How do harmless puffy white clouds grow into towering, potentially dangerous cumulonimbus thunderstorms? On their surface, clouds appear to be an odd contradiction of nature — light enough to float on ...

SOUTH MISSISSIPPI (WLOX) - During the hot summer months, it may seem like afternoon showers and storms become a daily occurrence. What exactly causes this pattern to restart each morning? There is a ...

Thunderstorm in Flagler Beach. From Pins User North_Florida_Video We’re continuing our series on Severe Weather Awareness Week to help you understand the weather phenomena that affect us here in ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – After a stretch of thunderstorms last week, the potential for storms comes around again Wednesday evening. Thunderstorms need a couple of factors to form. First, warm ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Technically called “cumulonimbus flammagenitus,” pyrocumulonimbus clouds are a rare weather phenomenon caused by intense heat. These towering clouds form when extreme heat from a ...

I’m a meteorologist, and I’ve been fascinated by weather since I was 8 years old. I grew up in Minnesota, where the weather changes from wind-whipping blizzards in winter to severe thunderstorms – ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — A powerful line of storms moved through yesterday morning bringing with it damaging winds, heavy rain, and even the threat of hail. All across the state from western Michigan ...

The rainforest in the Amazon basin transpires vast amounts of gaseous isoprene. Until now, it was assumed that this molecule is not transported far up into the atmosphere, as it rapidly declines when ...