Snowpack is the buildup of winter snow in the mountains that acts as a natural reservoir, supplying much of the western U.S.

Lakeshore flooding happens when strong winds and waves push water toward the shoreline, causing rapid rises in water levels ...

Freezing spray occurs when wind-driven water droplets from a lake or ocean freeze on contact, rapidly coating shorelines, ...

Sloughing is the slow, gradual shedding of soil, rock, snow or ice from a surface, often driven by gravity and weather over ...

From setting record high temperatures to forming deserts, compressional heating describes the heating of air when compressed.

A flash freeze is a rapid drop in temperature that causes wet surfaces to freeze almost instantly, creating dangerous, icy ...

When you look at the atmosphere over a long period of time, it appears to move like a fluid. And just like a fluid, the atmosphere often moves in waves. When meteorologists are working to determine if ...

Welcome to this first edition of “Weather Word of the Week.” In this weekly segment, Meteorologist Derek Witt will explain the more technical terms of atmospheric science, and how they influence our ...

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Jenny Offill talks to Mary Laura Philpott about WEATHER. “Hope cannot exist in and of itself. I can't just be hopeful for the sake of it. I find that I have to figure out actions that feel like they ...