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Brainstorms
Cloudy Beer
What is the process that causes both beer bubbles and cloud droplets to form?
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Ball Lightning
What is ball lightning? Have you seen it? Is it a real phenomenon or something to file
away with the Tooth Fairy?
Answer
Ozone
How can ozone be both good and bad for us at the same time? And for brownie points,
you can tell us how ozone is actually formed in the atmosphere.
Answer
Cats' Ears
Have you noticed that cats seem to lick behind their ears within 24 hours of
precipitation falling? And why do you think so—are their ears especially sensitive to
changes in atmospheric pressure? Or are cats just always cleaning themselves, and
the rain is only coincidental?
Answer
Green Sky
Have you ever seen a green sky? What is it? And in what kind of atmospheric
conditions do you usually see it?
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Green Flash
What is a Green Flash, and what atmospheric conditions do you need to see
it?
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Strange
What strange and enlightening weather thing happened to Edwin Robinson back in
1980?
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Cold Ice
If you were able to place a thermometer in the middle of a chunk of ice, when the
temperature is, say, minus 50 degrees or so, what would it read inside the ice? And
why?
Answer
Beaufort Scale
What is the Beaufort Scale? Who came up with it? Why and when would it be
used?
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Wind Chill
What is it, How does it work, who created it, and why all the fuss in changing
it?
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Brainstormer Returns
How do broadcast meteorologists change their weathermaps with just a click of the
button?
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Keraunophobe's Brainstorm
Why does lightning cause your hair to stand on end?
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Maple Leaves
Why do leaves show their undersides before a thunderstorm?
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Brainstorm AM Radio
Why do AM frequencies carry farther than FM?
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Micropluviometer
What is a Micropluviometer?
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Brainstorm Golf
How many dimples are on a golf ball and do they really make a difference in how well
you
play?
Answer
A Tricky Trio
Mamertius, Pancratius, and Servatus. Who are these three and what connection do
they
have with the weather?
Answer
Water Questions
When ski areas make snow, why do they spray it so high into the air? Here's a
hint-it's
not just for dispersal.
Answer 1
Answer 2
Walk or Run
Do you get less wet if you walk or run to get out of the rain?
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ITCZ
This acronym is very important in its part of the world. In fact, it contributes to the
weather over a significant part of the planet. What does it stand for?
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