Understanding Vertical Motion in the Atmosphere: The Engine Behind Weather Changes
Weather doesn’t just happen horizontally across the Earth — it also develops vertically through the atmosphere. Vertical motion plays a crucial role in cloud formation, storm development,...
Forecasting the Movement & Intensity of Surface Synoptic Features
The forecasting of surface anticyclogenesis and cyclogenesis are brought forth and how these effect steering and intensity changes with surface features. A main point to remember when forecasting...
Tornado Basics, Severe Weather Preparation, & The Enhanced Fujita scale
Earth’s weather can produce various kinds of windstorms which include waterspouts, dust devils and tornadoes. Although they have the common features of a column of rotating air, they are actually...
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 Air Mass As an air mass begins to move out of its source region, there are modifications that take place. These modifications change the stability of the air mass, and the laws of physics...
Forecasting Surface Weather & Depiction of Cloud Types & Precipitation
Forecasting cloud types is essential to determining precipitation amounts and intensities. The rule of thumb is the lower the cloud base, the higher the potential for precipitation intensity....
