Snowpack is the buildup of winter snow in the mountains that acts as a natural reservoir, supplying much of the western U.S.

Wind gusts are brief bursts of stronger wind caused by atmospheric turbulence and mixing, and they’re often mistaken for ...

Lakeshore flooding happens when strong winds and waves push water toward the shoreline, causing rapid rises in water levels ...

Sloughing is the slow, gradual shedding of soil, rock, snow or ice from a surface, often driven by gravity and weather over ...

From setting record high temperatures to forming deserts, compressional heating describes the heating of air when compressed.

Freezing spray occurs when wind-driven water droplets from a lake or ocean freeze on contact, rapidly coating shorelines, ...

When you look at the atmosphere over a long period of time, it appears to move like a fluid. And just like a fluid, the atmosphere often moves in waves. When meteorologists are working to determine if ...

Welcome to this first edition of “Weather Word of the Week.” In this weekly segment, Meteorologist Derek Witt will explain the more technical terms of atmospheric science, and how they influence our ...

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