(THE CONVERSATION) Along the U.S. West Coast, atmospheric rivers are dreaded for the damage they can cause, but they are also essential to the region’s snowpack and water supply, as Qian Cao, a ...

If weather were a rock band, atmospheric pressure might be the bassist — sitting in the background, not quite the center of attention, but crucial to driving the tempo and tone. Air pressure systems ...

HEADQUARTERS MELANIE WINGO KCRA THREE NEWS. ALL RIGHT, MELANIE, THANK YOU. AND THE NEXT STORM MOVING IN COULD BRING EVEN MORE PROBLEMS FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. LET’S GO CHECK IN WITH DIRK VERDOORN.

To understand what a heat dome is, some basic concepts in meteorology, such as atmospheric pressure, are important to know. As the Earth spins and the sun warms the planet, eddies of dense air ...

There has been a lot of talk about the term “atmospheric river” in the last month or so. Some feel the term is now being overused or even misused. So what is an atmospheric river? The term first ...

No, this doesn't address the anxiety you might feel while shooting an instrument approach to minimums or the intense pressure to keep your speed up after a slam-dunk vector to the final approach ...

Have headaches appeared since Tropical Storm Debby moved through Georgia and the Savannah area? There is likely a reason for that, and it's not just the stress associated with Debby's continuous ...