News tagged with thunderstorm
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GOES-11 sees tropical cyclones fizzling and forming in the Eastern Pacific
There are a lot of ups and downs in tropical cyclone formation in the Pacific Ocean this week, and that's keeping NOAA's GOES-11 satellite busy. There are remnants of Maka and Tropical Depression 9E, a fizzled ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 13, 2009 |
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Still a low chance of development for two lows
The two areas of thunderstorms in the Caribbean from yesterday, July 21, are on the move. One area is now moving into out of the Caribbean and into the eastern Atlantic Ocean while the other is now moving ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 22, 2009 |
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NASA fuels space shuttle for 6th launch try
(AP) -- Hoping stormy skies clear in time, NASA fueled space shuttle Endeavour for a sixth launch attempt Wednesday, the eve of the 40th anniversary of the liftoff for the first moon landing.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 15, 2009 |
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Thunderstorms cause 5th delay for space shuttle
(AP) -- Thunderstorms once again forced NASA to call off the launch of space shuttle Endeavour on Monday, the fifth delay for the space station construction mission.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Equatorial region known for massive storms
(AP) -- It's the birthplace of some of the world's strongest storms, a nearly continuous band of colliding weather systems near the equator where the Air France jet vanished in the night.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 03, 2009 |
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Scientists Use High-energy Particles from Space to Probe Thunderstorms
(PhysOrg.com) -- Florida Institute of Technology researchers are trying to solve one of the great mysteries in nature: how thunderstorms make lightning. Because, in principle, lightning is a big spark it should behave like ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 01, 2009 |
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A sprightly explanation for UFO sightings?
In legend, sprites are trolls, elves and other spirits that dance high above our ozone layer. But scientists at Tel Aviv University have discovered that some very real "sprites" are zipping across the atmosphere ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 23, 2009 |
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