Roger Hill's Weather Classroom: Recent Episodes
Roger Hill's Weather Classroom
This podcast series explores all things atmospheric pertaining to our world, Vermont and locally. It will also include other topics about the planet Earth such as the Geomagnetic Field and trends in climatology near and far. If you follow the weather and are enthusiastic about storms of all kinds, I’ll delve into the mechanics like Bombogenesis of a coastal low pressure system, or why well-developed low pressure systems sometimes do not deliver. I’ll explain some of the hidden details about our climate, how our weather behaves and we’ll explore other climates, and how they might play a role in our daily weather in the Green Mountain State and northern New England.
On this episode of Roger Hill's Weather Classroom, Roger talks about what Froude Numbers are, and how they relate to Vermont weather forecasting.
Image from Roger for this episode
Froude Numbers for the Green Mountains
On this episode of Roger Hill's Weather Classroom, Roger will talk about some of the weather anomalies we've noticed in 2023.
On this episode of Roger Hill's Weather Classroom, Roger talks to you about the Climate Crisis as well as Scientific Consensus.
Images Roger included with this Episode
On this episode of Roger Hill Weather Classroom, Roger talks to you about the El Nino phenomenon.
Images Roger Included with this Episode
Today on Roger Hill’s Weather Classroom, Roger will talk about how this winter is shaping up to look!
Check out some photos Roger sent along here!
In this episode of Roger Hill’s Weather Classroom, Roger goes over the Climatology from this past summer. The highs, the lows, is it within the average range? Listen in to see!
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May
Highest Temperature 90 Normal Degree Days 370
Lowest Temperature 30 Total Precip 1.96
Average Temperature 59.1 Total Snowfall 0
Departure from Norm +5.8 Normal Precip 3.52
Heating Degree Days 222 % of Normal Precip 56
tstms 1 peak gust 36 mph WNW
90+ 1
June
Highest Temperature 91 Normal Degree Days 137
Lowest Temperature 41 Total Precip 2.61
Average Temperature 63.4 Total Snowfall 0
Departure from Norm +1.5 Normal Precip 4.21
Heating Degree Days 84 % of Normal Precip 62
tstms 1 peak gust 36 mph WNW
90+ 1
July
Highest Temperature 92 Normal Degree Days 39
Lowest Temperature 44 Total Precip 3.4
Average Temperature 69 Total Snowfall 0
Departure from Norm +2.4 Normal Precip 4.27
Heating Degree Days 12 % of Normal Precip 80
tstms 1 peak gust 36 mph WNW
90+ 1
August
Highest Temperature 92 Normal Degree Days 71
Lowest Temperature 48 Total Precip 2.24
Average Temperature 70.2 Total Snowfall 0
Departure from Norm +5.3 Normal Precip 3.81
Heating Degree Days 8 % of Normal Precip 59
tstms 1 peak gust 36 mph WNW
90+ 1
September
Highest Temperature 83 Normal Degree Days 249
Lowest Temperature 35 Total Precip 5.04
Average Temperature 59.5 Total Snowfall 0
Departure from Norm +2.0 Normal Precip 3.33
Heating Degree Days 185 % of Normal Precip 151
tstms 1 peak gust 36 mph WNW
90+ 1
On this episode of Roger Hill's Weather Classroom, Roger talks about the Drought and Climate Change Outlook for 2022.
In this episode of Roger Hill's Weather Classroom, Roger discusses a Derecho. A derecho tends to follow a thunderstorm when they arrive. The most common amount of Derecho's you'll see, in America, is in the South West at about once a year.
On this episode of Roger Hill's Weather Classroom, Roger goes over what sort of precipitation we saw this winter season, and how it compares to other seasons.
On this episode of Roger Hill's Weather Classroom, Roger talks about how the helium shortage is impacting the ability to get accurate weather forecasts.Intro and Outro song is Up, Up, and Away by The 5th Dimension
On this episode of Roger Hill's Weather Classroom, Roger talks about the Hunga Tonga- Hunga Ha'apai Eruption.Information on the eventPhotos Roger included with the episode
On this episode of Roger Hill's Weather Classroom, Roger talks about Mud season, what it is, and what causes it.
On this episode of Roger Hill's Weather Classroom, Roger talks about Atmospheric Rivers and what they are
On this episode of Roger Hill's Weather Classroom, Roger talks about the Fujiwhara Effect, Contrails, Chem Trails, and Chaff drops.Flightradar24 app
On this episode of Roger Hill's Weather Classroom, Roger teaches us all about wind! What causes it, the different types, and how it's measured!
This is the third episode about Jet Streams! On this episode, Roger talks about how the Jet Stream relates to Climate Change and Extreme Weather
On this episode, Roger talks about the history of changes in the jet streams, and their possible impact going forward.
On this episode, Roger talks about what Jet Streams are. This is the first part of a series of episodes on Jet Streams
On this episode, Roger Hill talks about the Green Mountain State's history with tropical cyclones.
On this episode, Roger talks about hurricane seasons within the United States, and what causes them. Chart of frequency of Hurricanes based on date
On this episode, Roger talks about the Sapphire Simpson Scale, a way to categorize a storm based on its maximum sustained wind speeds. Anything ranked a category 3 or higher is considered a major hurricane.
Radio Vermont Forecaster Roger Hill looks at how temperature averages have changed since the end of the last ice age when compared to data from 1961-1990 and how the earth's temperature affected early and modern humans. Then he looks forward, past 1990 to today and beyond. What does our temperature trend mean for the planet and humans in the next 1-3 decades?
Wind is the movement of air that develops due to temperature differences in different parts of the world. The differences in temperature result in differences in density which results in differences in pressure. Wind results when these pressure differences try to normalize in an endless cycle of movement. Roger Hill explains the pressure gradient and what causes changes in wind speed and direction.