An avalanche is a sudden, fast-moving slide of snow down a mountain slope, triggered when weather conditions weaken the ...
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Weather words: sleet vs. freezing rain

Freezing rain and sleet are both types of wintry precipitation, but have vastly different consequences. Read this article to ...
Greater Cincinnati is bracing for a possible winter storm expected to blanket the region in snow early next week. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm watch for portions of Southwest ...
Surface temperature is the temperature on the ground level, which often determines when roads freeze, helping explain why icy ...
When the snow starts flying and your phone buzzes with weather alerts, do you really know what they mean? Terms like “Winter Storm Watch,” “Wind Chill Warning,” or “Freezing Rain Advisory” aren’t just ...
The Arctic Oscillation is a metric used to describe the strength of the polar vortex, or mass of arctic air that rotates ...