Have you ever stood at the base of a mountain, looked up, and wondered why the weather above seems completely different from ...

TVA says the Nolichucky River watershed received rainfall that was equal to a 1-in-5,000-year rain event. This does not mean this type of flood happens every 5,000 years.

The orographic effect occurs when air masses are forced to flow over high topography, aka the mountains, according to Penn State. As these air masses rise over mountains, they cool and water vapor ...

"In the mountains, that rainfall quickly funnels into streams and rivers. Asheville, North Carolina, a fast-growing city of about 95,000 residents , is located in a bowl in mountainous terrain.

Orographic lifting, a process that occurs when hills or mountains force air to rise and cool, caused water vapor to condense and additional precipitation to form as it combined with Helene's ...

Orographic lifting contributes to the snowpack in a way that differs from a typical storm system. ... The Northern Mountain’s snowpack is about where they should be for this time of year.

More scattered showers and thunderstorms are in store for Father’s Day in a moist and unstable regional atmosphere. Diurnal ...

These majestic landscapes have always been dangerous, but as the world warms, mountains are becoming much more unpredictable — and the world is unprepared.

In total, several locations across Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas recorded more than a foot of rain from Helene, with the highest rainfall totals across the North Carolina Mountains.

Since our example is about the mountains, one of the most common forms of adiabatic cooling is called orographic lifting. ... Jennifer Gray is a weather and climate writer for weather.com.