On Monday, around 3:40 p.m., an unexpected severe storm hit the city of Matanzas, bringing with it hail and strong winds, as ...

Atmospheric instability has two components: rising air and wind shear, which is created as wind speed changes with height. The rising air, or updraft, is essential because air cools as it moves up ...

Stronger atmospheric instability and wind shear present over southeastern Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba could lead to some stronger storm development, and even a supercell or two Wednesday ...

The plethora of cloud subtypes range from being fairly common to extremely rare. A cloud type is considered ‘rare’ if it only forms under extremely precise atmospheric conditions. Granted, all clouds ...

While atmospheric rivers share a similar origin (moisture supply from the tropics), atmospheric instability of the jet stream allows them to curve poleward in different ways.

While atmospheric rivers share a similar origin – moisture supply from the tropics – atmospheric instability of the jet stream allows them to curve poleward in different ways. No two ...