Dwight Silverman - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/dwight-silverman/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Mon, 03 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Dwight Silverman - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/dwight-silverman/ 32 32 103504436 SCW Q&A: La Niña, drought talk, blue nights, ozone days, king tides, open forum https://houstonnewmedia.org/scw-qa-la-nina-drought-talk-blue-nights-ozone-days-king-tides-open-forum/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=scw-qa-la-nina-drought-talk-blue-nights-ozone-days-king-tides-open-forum Mon, 03 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://spacecityweather.com/?p=52307 This month we’ve got a jam-packed SCW Q&A for you, with topics ranging from the eventual demise of La Niña to mysterious high tides to a new forum where you can talk weather, 24/7! The latter is also where you can now leave questions for this occasional Q&A series. Let’s ...

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]]> 1057397 SCW Q&A: Loopy radar, conflicting forecasts, rising houmidity, weather stations, sudden storms https://houstonnewmedia.org/scw-qa-loopy-radar-conflicting-forecasts-rising-houmidity-weather-stations-sudden-storms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=scw-qa-loopy-radar-conflicting-forecasts-rising-houmidity-weather-stations-sudden-storms Wed, 03 Sep 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://spacecityweather.com/?p=51463 This installment of the Space City Q&A is particularly tasty: Y’all came up with some very good questions! Keep them coming: Hit the Contact link at the top of the blog, or leave a query in the Discourse comments below this post. Q. I have a question as to how ...

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]]> 1019815 SCW Q&A: Cool-ish summer, Gulf energy, NWS cuts, site donations, app crashes https://houstonnewmedia.org/scw-qa-cool-ish-summer-gulf-energy-nws-cuts-site-donations-app-crashes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=scw-qa-cool-ish-summer-gulf-energy-nws-cuts-site-donations-app-crashes Tue, 05 Aug 2025 17:00:00 +0000 https://spacecityweather.com/?p=50759 Once again, you’ve asked and we’re answering. Here’s our latest Q&A. Got questions of your own? Hit the Contact link at the top of the blog, or leave a question here in the comments. We’ll consider it for next time. Q: I’m not complaining at all, but it seems like ...

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]]> 1000780 The SCW Q&A: Heat deterrent, NWS cuts, sprinkler tips, tornado topography https://houstonnewmedia.org/the-scw-qa-heat-deterrent-nws-cuts-sprinkler-tips-tornado-topography/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-scw-qa-heat-deterrent-nws-cuts-sprinkler-tips-tornado-topography Tue, 01 Jul 2025 17:00:00 +0000 https://spacecityweather.com/?p=49358 We’re back with a new Q&A! Eric and Matt have had their hands full with their day jobs the past couple of months, and that is likely to continue, so consider these kinds of posts “occasional” rather than monthly going forward. Got a question of your own for our next ...

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]]> 978482 Surviving Houston’s heat and houmidity, according to you https://houstonnewmedia.org/surviving-houstons-heat-and-houmidity-according-to-you/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=surviving-houstons-heat-and-houmidity-according-to-you Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://spacecityweather.com/?p=49813 Last week Eric offered a tip for Houston-area newbies for surviving Houston’s fearsome heat and houmidity. (And no, that’s not a typo.) That inspired many of you to offer your own suggestions for dealing with summer. We’ve compiled the best of the best so you can work on your climatological ...

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]]> 972766 The SCW Q&A: Cap busting, pancake ice, pollen week, best weather apps https://houstonnewmedia.org/the-scw-qa-cap-busting-pancake-ice-pollen-week-best-weather-apps/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-scw-qa-cap-busting-pancake-ice-pollen-week-best-weather-apps Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0000 https://spacecityweather.com/?p=48851 It’s another just-in-the-nick-of-time edition of the Space City Weather Q&A. If only we could get a few more days added to each month, maybe we’d get this out the door sooner. Or maybe April’s edition would just end up publishing on April 33. Who knows? Anyway, let’s get to it. ...

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]]> 946676 The SCW Q&A: Warmer sooner, strong signals, gray days, NOAA endangered, communication failures https://houstonnewmedia.org/the-scw-qa-warmer-sooner-strong-signals-gray-days-noaa-endangered-communication-failures/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-scw-qa-warmer-sooner-strong-signals-gray-days-noaa-endangered-communication-failures Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:00:00 +0000 https://spacecityweather.com/?p=48019 Welcome to the March SCW Q&A, where we tackle your questions about the weather, climate and how things work around here. You can submit your questions via the Contact link on the blog home page, or by leaving a question in the comments below. Let’s get to it! Q: Can ...

