Category: NWS

When all helicity breaks loose…

EmComm, NWS, NWS
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I learned a new word last Saturday: helicity. During my Skywarn advanced storm spotter training, Brian Koenecke of the National Weather Service here in Jackson MS taught participants about key elements of meteorology. The “helicity” of a turbulent flow of air—sort of like a bed spring gone awry—was one of the elements that NWS tracks in […]