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Join the Bi-Weekly companion podcast to our YouTube channel where Bears Of Color come together to discuss Pop Culture, News, Social Issues, Nerd Culture, and much much more. No Topic is off limits and no tongues will be held.
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B2 Is back! We've had an extended break, but with that break comes new opportunities and a renewed focus on sharing our love of weather with you! We revisit our most important episode to date. With severe weather really kicking off, we wanted to give everyone a refresher on watches, warnings, and how to best stay safe.…
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Our last episode of the year and we look back at the two big tornado outbreaks in the last ten days. The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma was once again spot on with the severe weather forecast. Bobby talks about the rare snow event in Portland with an "Anafront" and the atmosphere going "Isothermal". Going forward into 2022, B Squared w…
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A Bomb Cyclone is taking aim at the Pacific Northwest, atmospheric pressure is down to 942mb, the lowest ever recorded in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Severe thunderstorms have formed within the initial band as it came into the Willamette Valley. Bobby was in line to see the storm, but it weakened just before it came into his neighborhood. Wind and m…
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Hurricane Ida left a trail of destruction from the gulf coast to the Northeast. Flooding was the big story as the rains came down and didn't stop. Record rainfall fell across portions of Pennsylvania and New York. People decided to jump into flood waters for social media posts (we don't endorse that) and we learned of several tragic deaths because …
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Hurricane Ida came ashore as a category 4 hurricane on the Louisiana coast Sunday Morning. Packing winds of 150mph, she brought lots a damage and the wind was only part of the story. Strong storm surge flooded many areas along the Gulf Coast. At one point in the storm, the entire city of New Orleans lost power. Ida made landfall 16 years to the day…
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Tropical Storm Henri came ashore in Rhode Island this afternoon. Storm surge and heavy rain will be the calling card. Henri is expected to make a sharp 90 degree turn and head back out to sea in the next 24 hours. Elsewhere in the tropics, the Pacific remains active with two systems expects to form in the next five days. We discuss gust fronts and …
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The Atlantic Hurricane season is showing some signs of life. One area expected to become the next named storm, "Fred", is forecasted to tape shape over the next forty eight hours. Models indicate that it will head toward Florida. Different solutions put both coastlines in play. In the Pacific, Tropical Storm Kevin is churning away. The storm won't …
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The tropics are somewhat active this week. The National Hurricane Center in Miami is watching two areas for development. One is off the east coast of Florida and the other is about a thousand miles from Hilo, Hawaii. Both are expected to form into the tropical depressions in the next few days. The Bootleg Fire in Southern Oregon has burned over 400…
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Happy Birthday B Squared! We celebrate our third year starting this week and looking forward to our 156th episode next weekend. Major Hurricane Felicia is churning away in the Pacific Ocean, she will not impact any land before dying out later this week. Currently, the bootleg fire in Southern Oregon is nearing 300,000 acres burned. The exact cause …
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After a brief break, we are back with a brand new episode. The Atlantic tropical season was quiet until Hurricane Elsa made an appearance. Elsa came ashore as a tropical storm on the Florida gulf coast. As she was skirting the coast line, she achieved hurricane status for a few hours. Elsa brought wind, rain, and storm surge. The 2020 hurricane sea…
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The Pacific Northwest is roasting. All time high temperatures are falling across Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Northern California. Portland, Oregon set their all time high time high yesterday and it will be shattered today. Hurricane Enrique is churning off the Mexico coast line making its way toward the Baja. It is forecast to come ashore as a t…
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We look back eight years ago at the El Reno tornado that changed how storms are researched, chased, and analyzed. The storm claimed the lives of three very well chasers, men who had made their careers out of keeping others safe. The El Reno tornado was a record setting storm in terms of wind speeds, width, and structure. The 2021 Atlantic Hurricane…
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This week has started off with a bang in the Central Plains. Kansas had over fifteen tornadoes reported on Monday and it's only going to get more active as the week goes along. In the NW on Monday, the SPC general thunderstorm outlook created a certain character and Bobby played it up as best as he could. Oklahoma gets into the action on Wednesday …
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The last few days was an epic showing of what the atmosphere can do when the ingredients come together. However, the storms didn't make it to Oklahoma and that has Bonnie feeling sad. The storms that hit Texas were amazing. Large hail stones including one really large stone stole the show. Several pictures and videos showed text book supercells dot…
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It's been a semi active week on the plains and up the east coast for severe weather but some are beginning to question if the Central United States will have a decent "chase season" or an active severe spring season. In the Eastern Pacific ocean, we have our first named tropical system that is coming a few days before that season officially kicks o…
