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How Mountains Create Their Own Weather Systems
Have you ever stood at the base of a mountain, looked up, and wondered why the weather above seems completely different from ...
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On This Date: 8+ Feet Of Rain Falls In Two Days, Setting A World Record
Cherrapunji, India, picked up 30+ inches more rain in two days than what Miami and New Orleans average in a single year.
Orographic lifting’s impact on the Western Slope
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - Orographic lifting contributes to the snowpack in a way that differs from a typical storm ...
Tropical Showers and muggy conditions continue through Thursday
Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are on the menu once again, as a weak upper level trough moves across the WVLT ...
Uttarakhand chopper crash: What is ‘Rambara Express’? Why Kedarnath air corridor poses high risk for pilots?
Pilots have flagged the Kedarnath air corridor as highly perilous due to the 'Rambara Express,' a rapid cloud surge causing ...
An active weekend ahead with thunderstorms expected Friday through Sunday
The warm and humid southerly flow will aid the development of isolated to scattered showers and a few thunderstorms early in ...
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The atmospheric river hitting California as seen from space: How to interpret it
This is called orographic lift. The moist air plume cools as it gains altitude, and the moisture condenses, falling as precipitation. The atmospheric river in this satellite image will sag ...
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Why was the flooding in Asheville, North Carolina, so extreme? Meteorologists explain.
Orographic lifting, a process that occurs when hills or mountains force air to rise and cool, caused water vapor to condense and additional precipitation to form as it combined with Helene's ...