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South Florida Rainfall Records Going Under Water (H. Michael Mogil, CCM, CBM, NWA-DS*)

A few days ago, I noted that southwest Florida “rainfall for June 2017 (now almost only half over) was at rarified levels.” Since I’ve had a chance to compare observed rainfall to longer-term records (using the NOAA Regional Climate Center data base), it is clear that the deluge so far

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Southwest Florida Weather Camp – 2016 – Day 5 Reflective Journal Entries

Garrett H. – “This is [being written] before 12pm, after we flew the balloons. My balloon was better than what I thought [it would be]. But other people’s balloons flew more than a football field. Unfortunately, the bad thing was the wind [started] blowing more then 10 mph which made

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Southwest Florida Weather Camp – 2016 – Day 4 Reflective Journal Entries

Garrett H. – “Today was a better day as I wasn’t as stressed as [I was] yesterday. Learning about how rainbows are made gave me a better understanding. Listening to Matt’s presentation on hurricanes made me like them very much, [especially] since we learned that storms have A.C.E. [Accumulated Cyclone

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Southwest Florida Middle School Weather Camp – 2016 – Day 3 Reflective Journal Entries

Jake N. – “Today at weather camp was cool because we made progress on the weather hot air balloons. We got our panels glued together. It’s starting to look like a balloon. We also learned about rain shadows [which occur around mountains when they block the formation or passage of

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Southwest Florida Middle School Weather Camp – 2016 – Day 2 Reflective Journal Entries

Jake N. – “Today, weather camp was great because we learned about thunderstorms and how they are made. [In an experiment where we created thunderstorms and demonstrated convective heat transfer processes] we used buttermilk, water, food coloring, a loaf pan to hold the water and buttermilk, and [sterno as] fuel.

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Southwest Florida Middle School Weather Camp – 2016 – Day 1 Reflective Journal Entries

Garrett H. – “I liked taking [observations of] my shadow for four hours [and predicting its movement]. I also liked looking at satellites, hurricanes, and NOAA’s warnings, watches, and advisories. I really enjoyed making a cloud. I didn’t enjoy making a weather balloon because I do not like to do

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