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It's been a busy week in the plains! Storms fired up most of the week and the biggest action took place Tuesday and Wednesday. Bonnie got to go chasing on Tuesday and then was right in the middle of the action on Wednesday. Tornados did damage in Texas Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday, Oklahoma saw one of the biggest hail storms in recent history. Dam…
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On this week's edition of B Squared, we dive into a discussion about the new averages for the upcoming hurricane season. NOAA has released a new thirty year average. Named storms and hurricanes saw an increase, while we are still only averaging three major hurricanes a season. The plains chase season hasn't started yet and people are already doubti…
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A midweek edition of B Squared as both Bobby and Bonnie are under the weather. Bobby was diagnosed with Covid-19 and talks about his symptoms and how he is feeling. Last week we saw a four day stretch of strong and severe weather that put down numerous tornadoes across the plains, deep south, and east coast. Denver is in for another spring snow sto…
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Happy Easter! Welcome to April, as we look back at a very active March. According to SPC, it will go down as the 7th most active March in terms of Tornado Watches issued. Over this weekend in 1974, the 1974 Super Outbreak took place, which was one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks ever. A new finding out from 2018 says scientists have detected the…
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The late season snow storm has finally begun to produce heavy snow over portions of the Denver Metro area and heading up toward Cheyenne, WY. Blizzard warnings are out for the front range through tonight. The southerly component of this storm brought several tornadoes to the Texas panhandle yesterday. The storm will bring more severe weather to the…
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A major snow storm is shaping up for the front range and could dump 2-4 feet of snow between Denver, Colorado and Cheyenne, Wyoming this weekend. The southerly component of this storm could bring severe weather to portions of Texas and Oklahoma. It's been a year since the Covid-19 pandemic really kicked off in the US, beginning in Oklahoma City wit…
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After weeks of cold gripping the US, the great thaw has come and gone for the most part. Areas of the south are seeing storms today that have gone severe. The National Hurricane Center and NOAA are considering a change to the official date of the Atlantic hurricane season. Currently, June 1st is the start, but with recent storms popping up before J…
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The Polar Vortex is back and spreading arctic air across the US. The midwest is already seeing temperatures plunge below zero. All the ingredients are falling into place for some areas to pick up big amounts of snow. Oklahoma could be looking at potential record snowfall while out west, the Pacific Northwest is gearing up for what could be their fi…
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It's been a fun a crazy week weatherwise. We look back at some of the fascinating events including the Colorado windstorm that sent dust into four other states, the midwest blizzard, and we talk about Mine-Effect snow. The Pacific Northwest is in for a huge pattern change and its starting to get on people's nerves with each model run. Bonnie and Bo…
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Texas is facing a massive winter storm, dumping 4-6 inches of snow across a major portion of the state. This winter storm will extend into Louisiana and Mississippi. The Pacific Northwest will see a major atmospheric river event this week, which could drop 1-3 inches of rain in the metropolitan areas, while spots in the coast range could see rainfa…
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It was a busy weather week with a huge Nor'Easter. Record setting snowfall happening over parts of New York and Pennsylvania. Heavy bands of snow sat over areas for hours, dropping up to forty four inches. The storm actually started earlier in the week, creating snow in parts of the plains including Oklahoma City. Out west, a firehose is aimed at O…
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The 2020 Atlantic Tropical Season has officially ended, but that doesn't mean storms can form after December 1st. We look back at a truly historic season in which we saw 30 named storms, 13 hurricanes, and 6 major hurricanes. The preliminary results were shared from the National Hurricane Center this week. It will be interesting to read the in-dept…
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It has been a slow week weather wise across the country. The tropics have quieted down and there is only one area of interest that the National Hurricane Center is looking at. A cold front is sweep across the country this weekend and its bring snow to portions of the Great Lakes and colder air to the plains. We talk a little NBA and college footbal…
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The tropics continue to dominate the weather news as it seems the season has no end in sight. Theta has formed in the far east Atlantic and now all eyes are on Iota. The hurricane is forecast to come ashore very close to where Eta did last week. Iota could be a category four storm at landfall. We talk about the big cold front blasting across the co…
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Tropical Storm Eta is forecasted to make a turn to the west and then to the north later in the week and impact the Florida gulf coast. All eyes will watch the forecast track and strength forecast as the tropical storm will develop into a hurricane early this week. Across the plains, we are looking at chances of severe weather. Bonnie and Bobby go o…
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The tropics are still active as we get ever so close to closing out October. Hurricane Epsilon is churning away in the shipping channels of the Atlantic as Tropical Storm Zeta is forming off the Yucatan. Zeta is forecasted to move into Louisiana, Alabama, or Florida mid week. While the forecast track is uncertain, it looks like Zeta will be a relat…
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