MPR: Jet StreamingEvery week Jet Streaming brings an insider's look at the weather and climatology. It's everything you wanted to know about the weather, but were afraid to ask.Jet Streaming for Wednesday, August 27- August 27, 2008 Jet Streaming's own Dr. Mark Seeley presents his annual "Weather Quiz" at the Minnesota State Fair. And you can play along with the weather quiz, too, at http:www.mpr.orgstatefairhttp://download.publicradio.org/podcast/minnesota/podcasts/jet_streaming/2008/08/27_64.mp3 Jet Streaming for Wednesday, August 20- August 20, 2008 Hurricane Fay flooded Florida this week. Marc Lloyd Levitan from Louisiana State University tells us which coastal cities are in the "high risk zone" for the next major hurricane. And one year after a hurricane's worth of rain fell in Southeast Minnesota, we take a look at the town of Rushford's life after the flood. Our Website of the Week from The Institute of Global Environment and Society in Maryland provides a variety of research and forecast products, including maximum potential...http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/minnesota/podcasts/jet_streaming/2008/08/20_64.mp3 Jet Streaming for Wednesday, August 13- August 13, 2008 Even in the heat of summer, global warming is a hot topic. We hear the latest from Dr. James Hansen of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies. And we meet sailboater Marlin Bree who encountered a deadly derecho event on Lake Superior and lived to tell about it in his book, "Wake Of The Green Storm: A Survivor's Tale."http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/minnesota/podcasts/jet_streaming/2008/08/13_64.mp3 Jet Streaming for Wednesday, August 6- August 6, 2008 It's a heat wave in the Central Plains this week and we know living in the city can be hot, too. Tony Brazel of Arizona State University tells us how cities create their own weather that can even affect thunderstorms. And we visit with Scott Henley at the Mt. Washington Observatory in New Hampshire -- on a mountain that has some of the most extreme weather on Earth! Check out the latest hurricane models on our Website of the Week at http:www.thestormtrack.comhttp://download.publicradio.org/podcast/minnesota/podcasts/jet_streaming/2008/08/06_64.mp3 |