What a job

I love "The Soup" on E! It always, always, always makes me laugh. Last Friday, they had there annual Soup Awards, where they give out tin cans with bit of paper glued to them for all the "winners" (and if you've seen the show, that word means something different than Webster had in mind).

Well, one such catagory was for Weather Woes, and The Today Show's Al Roker came away as the winner. The best part? The acceptance speech. Yes, I too wish I was able to get rich doing 8 minutes of work and never, ever needing to be right while doing it. It is every meteorologists dream job. We salute you, Al Roker!

The Truth is Out There

Paging Fox Mulder: I think we have something he may interested in here. Apparnently, some smart people have an idea that might explain some UFO sightings. What does this have to do with the weather? Well, according to this article, some of these might be attributed to a meteorological phenomonon called a sprite (check out this really cool pic of a sprite).

Sprites are formed during thunderstorms, when the air is electromagnetically destabalized due to the lightning in the air. The particles end up getting charged. This creates a polarization that Mother Nature really doesn't like. As a result, the creates a discharge of energy and results in a sprite.

Sorry, that I have to play the part of Scully in all of this...

Stormchaser season keeps coming earlier...

A tornado touched down in Oklahomatoday. Some buildings were damaged and there were plenty of downed power lines, but thankfully there have been no reported injuries.

TV for nerds

This is why I like Entertainment Weekly. 14 Weather Movies. Okay, mostly of them are, well, pushing it. The frogs in Magnolia? Really? Well, at least they have "Twister" right there at the beginning. Meteorologists can wail all they like about the science and whatever, but if it's on TNT, your local meteorologist is watching it.

Damn you, Punxsutawney Phil!

Well, it's official. Six more weeks of winter, people, whether you like it or not. More snow, more cold, more wind. Ah, lovely. Take heart, though, because Phil is even less accurate than the average meteorologist. 39%?. And he still has a job? That's some nice job security...