Surface temperature is the temperature on the ground level, which often determines when roads freeze, helping explain why icy ...

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

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

Wind gusts are brief bursts of stronger wind caused by atmospheric turbulence and mixing, and they’re often mistaken for ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...