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  • It was a dark and stormy night. . .

    Oh, no - a really boring horror storyImagine that night is 2,880 hours long! And imagine the "stormy" part of it is a full-bore blizzard for 168 hours with peak winds of 207 mph and average visibility of 6 to 12 inches. Thule Air Base in Northern Greenland is located at 76 N, 68 W on the globe and

  • Extreme training for extreme meteorologists

    Lightning flashed 20 miles northwest of the pickup zone, or PZ, the sky was pitch black. The sound of a fast moving helicopter grew in intensity as the blacked out MH-47E Chinook approached. Over the secure radio net, Tech Sgt. Steve Adams received the "1 minute out" call from the aircraft, and

  • Balad combat weather flight ensures safe travel

    When Staff Sgt. James Brown steps out for the first time during his day here, he scans the sky. He already knows what type of day he'll have at work before he steps into his office because weather is his business. The combat weather forecasters assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Operations Support

  • Team weathers the mission

    In the desert it's hot and dry. You don't need to be a meteorologist to figure that out. The Combat Weather Team at the 380th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron in Southwest Asia does more than provide heat stress condition levels, issue weather watches and warnings, and provide weather

  • Weather in 10 minutes or less, guaranteed

    The only thing faster than the weather satellites that the Airmen of the 6th Space Operations Squadron support is the speed with which those Airmen deliver weather information. The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program's constellation orbits approximately 525 miles above the earth. In contrast to