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A simple blog about meteorology and other Earth Science related phenomena.
Listed: Apr 27, 2011
Weather Chat ― The Weather Channel has the storm named 'Saturn' and the rest of the DC metro is naming it 'Snowquester,' regardless, this winter storm is currently moving towards the region. The storm will be impacting the area Tuesday night into Wednesday night. ...
Tags: Winter, Snow
Tasha ― 10 weeks 6 days ago
Weather Chat ― A big area of research that I'm working on is air quality. Recently I was browsing the web and saw a New York Times article stating that the quality of air for Beijing, China reached 755. That's 20 times over what is deemed safe. The EPA says the...
Tags: Air Quality
Tasha ― 17 weeks ago
Weather Chat ― Today the National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued a statement to begin before the start of the 2013 hurricane season, that changes the criteria for issuing hurricane warnings. These changes are to include hybrid/transitioning storms like Hurricane...
Tags: Hurricane
Tasha ― 23 weeks ago
Weather Chat ― Today was the NASA Social @NASASocial (previously NASA Tweetup) event with astronaut Joe Acaba @AstroAcaba, at NASA Headquarters in DC. I went with my husband. This is our third NASA Social. We were a tad bit late for this event. DC traffic got to...
Tags: Space, Nasa
Weather Chat ― Hurricane Sandy, the 18th named tropical storm of the 2012 Atlantic Hurricane Season, is currently moving slowly up the Mid-Atlantic coast and with recent model tracks, landfall looks to be in central or southern New Jersey. The hurricane is a...
Tasha ― 29 weeks ago
Weather Chat ― ∙ I was browsing the news the other day and saw an article by the DailyMail, showing a beautiful Circuhorizontal arc or 'fire rainbow' in the sky. The photo was taken by Ali Bain and the article states that the phenomena lasted only 20...
Tags: Cloud, Weather
Tasha ― 42 weeks ago
Weather Chat ― Happy Earth Day! ∙ A few tips to help the planet every day: ∙ -Recycle cans, paper, plastic and glass-Turn off the water when brushing teeth-When you are finished watching TV, turn it off- Turn the lights off when you leave the ...
Tags: Earth Day, Environment, Eco-friendly
Tasha ― 22 Apr, 12
Weather Chat ― Sunday March 25, I left for the 6th NOAA EPP Education and Science Forum in Tallahassee, FL. The forum was held at Florida A & M University. There I attended talks in the Climate and Mitigation technical session as well as the Weather Ready...
Tags: Conference
Tasha ― 2 Apr, 12
Weather Chat ― Spring has officially arrived for the Northern Hemisphere. Today also known as the Vernal Equinox arrived at 1:14 a.m and marks when the length of day and night are about equal. Some people try to balance a raw egg on the equinox, which happens ...
Tags: Spring, Temperature
Tasha ― 20 Mar, 12
Weather Chat ― Signed photograph of Astronaut Ron Garan. ∙ Yesterday, my boyfriend Rex and I went to a special Valentine's Day edition of NASA Tweetup. This was our second tweetup. Our first tweetup was back in October 2011. The link to my blog entry on...
Tasha ― 15 Feb, 12
Weather Chat ― I saw some sweet cirrus clouds on my way back from visiting my some of my family members, in North Carolina recently. ∙ Here's the picture: ∙ Love it!
Tags: Cloud
Tasha ― 7 Feb, 12
Weather Chat ― Recently I attended the 92nd Annual American Meteorological Society Conference in New Orleans, LA this year with some of my classmates and faculty from Howard University. I did not present, however I am working on research on the economic value of...
Tasha ― 28 Jan, 12
I saw this commercial on the Weather Channel and really liked it. Jim Cantore is known for ...
I recently hauled a bunch of things from my local Target to satisfy my NYX craving! I ...
Coat: ASOSJumper: H&MNecklace: H&MTrousers: River IslandShoes: New Balance ...
Hello lovelies ∙ how was your week-end going? Here was raining almost 48 hours, ...