By: Lenna Gonya
Mark Twain is sometimes credited for the saying, “If you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes and it will change.“ He was talking about New England, but that statement could fit many parts of the country. That is what weather does...
By: Cameron Scott
Weather is the rain, snow, sunshine, or wind you can see happening right outside the window. It also includes all kinds of measurements such as temperature and humidity. It's immediate and it's exact. The difference between weather and climate is that weather is what you...
By: Marisol Dayton
On New Year’s Eve 2010 a rare outbreak of tornadoes devastated parts of Arkansas, Missouri and Mississippi. The little town of Cincinnatti, Arkansas was leveled. Seven people lost their lives, three in Arkansas and four in Missouri. In larger towns tornado sirens warned residents...
By: Cameron Scott
A nor'easter is a strong cyclonic storm which travels up the East Coast of the United States and Canada. They happen most often in winter because they feed off cold air, although nor'easters can happen at any time of year. When the centre of the...
By: Lenna Gonya
We hear a lot about high and low pressure areas on the daily weather forecast. And while we might not totally understand what this means, or the significance, most of us recognize that low pressure usually means some sort of weather event in the near...
By: Nancy Houser
"So the whirlwind originates in the failure of an incipient hurricane to escape from its cloud: it is due to the resistance which generates the eddy, and it consists in the spiral which descends to the earth and drags with it the cloud which it...
The reason why snow is white
By: Leigh-Ann Andersen
Snow just wouldn’t be the same if it wasn’t white. One of the reasons people love snow is because it coats everything in white, making everything seem so pure and clean. Many people even refer to snow as the ‘white stuff.&rsquo...
By: Nancy Houser
Many people are confused about unusually severe and cold winters in the UK, western US, eastern Pacific and Iceland. Meanwhile, warmer temperatures are increasing in western Greenland, Siberia and northern Canada, running at a rate of 2C to 10C higher than normal. (Guardian.co.uk)...
By: Lenna Gonya
The difference between a regular winter snow storm and a lake effect snow storm are basically the way the storm is fueled and the amount of snow that may ensue. When cold, frigid air travels down from the polar regions, and collides with warmer air...
By: Nancy Houser
In 1923, the American poet Robert Frost penned his famous poem, "The Dust of Snow." Consisting of only eight lines, Frost vividly speaks of snow as a gentle life-changing experience, "The way a crow/shook down on me/the dust of snow/from a hemlock tree/has given...

 

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