Do you know any obscure facts concerning weather that you'd care to share? ~

 

• if the earth were flat, water would cover everything in a layer two miles deep
• if you don’t have a telescope projector or welder’s glass to watch a solar eclipse, just look for the nearest tree. The shadows it casts will be in the same crescent shape of the eclipsing sun as an inverted image of it projects through gaps in the leaves.
• “monster” waves at over 100 ft. tall can suddenly appear at sea when there is no storm to cause them
• socks and shoes may be knocked off if struck by lightning
• once in England, because of a water spout, it rained frogs
• glass is made of sand

The winter of 1932 in the US was so cold that Niagara falls froze completely solid!

 The Earth sees about 760 thunderstorms every hour, scientists have calculated.

Odds of being struck by lightning: 576,000 to 1 

Odds of being killed by lightning: 2,320,000 to 1  

9 out of 10 lightning strike victims survive! 

Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women!

A lightning bolt travels up to 60,000 miles per second and can reach temperatures as high as 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit. 

Florida has the highest instance of lightning fatalities


Lightning does strike twice in the same place. Tall buildings such as the Sears Tower in Chicago are struck repeatedly

 Oak trees are struck by lightning more than any other tree.

Loma, Montana, boasts having the most extreme recorded temperature change in a 24-hour period. On January 15, 1972, the temperature rose from -54 to 49 °F (-48 to 9 °C), a 103 °F (58 °C) change in temperature, a dramatic example of the regional Chinook wind in action.

In southwestern Alberta, Chinook winds can gust in excess of hurricane force 120 km/h (75 mph). On November 19, 1962, an especially powerful Chinook in Lethbridge gusted to 171 km/h (106 mph).[citation needed]
In Pincher Creek, the temperature rose by 41 °C (74 °F), from −19 to 22 °C (−2 to 72 °F), in one hour in 1962.[4]

We actually love Chinooks, its when they leave and the temperature drops to normal that we get upset.

"Virga" ... rain that doesn't reach the ground. While living in Arizona, I've experienced rain that I could feel on my head and shoulders, but couldn't see any sign of on the ground. It's a pretty spooky feeling and I usually had a hard time getting anyone to believe me.

In recorded history it has only actually rained cats and dogs once.

A winter snow storm can include thunder and lightning. I have only observed 'thundersnow' once or twice and I live where we gets lots of snow.

This post was edited by Jane S at February 26, 2017 6:35 PM MST

It is warmer just before dawn than shortly after dawn.

In the Dinosaur age the carbon in the atmosphere was 6 times higher than is is now.