Welcome to The Weather Scene segment! Each week here on Geek Alabama, The Weather Scene will feature weather related content. Editor / publisher Nathan Young loves weather related content. And this segment will feature something about the weather every week.

World Cup fans are getting a crash course in North American weather: lightning delays, tornadoes, tropical downpours, dangerous heat, and skies that can flip from calm to chaotic in minutes. But why is the United States so extreme?

In this Untamed Skies episode, we break down the geography behind America’s wildest weather: the Rockies causing waves in the jet stream, Gulf moisture colliding with cold air from Canada, the special ingredients behind Tornado Alley, lightning impacts to stadiums, and Atlantic hurricanes. From Thomas Jefferson’s 1805 observation about American weather extremes to Lieutenant John P. Finley’s early tornado science, this is the story of why the U.S. feels like Earth’s boss level for weather.

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