSAS “IS” WINDY
    PRODUCING DIVISIONAL AVERAGES
February 16, 2009   EFFECTS OF WIND ON BEHAVIOR
    THE POLAR-FRONT JET STREAM
    “PURE AIR” AND WATER VAPOR
February 9, 2009   SNOW CRYSTALS AND SNOWFLAKES
    STUDYING PHENOLOGICAL EVENTS
    VALENTINE’S DAY WEATHER EVENTS
February 2, 2009   IT’S GROUNDHOG DAY
    FEBRUARY FOLKLORE
    MAJOR WINTER STORM
January 26, 2009   VARIOUS OBSERVER NETWORKS
    TWILIGHT AND CIVIL TWILIGHT
    RAIN SHADOW OF THE ROCKIES
January 19, 2009   WHAT ARE RED FLAG WARNINGS?
    HOW ANIMALS SURVIVE THE COLD
    HOW A La NINA AFFECTS KANSAS
January 12, 2009   DEWPOINT INFLUENCES FOG
    “SOCKED IN” AND CAN’T FLY
    WILDFIRE DAMAGE IN KANSAS
January 5, 2009   IT’S TOO COLD TO SNOW!
    HOW “GLARE ICE” FORMS
    JANUARY THAW NEARING
December 29, 2008   FROSTBITE AND FROSTNIP
    NEW YEAR’S EVE WEATHER
    “SUN DOGS” ON HAZY DAYS
December 22, 2008   SOMEWHERE OVER THE MOON BOW
    IS IT REALLY A WHITE CHRISTMAS?
    SNOWBLINDNESS AND SNOWBURN
December 15, 2008   SLEET, SNOW GRAINS, GRAUPEL
    AMAZING PROPERTIES OF WATER
    SIGNS OF WINTER DEHYDRATION
December 8, 2008   ALBEDO: GRAB YOUR SUNGLASSES
    THE MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION
    THE SUN CLIMBS HIGHER EACH DAY
December 1, 2008   SNOWFALL IN KANSAS
    FROST LINES CAN VARY
    “LAKE EFFECT SNOWS”