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STEM News Tip: Hurricane Ida

Hurricane Ida is a remarkably dynamic storm, and proving hard to predict. Scientific American has a report: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-hurricane-ida-got-so-big-so-fast/

Meanwhile, keep an eye on https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ for the latest alerts on Ida and other storms to come.

Other useful links:

UMD Inclement Weather Guidance: https://umd.edu/weather

Capital Weather Gang: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/weather/

UMD Weather https://twitter.com/UMD_Weather

Jordan Tessler @TerpWeather https://twitter.com/TerpWeather

 

 

 

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