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Imagine waking up to a world coated in shimmering glass, every tree and power line glistening under a heavy blanket of ice.
A new 3D simulation tool developed by ETH and SLF researchers now allows for significantly more accurate predictions of ...
In addition to Florida’s warmer climate…a lot of the hail that does form melts as it falls toward the ground. There are times where storms can produce large hail over Florida.
We call this a meridional jet stream, which is what’s happening this week, and it does two things. First, it tends to make the jet stream faster, giving us strong wind potential.
Key points In 1994 Jeffery Goldsmith coined the term "The Tetris Effect" to describe the lingering effect of the blocks. Even if you can't form new memories, you remember Tetris. These blocks may ...
Snow warning as 'Beast from the East' weather to form within days Weather experts have warned a similar type of event that caused 2018's Beast from the East is expected in the coming days.
First, soft, snow-like particles form in subfreezing air at the top of a thunderstorm. (Yes, even in the middle of summer, the tops of thunderstorms are below freezing.) ...
How does lake effect snow form? The cold air that we have been seeing this January is dragged across the warm waters of Lake Ontario. The wind picks up warm water vapor from the lake and caries it ...
An Accuweather forecast predicts a 10-20% chance of snow flurries in the Florida panhandle next week. Here's how cold it has to get for snow to form.
An Accuweather forecast predicts a 10-20% chance of snow flurries in the Florida panhandle next week. Here's how cold it has to get for snow to form.
Shown are skew-T diagrams, which depict temperatures as you move up in the atmosphere. The diagram on the left shows a temperature profile resulting in snow.