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Melissa Mainhart

Sep 11, 2014

Summer Projects: Tropical Cyclone Impacts in SC and GA

This post is part of a series highlighting the summer projects from our office’s undergraduate research assistants. This part of this series is by Melissa Mainhart, who is finishing her degree in Meteorology at NC State University. When you think about summer, what comes to mind? Family vacations? Community swim team practices? For many people…

Mar 4, 2014

StormFest 2014 Hits Raleigh This Week

Since its inception in 2010, StormFest has gathered science and weather enthusiasts to learn about and engage in weather, specifically severe storms. Each year the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, located in downtown Raleigh, opens its doors for the public to interact with professional meteorologists, emergency management officials, and SkyWarn trainers, to name a…

Oct 22, 2013

Summer Projects: Palmer Drought Severity Index

This post is part of a series highlighting the summer projects from our office’s undergraduate research assistants. The fourth part of this series is by Melissa Mainhart, a junior majoring in Meteorology and minoring in Computer Programming at NC State. Over the course of the summer I have been working on calculating the Palmer Drought…

Jul 31, 2013

Last Chance for Sea Breeze

Escaping from the heat is on the minds of many this time of year, even with the mild summer that we have had in 2013. The two locations that come to mind when trying to keep cool are the mountains and the beach. The mountains make sense: higher elevations mean cooler temperatures. But why the…