Burn off is the process of fog gradually dissipating as the sun warms the air, causing the water droplets to evaporate from ...

Acid rain is precipitation that contains harmful acids formed from air pollution, and it can damage ecosystems, structures, ...

A hailpad is a simple foam-and-foil tool that helps scientists track hail size and distribution by capturing the dents left ...

While a funnel cloud may look like a tornado and form the same way, there's a very distinct difference between the two.

This segment originally appeared in today's edition of the Morning Brief newsletter. Sign up here to get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists. When you hear the word ...

Gravity waves are a type of cloud pattern that have little to do with gravity and more to do with the waves. Think of a rock being thrown in a lake or pond and the ripples it creates. As the ...

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While CAPE (when referring to weather) may not have the same definition as a superhero would use, in some ways, it does help give a thunderstorm superpowers. CAPE is expressed in joules per ...