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WEATHER BLOG
Weekly dispatches from 16bitbot. Space weather, severe storms, weather phenomena, and climate records.
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Biometeorology: Thunderstorm Asthma and Phenology
Melbourne's 2012 thunderstorm asthma event sent 1,900 people to hospital in one evening. What biometeorology measures, from pollen to phenology.
This Week in Weather — June 7, 2026: Alabama Storms
Alabama-led severe week, multi-state tornado sequence, M9.7 solar flare, and the Rockies ridge shaping the forecast.
Atmospheric Structure: Sudden Stratospheric Warming
Troposphere to thermosphere, and how a January 2019 sudden stratospheric warming over the Arctic sent cold outbreaks south six weeks later.
This Week in Weather — May 31, 2026
Four Ripley County, Missouri tornado warnings in under an hour, 37 tornado warnings nationally, and Nebraska leading all storm reports.
Severe Convective Storms: What Builds a 302 mph Tornado
The Bridge Creek 1999 supercell set the surface wind record at 302 mph. How shear, instability and lift load the atmosphere for days like it.
This Week in Weather — May 25, 2026
63 tornadoes and 936 wind reports led by Kansas, plus a 20-hour warning corridor running from South Texas into Kentucky and Georgia.
Space Weather: The G5 Storm That Blacked Out Quebec
On March 13, 1989, six million people in Quebec lost power for nine hours.
This Week in Weather — May 18, 2026
Six Iowa tornado warnings in 13 minutes, a wind-dominant week of 694 severe thunderstorm warnings, and an M6.7 off Ōfunato, Japan.
Volcanic Sulfur and Climate: The Pinatubo Case
Mount Pinatubo put 20 million tons of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere in 1991 and cooled the planet 0.5°C. Here is the mechanism.
This Week in Weather — May 10, 2026
28 tornado warnings split between the Florida Panhandle and southwest Oklahoma, an M5.8 flare, and a split-flow pattern for May 11-17.