There can be long stretches throughout the year, especially during the winter, when it doesn't seem like the clouds want to break up. The lack of sunshine can come from what meteorologists call a ...

Let’s start with a very basic piece of scientific information: Warm air rises. This happens largely because warm air is less dense than the cooler air that surrounds it. This process also occurs when ...

FARGO, N.D. -- A new report from North Dakota State University describes in detail how temperature inversions work and how they can cause pesticide spray drift and damage. John Enz, professor emeritus ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – The definition of winter varies depending on where you live. For Floridians, any time the temperature falls below 65 degrees, that’s winter-like weather. For other areas across the ...

What’s an inversion? An inversion is when the temperature gets warmer with height. We usually think of the temperature falling with height, but in this case, the opposite is true. So, what are a ...

Have you ever walked outside in Pueblo on a cold morning and seen the haze in the sky? Or watched our morning forecasts and seen Woodland Park is warmer than Pueblo? It’s very common at this time of ...

Waking up to bright skies on a fall morning can be a real bonus for us. Why is it every so often even when the forecast calls for fair weather, we find ourselves driving to work under a layer of slate ...

BRETT FRENCH Of The Gazette Staff Jan 22, 2009 Jan 22, 2009 0 As a temperature inversion embraced the Flathead Valley this week, mirages of ghostly snow-covered buttes shimmered on the horizon above ...

Our latest storm system departed last night and stabilized our atmosphere today. In fact, it was too stable over the eastern sections. Here, a strong temperature inversion which shows up on the skew-t ...