Patty Thundersnow

Alright, here's the answer to the trivia question from Sunday/Monday.

Continuing weather here. A decade later, a city in Illinois was hit by a pair of F2 tornadoes on March 12, 2006. What city was it?

Answer: D. THe capital city of Illinois was hit first by a long track F2 that lifted on the city's southeast side. It put down another F2 tornado not too long after. The supercell that produced these tornadoes has the longest deration for a single supercell at 17 1/2 hours, traveling from northeast Oklahoma to southwest Michigan in that span of time.

Tuesday/Wednesday's question

Continuing weather here. There are many rare weather events that happen only under certain conditions. One of the more rare events is a 'heat burst'. What is a 'heat burst'?

A: A sudden and local increase in temperature due to rapid downburst winds in a decaying thunderstorm
B: Another term for a short heat wave
C: Excessive heat causes the cap to remain too strong for thunderstorm development
D: Terms that many weather youtubers use to describe a massive heatwave for views.

Answer to come with the next new question on Wednesday at around 10 pm.