Welcome Back to The Climate Classroom! Last time, we explored how hail forms when cold water droplets collide inside thunderstorms. Today, we’ll discover how thunderstorms hold chunks of ice in the ...

Thunderstorms form when warm, moist air rises into cooler layers above. As the air ascends, water vapour condenses into cloud droplets, releasing heat that adds buoyancy and lifts the air further.

Join Tom Schmidt and Tom Trtan in a discussion about how thunderstorms work! Learn about the ingredients needed, lifting mechanisms, and why sometimes the forecast may be a bust. Also, stick around ...

Most of the strongest tornadoes form within isolated rotating thunderstorms called supercells where a deep rotating ...

Get ready to hunker down for a thunderstorm or two. The National Weather Service in State College has issues a Hazardous Weather Outlook for several counties in central Pennsylvania. The alert was ...

A daily risk of severe thunderstorms will continue to shift eastward toward the Appalachians in the coming days. The main threat will be from high wind gusts, AccuWeather meteorologists advise. The ...

Because severe wildfires generate large amounts of energy in the form of heat, they can create their own weather. When wildfires are intense, air tends to move much more violently and produce strong ...

Here in Oklahoma, we know severe weather all too well. Tornadoes, hail, and strong spring storms are part of our landscape. But another type of severe weather—hurricanes—can sometimes reach us too, ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Good Wednesday bloggers, We are still tracking two cold fronts this week. The 1st one arrives this evening, and the 2nd one arrives Friday morning. The 1st front will bring some ...