March 22, 1920 – A spectacular display of the Northern Lights was visible as far south as Bradenton FL, El Paso TX, and Fresno CA. At Detroit MI, the display was described so brilliant as to blot out dim stars. March 22, 1954- The Chicago River went over its banks after a 6-10 inch rainfall. […]
Northern Lights/Planetary Pictures
I’ve attached a purty pic from Facebook Monday morning, taken near Devil’s Lake, North Dakota, by Laura Hedien. (Full size.) As the result of a big solar flare on July 12, skywatchers to the north this past weekend sighted Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights. The closest report I got over the weekend […]
Indiana’s Weather For Monday
Halfway through the month, and halfway to passing the record of 90+ degree days in Indianapolis. The record is 58, from 1983. Today will be the 30th day this summer. BTW: That’s 30 more than the Summer of of 2004. It should also be the 14th day of 95+ weather. We’re going to flirting with […]
Indiana’s Weather For Sunday
Some saw showers Saturday, but the upper air support for that stuff seems to have moved on for Sunday. I doubt anything beyond a pop-up storm will darken our doppler doorstep today. That’s probably only going to happen southeast of the city during the afternoon hours. The precip totals were streaky yesterday. Totals peaked just […]
Indiana’s Weather For Friday
A bright and breezy day is ahead. The wind chill is likely to stay sub-freezing through the day, but tomorrow brings a temperature turnaround. High pressure drops in for a well-timed weekend visit. It will be overhead overnight tonight, then set up shop to the east Saturday. The clockwise circulation around it brings southerly winds […]
Indiana’s Weather For Tuesday
PP Dot com is sponsored in part by Dr. Nancy Halsema at Carmel West Dentistry. For today: not as windy, but the day does begin with clouds. The trend should be toward more sun as the day unfolds. In today’s Indianapolis Star video I talk about two things to watch over the next two nights. […]
Northern Lights In The Midwest
These are pictures of last night’s rare appearance of the Northern Lights in the Midwest. Those red and pink streaks in the sky were the Aurora Borealis. NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center confirmed a moderate Geomagnetic Storm Monday evening. The sun spit out a sizable Coronal Mass Ejection around 2pm Monday afternoon. It only take […]
