Embrace the Darkness: Today Is the Shortest Day of the Year
It has to do with Earth’s tilt in relation to the sun, not its distance. Continue reading Embrace the Darkness: Today Is the Shortest Day of the Year
Tag Archives: Weather
The Midwest Was Colder Than Mars Today
That’s pretty cold. Continue reading The Midwest Was Colder Than Mars Today
An Explainer on the Polar Vortex You’re About to Experience
Netflix and chill this weekend, literally. Continue reading An Explainer on the Polar Vortex You’re About to Experience
Watch NASA Launch New Hurricane-Chasing Satellites From a Plane-Riding Rocket
The CYGNSS constellation will be able to make 32 wind measurements per second. Continue reading Watch NASA Launch New Hurricane-Chasing Satellites From a Plane-Riding Rocket
Tornado Outbreaks Are on the Rise, and Scientists Don’t Know Why
Tornadoes aren’t being affected by climate change like we predicted—which could mean climate change is affecting storms in a way we don’t understand. Continue reading Tornado Outbreaks Are on the Rise, and Scientists Don’t Know Why
Exquisitely Crafted Nixie Tube Weatherclock
The Weatherclock is more than just a clock sporting Nixie tubes and neon lamps. There is even more to it than the wonderful workmanship and the big, beautiful pictures in the build log. [Bradley]’s Weatherclock is not only internet-connected, it automatically looks up local weather and sets the backlights of the numbers to reflect current weather conditions. For example, green for roughly room temperature, blue for cold, red for warm, flashing blue for rain, flashing white for lightning, scrolling white for fog and ice, and so on.
The enclosure is custom-made and the sockets for the tubes are seated in …read more
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NASA’s New Satellite Is Going to Be a Game Changer for Weather Forecasts
NASA and NOAA launched a new advanced weather satellite that will be a game changer for weather forecasts. Continue reading NASA’s New Satellite Is Going to Be a Game Changer for Weather Forecasts
Better Tornado Warnings with Polygons and Pi
Everyone pays close attention to the weather, but for those who live where tornadoes are prevalent, watching the sky can be a matter of life and death. When the difference between making it to a shelter or getting caught in the open can be a matter of seconds, it might make sense to build an internet enabled Raspberry Pi weather alert system.
We know what you’re thinking – why not just buy an off-the-shelf weather alert radio with Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) reporting, or just rely on a smartphone app? As [Jim Scarborough] explains, living in the heart of …read more
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Obama Has a Plan to Save Us From Space Storms
The president can’t protect us from the election, but maybe he’s got some good ideas about space storms. Continue reading Obama Has a Plan to Save Us From Space Storms
Weather Ticker Shows How Easy It Can Be
[Petru] seems to have designed his weather ticker project with beginners in mind. Leveraging the inexorable forces of both the Raspberry Pi and cheap online auction house modules, it’s nearly the Hackaday equivalent of painting by numbers. But not everyone is a Picasso, and encouraging beginners to get their feet wet by painting happy little trees is a good cause.
Behind the simplicity is actually a clever architecture. An installation script makes installing the right Raspbian distro simple, and installs a few scripts that automatically update the user code from a GitHub repository. To change the code running on the …read more
