This video explains how microbursts develop during severe thunderstorms. Straight-line winds are common during severe ...

Even with advances in technology, it’s difficult to pinpoint exactly where and when some of the most severe weather will ...

Tropical Storm Andrea spun to life this week as the first named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, though the system quickly fizzled out. Satellite images captured its brief swirl over the ...

Strong to severe storms are possible this afternoon and evening along with hot temperatures southward.

Tornado formation occurs when rotating air columns interact with a thunderstorm's powerful updrafts and downdrafts. The spinning motion becomes vertical, creating a funnel cloud that can descend to ...

A ring of fire is a pattern of thunderstorms that tend to form along the edges of a heat dome. Tens of millions of Americans were under heat warnings and advisories from the National Weather ...

A heat dome has settled on a large part of the United States and now comes the "ring of fire." Here's what to expect in Tennessee.

Where will thunderstorms form? Thunderstorms packing dangerous wind gusts are expected across parts of North and South Carolina and the Southeast on June 25, according to the Storm Prediction Center.

The first named storm of the 2025 hurricane season, Tropical Storm Andrea, formed on Tuesday in the north Atlantic. Anantha Aiyyer, professor at North Carolina State University, explains how the storm ...

When the convective temperature is reached, that's when the air at the surface overcomes the cap and "passes" through the "brick wall". It's then that thunderstorms will begin to form.