Mesovortices are small, intense areas of rotation that can spin inside or around the eye of a powerful hurricane, creating ...

A landslide is the sudden downhill movement of rock, soil, and debris, often triggered when heavy rain, especially from ...

A marine layer is a cool, dense layer of air over the ocean that often brings coastal fog, low clouds and cooler temperatures ...

When you see a mackerel sky, you can usually expect the clouds to start thickening with moisture within about 12 hours as the ...

Howard is the reason we have cumulus (meaning "heap"), stratus ("layer"), cirrus ("curl") and many other cloud names. His ...

When rain refuses to fall for weeks on end, a dry spell can gradually become a full-on drought. But what do meteorologists and other scientists look for to confirm it’s actually a drought? The ...

The equinox happens twice a year, around March 20 and September 22, when day and night are nearly equal in length all over the world. The word itself comes from the Latin aequus (equal) and nox (night ...

The sun heats the Earth’s surface with solar radiation, and how quickly it heats everything up depends on the color of the surfaces being heated. Albedo is the term that describes the fraction of ...

With temperatures finally between the 70s and 40s, David and Ryan stroll through Dothan to ask if others are enjoying the ...