Stories Tagged ‘thunderstorm’

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Researchers plan first extensive U.S. study looking for link between cities and storms

Wednesday, August 1st, 2012  ·  Posted in Forecast Research News

A group of researchers, including NSSL’s Dave Stensrud, recently announced they plan to study the effects of cities on thunderstorms.

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Simulation of a Florida thunderstorm.

Flashy storm

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010  ·  Posted in Photo of the Month

A simulation of a Florida thunderstorm showing two lightning flashes (upper-level intracloud and a negative cloud-to-ground). Light gray is the cloud boundary, darker gray is 35 dBZ reflectivity. 2D color slice is simulated NEXRAD reflectivity.

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