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How to Spot a Cumulonimbus and Predict a Thunderstorm
METEOROLOGY
How to Spot a Cumulonimbus and Predict a Thunderstorm

Learn to read the sky like a forecaster: how to identify towering cumulonimbus clouds, spot the signs of a brewing storm, and judge the risk of...

Five Common Mistakes When Reading Rain Radar
METEOROLOGY
Five Common Mistakes When Reading Rain Radar

Radar is only as useful as the way you read it. Five common misreadings — colour, timing, blind spots, movement and shower life cycles — and how...