Weather Blog

• Naming winter storms will do more harm than good

  Posted on: 2:47 pm, October 3, 2012, by Justin Zollitsch, updated on: 05:04pm, October 3, 2012

  It was inevitable. In today’s media world where some outlets try to sell the weather as opposed to forecast it,...
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• Forecasting every day makes the job a little easier

  Posted on: 2:55 pm, September 19, 2012, by Justin Zollitsch

  As I enter my 10th year of working in the world of TV weather I am reminded of how lucky...
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• Isaac vs. Katrina

  Posted on: 3:30 pm, August 28, 2012, by Justin Zollitsch, updated on: 03:37pm, August 28, 2012

  With all eyes on the Gulf Coast as Hurricane Isaac approaches many comparisons have been made between Isaac and its...
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• El Nino Returns

  Posted on: 2:08 pm, August 15, 2012, by Justin Zollitsch, updated on: 02:24pm, August 15, 2012

  Depending on who you ask El Nino is likely to return or has already begun in the equatorial waters of...
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• A rare tornado in a season with few

  Posted on: 12:48 pm, August 1, 2012, by Justin Zollitsch, updated on: 07:55pm, August 3, 2012

  This summer’s weather has been all about one thing, DROUGHT. You may be sick of hearing meteorologists talk about it....
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• We’re either getting tougher or smarter when it comes to heat

  Posted on: 6:57 pm, July 7, 2012, by Justin Zollitsch, updated on: 01:08pm, July 10, 2012

  We can close the books on this heat wave. July 3rd-6th 2012 gave us scorching weather we have not seen...
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• Fewer tornadoes and more hurricanes so far in 2012

  Posted on: 6:28 pm, June 23, 2012, by Justin Zollitsch

  As you probably know already, 2011 was a devastating year for tornadoes in the U.S. Over 1,000 tornadoes ripped across...
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• Summer in the city not always a breath of fresh air

  Posted on: 3:12 pm, June 15, 2012, by Justin Zollitsch

  Summer is here! The furnace is off, coats are in storage, shorts have replaced jeans, and my pale white legs...
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• Is a gustnado dangerous?

  Posted on: 4:03 pm, May 30, 2012, by Justin Zollitsch

  For some reason we love to combine words, even if they have the same meaning. For example giant + enormous...
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• No tornadoes in Wisconsin so far

  Posted on: 4:05 pm, May 23, 2012, by Justin Zollitsch

  I really, really, REALLY, hope I’m not jinxing us by writing this blog post. In baseball it’s taboo to approach...
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