50% Chance of Rain and Other Weather Mysteries Explained | Meteorologist Dan Reilly
Meteorologist Dan Reilly answers all your burning questions about weather, hurricanes, and how forecasting works. What does a 50% chance of rain actually mean? How do weather patterns in the Pacific, like El Ni\xf1o and La Ni\xf1a, affect hurricane formation in the Atlantic? Can a butterfly\u2019s wings cause a tornado? Where do storms get their names? All that and much more in just 30 minutes.
Dan Reilly is the Warning Coordination Meteorologist for the National Weather Service/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. He received his Master\u2019s degree in Meteorology from MIT. Follow him on X at @DReillyWx.
Website resources mentioned in this episode:
Weather.gov
Hurricanes.gov