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2 August 2022

About StormHour & how you can help.

A few Stats.In seven years on Twitter, we have Retweeted photographers and meteorologists 1.22 million times from our two primary accounts @StormHour and @ThePhotoHourThat equates to 478 times per day, every day for seven years, including weekends and Bank Holidays. Since July 2016,

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Richard Gatley

28 July 2022

Q and A with Featured Photographer Richard Gatley

Richard is a professional pilot and an amateur photographer based in the UK. You can find Richard on Instagram or follow him on Twitter to check out his latest work.Richard's most memorable photographic event was being caught by surprise by a Soyuz launch after sunset in Eastern

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20 July 2022

The Layers of the Atmosphere

A mountain climber will know that the air becomes colder the higher you ascend, by about one degree centigrade every 150 metres. Since sunlight is absorbed by the ground, the ground becomes warmer. In the overturning troposphere, energy is transmitted upward by the reradiation of heat and the rise

climate,  News,  weather

trade winds

12 July 2022

Trade Winds Explained

Image by KaidorThe trade winds are easterly wind systems that blow near the equator. The winds assist vessels in travelling west, and they can even steer storms like hurricanes.The steady Trade Winds wind provided a safe passage for European and American mariners to travel between Europe and

climate,  News

cirrus clouds

6 July 2022

July 2022 Photo of the Month Competition

Weather and Landscape Competition Winner for July 2022! In association with @RMetS and @RainViewerAn incredible display of cirrus clouds over the beach and pier in Cleethorpes.Congratulations to Ar @ar_ar888Best of the Rest – The Daily Winners (Ordered by Date)5th July Double

News,  Photo of the Month,  Photo Of The Week cloud photography,  clouds,  photography competition

milankovitch cycles

5 July 2022

Milankovitch Cycles

The Milankovitch cycles (named after the mathematician and meteorologist Milutin Milankovitch) are incredibly long astronomical trends that affect the dispersion of solar energy and have been suggested to be the ice age pacemakers.One of the most constant features of our weather is the seemingly

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weather photos

28 June 2022

Sudden Stratospheric Warming

Every couple of years or so, high in the atmosphere, huge breaking waves of air reverse the prevailing westerly winds and cause a sudden and dramatic warming of the stratosphere in winter.Sudden Stratospheric Warmings can herald significant changes in the weather at the earth’s surface. After

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weather photo

2 June 2022

June 2022 Photo of the Month Competition

June 2022 Competition Winner! A stunning display of Asperitas clouds over Grasmere Vale, Lake District by Faeryland Grasmere @faerymereBest of the Rest – The Daily Winners (Ordered by Date)June 2nd Komorebi by Missis_TeaPot @missis_teapotJune 3rd Ely Cathedral and the waxing

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