Graupel is soft, pelletlike precipitation that forms when supercooled water droplets freeze onto falling snowflakes, creating ...

A Blue Norther is a swift, intense cold front that sweeps through the Southern Plains, causing a sudden temperature plunge ...

Snow ratio describes how much snow falls compared to its water content, helping forecasters gauge whether a storm will bring ...

A landslide is the sudden downhill movement of rock, soil, and debris, often triggered when heavy rain, especially from ...

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 ...

Some of you may have experienced an earthquake, but what about a frost quake? A frost quake, also called a cryoseism, is a rare weather phenomenon that occurs during extremely cold winter conditions.

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