Criticism like this goes with the territory. You develop a thick skin pretty quick. That said, I think if a station demonstrates a responsible and consistent approach to severe weather, people will understand. The same people who criticize an interruption when they aren’t affected will be the first to turn to you when they are …
Category: Mysterious Meteorologist
Mysterious Meteorologist Returns
The Mysterious Meteorologist has been on such a break lately, we’ve decided to ask them a question on the future of Television Weather. Here at our shop, the struggling economy has certainly had an effect. But I think it has only strengthened our commitment to weather coverage. Weather is the one thing that local news …
When is the first Snow usually?
I had asked the IowaWX Blog’s Mysterious Meterologist about this topic as there has been numerous searches for this topic along with the first frost. They sent two maps that were produced by the NWS in Des Moines for when the first measureable snow and the first 1 inch snowfall usually occur. Now given that …
Mysterious Meteorologist (The Storms at Night)
These nocturnal storms for us (in Iowa) are usually part of a mesoscale convective complex or MCC. What are Mesoscale Convective Complexes? They are long lasting thunderstorm complexes that tend to dump a lot of rain usually in the Plains States (including Iowa). How do these form? They form from thunderstorm outbreaks usually on a …