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]]> 926059 The SCW Q&A: Dripping faucets, storm or no?, I-10 divider, inconsistent apps, whither La Niña? https://houstonnewmedia.org/the-scw-qa-dripping-faucets-storm-or-no-i-10-divider-inconsistent-apps-whither-la-nina/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-scw-qa-dripping-faucets-storm-or-no-i-10-divider-inconsistent-apps-whither-la-nina Fri, 31 Jan 2025 16:42:27 +0000 https://spacecityweather.com/?p=46921 By the skin of our teeth, we’ve got the January SCW Q&A out the door. Many of the questions we got this month were – no surprise – inspired by our recent snowstorm. Got a question of your own? Hit the Contact link in the blog’s header, or leave it ...

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]]> 893090 Pix or it didn’t happen: Houston gets a snow day! https://houstonnewmedia.org/pix-or-it-didnt-happen-houston-gets-a-snow-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pix-or-it-didnt-happen-houston-gets-a-snow-day Tue, 21 Jan 2025 23:13:53 +0000 https://spacecityweather.com/?p=46767 Historic snowfalls don’t occur often in Houston, so when they do you want to capture memories of them. With that in mind, we’re offering up images posted to our feeds on Facebook, Instagram and Threads, along with others sent directly to us. For videos check our #housnow2025 Instagram story. As ...

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]]> 886294 Hey Apple users: Your long national notification nightmare is (hopefully) over. Do this. https://houstonnewmedia.org/hey-apple-users-your-long-national-notification-nightmare-is-hopefully-over-do-this/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hey-apple-users-your-long-national-notification-nightmare-is-hopefully-over-do-this Thu, 09 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://spacecityweather.com/?p=46377 For quite a while now, a growing number of people who have the Space City Weather app on their iPhones, iPads and Macs have stopped getting notifications. (Android users were not having the same problem.) We mentioned this in last month’s SCW Q&A post, in which we admitted our bafflement.. ...

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]]> 877540 The SCW Q&A: MMP clouds, weather career, sideways storms, DST forever, an app mystery https://houstonnewmedia.org/the-scw-qa-mmp-clouds-weather-career-sideways-storms-dst-forever-an-app-mystery/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-scw-qa-mmp-clouds-weather-career-sideways-storms-dst-forever-an-app-mystery Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://spacecityweather.com/?p=45827 Yeah, we know, we know. There was no Q&A in November. We really have no excuse, other than inertia and maybe a food coma late in the month. Yeah, that’s it: Blame the turkeys! Anyway, that was then and this is now. Here’s our December Q&A all wrapped up with ...

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]]> 866843 The SCW Q&A: Flare-ups, Milton in Houston, land vs. sea, temps vs. storm, old-school maps. https://houstonnewmedia.org/the-scw-qa-flare-ups-milton-in-houston-land-vs-sea-temps-vs-storm-old-school-maps/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-scw-qa-flare-ups-milton-in-houston-land-vs-sea-temps-vs-storm-old-school-maps Wed, 30 Oct 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://spacecityweather.com/?p=44752 We’re cutting it so close to the end of the month that it’s … scary! 👻 But here’s October’s SCW Q&A post, just in the nick of time! As usual, Eric and Matt address a wide variety of topics from the solar flares and the damage they do; to the ...

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]]> 838289 The SCW Q&A: Heading inland, hurricanes vs. winter, AI models, pool evaporation, late storm tracks https://houstonnewmedia.org/the-scw-qa-heading-inland-hurricanes-vs-winter-ai-models-pool-evaporation-late-storm-tracks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-scw-qa-heading-inland-hurricanes-vs-winter-ai-models-pool-evaporation-late-storm-tracks Fri, 27 Sep 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://spacecityweather.com/?p=44136 In the September Q&A, even though we think Texas’ hurricane season is in our rear-view mirror, many of the queries we tackle this month are hurricane related. Oh, except for the one about humidity and swimming pool water! Got questions you’d like us to consider for next month? Reply in ...

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]]> 824416 The SCW Q&A: Storming back home; tropical funnels; summer patterns; radar oddities; ‘cane clusters. https://houstonnewmedia.org/the-scw-qa-storming-back-home-tropical-funnels-summer-patterns-radar-oddities-cane-clusters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-scw-qa-storming-back-home-tropical-funnels-summer-patterns-radar-oddities-cane-clusters Tue, 27 Aug 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://spacecityweather.com/?p=43017 Man, will you look at the calendar! August’s almost done with us, but we are not done with it, which means it’s time for our monthly Space City Weather Q&A. And yeah, we know, there wasn’t an installment in July. We have no excuses, other than to say that July ...

