Mississippi weather and climate / Kathleen Sherman-Morris. Charles L. Wax, Michael E. Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sherman-Morris, Kathleen.

Contributor:

Wax, Charles Larry, 1946-

Brown, Michael E., 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Meteorology--Mississippi.

Meteorology.

Mississippi--Climate.

Mississippi.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From Hurricane Katrina to the Mississippi River floods of 1927 and 2011, and from a high temperature of 115 degrees Fahrenheit to a low of -19, Mississippi has seen its share of weather extremes. In fact, Mississippi's rainfall can be described in terms of ""feast or famine."" Even during the feast years, the rain may come at the wrong time for farmers to plant crops or in unwanted quantities. The Pearl River flood of 1979 is an example of too much rain falling over a short period of time with disastrous consequences. Mississippi Weather and Climate explores some of the reasons behind these ex

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1. INTRODUCTION; Understanding Mississippi's Weather and Climate; 2. THE CLIMATE OF MISSISSIPPI; Latitude; The Gulf of Mexico; The North American Landmass; Topography of Mississippi; Climate Type; Year-to-Year Variation; Seasonal Variation; Mississippi Climate Summary; The Warm Season; The Cold Season; Temperature; Precipitation; Floods; Severe Storms; 3. TEMPERATURE; Apparent Temperature: How Hot or Cold Does It Feel?; Heating and Cooling Degree Days; Putting Daily Temperature Observations into the Climate Perspective

4. PRECIPITATION: FEAST OR FAMINERainfall Climatology; Floods: The Feast; Getting Technical: Processes Associated with Precipitation; Clouds and Fog; Fog in Ditches or Low-Lying Areas; Coastal Fog; Pea-Soup Fog; Steam Fog; Drought and Fire: The Famine; 5. THUNDERSTORMS, LIGHTNING STRIKES, AND TORNADOES; Thunderstorms; Lightning; Tornadoes; Historical Tornadoes; May 7, 1840: Natchez Tornado; April 23-24, 1908: Purvis Tornado, the Dixie Tornado Outbreak; April 5, 1936: Tupelo Tornado; March 3, 1966: The Candlestick Park Tornado; February 21, 1971: Mississippi Delta Outbreak

April 23-24, 2010: Yazoo City TornadoApril 2011: Severe Weather Events; Conclusions; 6. HURRICANES; Hurricane Season; Hurricane Ingredients; Historical Hurricanes; Hurricane Impacts; Hurricane Preparedness; 7. WINTER WEATHER; Winter Weather Climatology; Causes; Ice Storms; Heavy Snow; Winter Storms: A Mixed Bag of Precipitation; The Late Freeze; 8. LONG-TERM CLIMATE CHANGE; Reconstruction of Past Climates; Climate Change over Geological Time; Instrumental Record of Climate Change in Mississippi; Future Climate Change; 9. APPLIED CLIMATE; The Mississippi Backyard Gardener

Climate and AgricultureClimate and the Catfish Pond; Southern Architecture; Weather and Tourism; 10. WEATHER INFORMATION: FROM OBSERVATION TO FORECAST TO YOU; Television Weather Forecasts; Weather Myths and Folklore; Scientific Weather Forecasting; The National Weather Service; Weather Observation Networks; CoCoRaHS; Meteorology Education in Mississippi; Mississippi State University; Jackson State University; Afterword; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-48936-7

9786613584595

1-61703-261-1

OCLC:

758973709