12.31.10

2010 Weather Summary

Posted in Weather News, Weather Summary at 8:01 am by Rebekah

As we look to a new year tomorrow, let’s remember some of the interesting weather stories of 2010, through this summary of blog posts.

January

• U.S. arctic air
• Oklahoma snow and ice storm
• Note: after receiving a thick pair of mittens and a large ice scraper for Christmas 2010, I am now ready to face another ice storm…contrary to this January

February

• Warm weather for the winter Olympics
• Posts of interest: El Niño’s affect on the weather pattern – the North American Oscillation’s (NAO) affect on the weather pattern

March

• Rex blocks and flooding in the Northeast
• Softball-sized hail and flooding in Melbourne, Australia
• Tropical Cyclone Ului Makes Landfall in Australia…this post is actually more important for the comparison of tropical cyclone ratings across different ocean basins
• Posts of interest: how do thunderstorms form? – 11 things I wish I knew before my first storm chase – what is a green sky and why did I name my website Green Sky Chaser?

April

• Icelandic volcanic eruption shuts down northern Europe

May

• Oklahoma tornado outbreaks on the 10^th (see also forecast post and NWS page) and the 19^th (see also NWS page)
• Softball-sized hail in Oklahoma City

June

• Note: One-year anniversary of the Green Sky Chaser website

July

• Record heat wave in Moscow, Russia
• Record-breaking 8-inch-diameter hail stone falls near Vivian, South Dakota
• Note: for blog post #100, I recount the story of the first tornado I ever saw, 12 years ago on 3 July 1998

August

• U.S. heat
• Minnesota leads the U.S. in number of tornadoes this year
• Microburst in Norman, Oklahoma
• Posts of interest: how do tropical storms form, strengthen, and move?

September

• Rain and flooding in Minnesota and Wisconsin

October

• Super Typhoon Megi (Juan) makes landfall in the Philippines as one of the strongest landfalling tropical cyclones

November

• Post of interest: U.S. winter weather outlook for November/December/January

December

• Blizzard in the Midwest
• Pattern change in the works…cool and rainy/snowy West, mild and dry Plains, and snowy East begins to turn into mild and dry West and cold and snowy Rockies and Plains
• Posts of interest: why we need weather and can’t do away with all storms – weather modification

Thanks to each and every one of you for visiting my blog and website…I appreciate it!

Happy New Year 2011!!!

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