The wedge is a Southeast U.S. weather pattern where cold air becomes trapped against the Appalachians, creating chilly, ...

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

The cone of uncertainty shows the predicted path of a hurricane’s center, expanding over time to reflect growing forecast ...

A supercell is a long-lived thunderstorm with a rotating updraft that can produce extreme weather like large hail, damaging ...

Senior writer Chris DeWeese edits Morning Brief, The Weather Channel’s newsletter.

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 ...