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50% Chance of Rain and Other Weather Mysteries Explained | Meteorologist Dan Reilly

50% Chance of Rain and Other Weather Mysteries Explained | Meteorologist Dan Reilly

Update: 2024-08-09
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Meteorologist Dan Reilly answers all your burning questions about weather, hurricanes, and how forecasting works. What does a 50% chance of rain actually mean? How do weather patterns in the Pacific, like El Niño and La Niña, affect hurricane formation in the Atlantic? Can a butterfly’s wings cause a tornado? Where do storms get their names? All that and much more in just 30 minutes.

Dan Reilly is the Warning Coordination Meteorologist for the National Weather Service/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. He received his Master’s degree in Meteorology from MIT. Follow him on X at @DReillyWx.

Website resources mentioned in this episode:

Weather.gov

Hurricanes.gov

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50% Chance of Rain and Other Weather Mysteries Explained | Meteorologist Dan Reilly

50% Chance of Rain and Other Weather Mysteries Explained | Meteorologist Dan Reilly