LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A thunderstorm can be classified based on the presence or absence of rotation, the distribution of updrafts and downdrafts, and its visual appearance. The most basic type of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This image shows Houston radar as a powerful derecho approaches the city in May 2024. (NOAA's National Weather Service) During ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The Columbus weather pattern in summertime sometimes feels repetitive: early clouds followed by sunshine, building clouds, and, in some places, a late-day thunderstorm on a ...

Thunderstorms need moisture, energy — which meteorologists call instability — and some sort of lift to form. Usually, the lift comes from cold and warmer air masses colliding along a line called a ...

Thunderstorms can be triggered by a variety of factors: first, fronts; then an outflow boundary, which is a push of wind out ahead of a main line of storms; and lastly, popcorn or pulse thunderstorms ...

Severe storms eyeing the Chicago area Tuesday have the potential to produce supercells, considered to be one of the most powerful types of storm. But what exactly are they and what makes them so ...

During springtime in Houston, a steamy afternoon can quickly give way to towering cumulonimbus clouds overhead. Often called “popcorn storms,” these cells bubble up quickly and fade just as fast. But ...