Jim Block – The meteorology of the 1999 BWCAW Windstorm & Derecho
Chik-Wauk Museum & Nature Center 28 Moose Pond Drive, Grand Marais, MN, United StatesOne of the most cataclysmic natural events of the last 100 years in the BWCAW occurred on July 4, 1999 when a straight-line windstorm caused incredible damage across this area. This storm, known as a derecho, was one of the most intense and long-lived derecho’s on record. This presentation will explore the meteorology of derecho’s, […]