What’s With All These Northern Lights?

By Russ Kaspar/Prairie Grass Observatory Director at Camp Cullom What is with all this activity lately with the beautiful display of reds, greens, blues and purples in the northern Indiana sky? Every 11 years our sun goes through a fairly predictable “sunspot cycle.”  Sunspots are caused by explosions of energy on the sun caused by…

Weather Forecast for Tampa-Hour by Hour: 68 to 91 MPH Gusts

In Tampa, Landfall for Milton will be in the dark. The chart below from the National Weather Service shows the hour-by-hour weather forecast for Tampa, Florida. Wind Gusts will peak at 3 AM Thursday morning at 68 MPH winds gusting to 91 MPH.  By sunrise Thursday morning, winds will likely reduce to about 30 MPH…