Watches, Stories, & Gear: The Weird Al Movie, A Game of Thrones Spin-Off, and Some Very Loud Thunder
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New Yorkers Get Thermally Inverted
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If you live in New York City, there?s a good chance you experienced a rude awakening on Monday morning, with ear splitting thunder that accompanied a strong electrical storm. While a normal facet of spring weather, this particular storm was markedly different in intensity, and created an early morning flurry of activity on social media as New Yorkers tried to figure out what was going on. Gothamist has answers, and it turns out the weather phenomenon the city experienced this week is known as ?thermal inversion,? and occurs when a layer of warm air traps cold air directly below it – a reversal of what normally occurs in our atmosphere during a storm. This essentially contains the sound of thunder within that lower layer, creating a much louder noise than what you?d experience in a typical storm. It?s pretty interesting science, and thankfully happens rarely enough that it?s a genuine surprise when it does take place.
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