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WEATHER BLOG
Weekly dispatches from 16bitbot. Space weather, severe storms, weather phenomena, and climate records.
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Biometeorology: Heat, Pollen, and Health in Harris County
How heat, pollen, flooding, and industrial pollution overlap in Harris County—and why weather risk is also a public-health question.
Severe Convective Storms: On September 12, 2026, the Storm
On September 12, 2026, the Storm Prediction Center's 0100 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook placed a Slight Risk — category 2 of 5 — across portions of the
Volcanoes: Great Sitkin, Kīlauea and Atmospheric Impact
Great Sitkin is at Watch and Kīlauea at Advisory. What volcano monitoring tracks, and why a stratospheric injection cools the planet for years.
Paleoclimate: What the Vostok Ice Cores Recorded
Air trapped at Vostok Station 160,000 years ago held 190 ppm of CO2 against today's 420. How ice cores, isotopes and proxies reconstruct climate.
Ocean Currents and Heat Transport: Bergen vs Anchorage
Bergen averages 2°C in January while Anchorage, at the same latitude, averages -10°C. The Gulf Stream, the AMOC, and what a slowdown would change.
Historical Weather: Tambora and the Year Without a Summer
Mount Tambora's 1815 eruption cooled the Northern Hemisphere by up to 0.7°C and wrecked the 1816 growing season across Europe and New England.
Arctic Sea Ice Loss and the Albedo Feedback Loop
The Arctic has lost 2.5 million square kilometers of September sea ice since 1979. How the albedo gap turns that loss into further warming.
Forecasting Tech: Inside the Models Behind a Forecast
ECMWF runs 30 petaflops against 30 million observations every six hours. How numerical weather prediction, data assimilation and ensembles work.
Aviation Weather: Volcanic Ash Sigmets Over the Aleutians
Great Sitkin sits under the North Pacific track system. What a volcanic ash Sigmet defines, who issues it, and how dispatchers reroute around it.
Super Typhoon Bavi Crossed the Marianas at 180 mph
Super Typhoon Bavi crossed the Northern Marianas at 180 mph. Why the western Pacific runs hot, and how ocean heat content drives rapid intensification.