Compared with other states, Texas ranks number 1 for frequency of tornadoes, number 1 for number of deaths, number 1 for injuries and number 1 for cost of damages. When we ......

The word moonsoon means seasonal winds/rain or changing winds/rain. Every year the seasonal wind/rain that drench the countryside with water that destroys and heals.This is cause by land-sea temperature differences due ......

The short answer is from the ground to the cloud, but it's a complicated process. When too much negative charge builds up in a cloud, a bundle of charge moves from ......

    They are all the same thing a tropical cyclone which is a storm system characterized by a low pressure system and thunderstorms that produces strong wind and flooding rain. A ......

Both a hurricane and a typhoon are tropical cyclones.  The only difference between them is that a hurricane originates in the Atlantic Ocean or Caribbean Sea , and a typhoon originates ......

Less is known about these storms that we would like but we do have a rough idea.  Hurricanes form in tropical regions where there is warm water (at least 80 degrees Fahrenheit ......

A monsoon is a wind pattern that reverses direction seasonally.  It is much unlike a storm or cyclone in that it does not randomly form, nor would you say there's a ......

Weather prediction is based on various pieces of technology and what we know about physics and trends.  We don't know nearly as much as we could know which is why the ......

A pilot would probably tell you that the most dangerous weather is unexpected weather.  If there are bad weather conditions but the pilots are aware of them then they can either ......

The weather in France is actually very varied, depending on where it is.  Northern France is very much like England, wet and cool, but not cold like it gets in Canadian ......

According to Statistics Canada the average snowfall in Oakville, Ontario for the month of November is 2.7cm.  December sees 17.6cm and January sees 28.1cm to put it in perspective.  Don't think ......

A tornado is a violently destructive and localized windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground. AKA a Twister !...

Lightning causes thunder. When lightning strikes, it superheats the air around it. This causes a shockwave, kind of like throwing a rock into water. The ripples cause sound as they travel ......