Santa Ana winds

weather commonly seen in the area includes ice storms, high winds and thunder and lightning storms sometimes creating wildfires. The response to severe weather depends on severity, location and type of event. During a recent windstorm it was advised that all residents prepare for widespread power outages, due to the Spokane area having a significant amount of its power lines exposed above ground. Many…

If you live in a hurricane prone area, such as Southwest Florida, you must know the importance of protecting your house during storm and hurricane. When thinking about ways of protecting the property from hurricanes, most people think about hurricane doors. Many people forget the role played by windows in protecting their home from these natural calamities. Impact resistant doors and windows protect your residential and commercial property from storms and hurricanes. Also, known as storm…

pressure was recorded at Tully Sugar Mill at 929 hPa. The heaviest rainfall was recorded at South Mission beach at 471 mm. The highest tidal surge was recorded at Cardwell of an approximate height of 5m. Yasi had a maximum wind gust of 285 km/h, and had a maximum sustained wind gust of 205 km/h. Cyclone Yasi began developing as a tropical low northwest of Fiji on the 29th of January 2011, and started tracking on a general westward track. It quickly intensified to a cyclone category to the north…

Irene Sans Meteorologist Irene Sans was always focused in mathematics and science from a very early age. She attended Florida State University, where she graduated with a bachelor in Meteorology, minor in mathematics and concentration in Hispanic Marketing Communications. While in FSU, she was the first bilingual deputy State Meteorologist on board at the Division of Florida Emergency Management – Emergency Operations Center where she would brief state officials about the weather conditions…

Violent Storms A violent disturbance includes strong winds and usually rain, thunder, and/or lightning is called a storm. To be considered violent, storms need to led to a significant amount of damage to properties and lives. Classified as violent, storms have three categories: wind-based, water-based and other. In geography, it becomes important to know about these specific storms, how they move, where they are most common and potentially the damaged they can cause to the land and people who…

system began deepening over the Gulf of Mexico during on June 24, 1957. On June 25 at 06 GMT, the tropical storm was located at 21.6 Latitude, 93.3 longitude with wind speeds up to 70 mph. On June 25, the storm stopped over the southwestern Gulf and it quickly became a hurricane. The storm was located at 23.9 latitude, 93.7 longitude with wind speeds up to 90 mph. The storm moved northward at 5mph, and it…

It was a normal day- well, as normal as one in a zombie apocalypse could be. Maybe it was something in the air, but Carl knew this was an important day. He couldn't place his finger on it, but something was definitely up. It was like one of those days where you knew something important was going to happen. Good or bad, shit would be going down. Following his gut's instincts had kept him alive so far, so he'd be on his toes today for sure. The refreshing breeze carried the scent of leaves and…

The thing about living in Wisconsin is that even the Weatherman can not predict the weather. It could be sunny and 75 one day and rainy and 50 the next. Winters can be extremely brutal because of this, which could be a good or bad thing. In my case in the winter of 2015, it was a bad thing. Every year my school took two days off in mid-February and had these things called Mini Courses. Mini Courses were a bunch of fun activities like candle making and food tasting that you could sign up for.…

On October 31th, 1631 a very terrifying day occurred. Well, this is the day my friend Amos and I decided to visit The Ghost Island. It all started when it was a hot and sunny morning. I just finished my breakfast and was thinking about going somewhere awesome with my friends. After I sat there for about two minutes I went outside to check the mail. As usual, it was all junk so I threw them all away. As I was throwing them out something caught my eye, it was a brochure. It was black and orange…

Living Through The Dust Storm Of 1870 One afternoon in I saw the puff and it was black, “it’s back again I yelled”. I was sitting in my home shelter with my mommy Rachel, daddy Steve, brother Liam, brother Bostynn, sister Brynn sister Aaliyah and myself Jaycee. It was 1870 and we were in a very dirty dusty house because of the storm that just rolled through. It was a dust storm and we survived through it. Right before the storm came through mommy and daddy were supposed to get married. Then…