There are over fourteen million thunderstorms worldwide every year. Most thunderstorms are short-lived cells developed over land during daytime heating from the sun. Thunderstorm cells are developed...

There is certain criteria that has to be met before a thunderstorm is considered to be severe. When a severe weather warning is put out, it is typically based on information that has been detected by...

Precipitation is defined as any of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the atmosphere and reach the ground. I was once asked at the weather office "What is...

Tropical weather predictions are mostly based on forecast models and the models are fairly accurate for the most part, but these models tend to miss some of the simple factors that steer tropical...

The general circulation of the atmosphere refers to the flow of air over the entire globe. It serves to transport warm air from tropical regions poleward and maintains a return flow of cold air from...

Every hour a weather observer or a ASOS weather system sends out an observation with the current state of the sky. Sky condition reports can help determine the weather over the next several days. For...