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  • Fowl weather throws meteorologist for a loop[Roosting Birds on Radar]

    09/04/2006 6:59:40 PM PDT · by Marius3188 · 14 replies · 827+ views
    Duluth News Tribune ^ | 04 Sep 2006 | AP
    GREEN BAY, Wis. - A case of fowl weather really threw a local meteorologist for a loop. National Weather Service Meteorologist Tom Helman said at about sunrise Aug. 10 he saw a growing ring on the weather radar over the bay of Green Bay. "It kinda threw me for a loop. That was the morning President Bush was flying in, so I was thinking, what is that?" said Helman, who works in Ashwaubenon. Jeff Last, a warning coordination meteorologist for the weather service, said Monday he researched the ring and determined it was likely a "roost ring" - a formation...