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]]> 811705 The Space City Weather app now has AccuWeather data and a prettier splash screen https://houstonnewmedia.org/the-space-city-weather-app-now-has-accuweather-data-and-a-prettier-splash-screen/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-space-city-weather-app-now-has-accuweather-data-and-a-prettier-splash-screen Fri, 19 Jul 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://spacecityweather.com/?p=42811 If you’ve been paying attention to what happens on your iPhone, iPad, Mac or Android devices, you know that a new version of our app recently dropped and is in the wild. As is our wont, when the summer comes – and yeah, there’s no denying it IS summer – ...

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]]> 796690 Want to know what a storm is likely to do where you are? Dig into your phone’s weather app https://houstonnewmedia.org/want-to-know-what-a-storm-is-likely-to-do-where-you-are-dig-into-your-phones-weather-app/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=want-to-know-what-a-storm-is-likely-to-do-where-you-are-dig-into-your-phones-weather-app Sun, 07 Jul 2024 17:10:35 +0000 https://spacecityweather.com/?p=42382 In brief: We’re happy to have Dwight Silverman, a longtime Houston tech journalist who is working with us behind the scenes, contribute this post on how to find hyper-local forecast information from the powerful computer in your pocket. Dwight explores some features and data in your phone’s weather apps you ...

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]]> 791292 The SCW Q&A: Physics vs. AI; hype or reality; potential cyclones; tornado or not; our day jobs are safe https://houstonnewmedia.org/the-scw-qa-physics-vs-ai-hype-or-reality-potential-cyclones-tornado-or-not-our-day-jobs-are-safe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-scw-qa-physics-vs-ai-hype-or-reality-potential-cyclones-tornado-or-not-our-day-jobs-are-safe Wed, 26 Jun 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://spacecityweather.com/?p=41971 Houston may be settling into its summer weather doldrums, but let’s face it: In June, the skies over the region were a happenin’ place. As happens this time of the month, Eric and Matt have cracked open their inboxes and answered your queries. Got a burning question of your own? ...

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]]> 786774 The SCW Q&A: Underwhelmed; micro/macrobursts; hurricane prep; hot summer; tornado terms; apple of our eye https://houstonnewmedia.org/the-scw-qa-underwhelmed-micro-macrobursts-hurricane-prep-hot-summer-tornado-terms-apple-of-our-eye/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-scw-qa-underwhelmed-micro-macrobursts-hurricane-prep-hot-summer-tornado-terms-apple-of-our-eye Wed, 29 May 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://spacecityweather.com/?p=41084 If it’s almost the end of the month, that means Eric and Matt have once again scrambled to answer your most urgent questions. And given the busy weather month we’ve had in May, this edition of our Q&A is particularly timely. Got your own queries? Hit the Feedback button in ...

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]]> 775683 The SCW Q&A: First, the bad news; obscured by clouds; shuttered; humidity is relative; predicting it. https://houstonnewmedia.org/the-scw-qa-first-the-bad-news-obscured-by-clouds-shuttered-humidity-is-relative-predicting-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-scw-qa-first-the-bad-news-obscured-by-clouds-shuttered-humidity-is-relative-predicting-it Tue, 30 Apr 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://spacecityweather.com/?p=40468 Welcome to the “just in the nick of time” April edition of the SCW Q&A. Each month Eric and Matt tackle the most interesting questions you’ve thrown at them. You can leave more questions in the comments here, or hit the Feedback link in the blog’s sidebar. We’ll also scan ...

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]]> 761532 The SCW Q&A: Eclipsing, hurricane vs. typhoon, climate changed, thunder calc, bad forecasts! https://houstonnewmedia.org/the-scw-qa-eclipsing-hurricane-vs-typhoon-climate-changed-thunder-calc-bad-forecasts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-scw-qa-eclipsing-hurricane-vs-typhoon-climate-changed-thunder-calc-bad-forecasts Fri, 22 Mar 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://spacecityweather.com/?p=39731 In this second edition of our new Q&A feature, Eric and Matt tackle an excellent set of questions from you, our most excellent readers. We do this monthly, and if you’re dying to know something weather- or SCW-related, leave us a comment here or on our many, many social channels ...

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