The dark clouds gather, and thunder rumbles in the distance. Your heart starts to race as the storm approaches. For some, the anxiety and fear caused by thunderstorms can feel overwhelming. However, it’s possible to find serenity even as a storm looms. 7 strategies to help you remain centered and calm during thunderstorms 1. Prepare ...
The most devastating tornadoes are often preceded by cloudy plumes of ice and water vapor billowing above severe thunderstorms leading to deadly supercell thunderstorms. New research reveals the mechanism for these plumes could be tied to “hydraulic jumps” — a phenomenon Leonardo Da Vinci observed more than 500 years ago. When a cloudy plume of ...
Thunderstorms often provoke violent cloud bursts that can result in devastating flooding. But what actually spawns thunderstorms and cloud bursts? This question has spurred a new study by researchers with surprising results. These powerful storms are weather disturbances characterized by concentrations of thunder, lightning, and fierce winds. When they accumulate in clusters, these storms are ...
You’ve probably seen satellite images that show severe storms like hurricanes developing — thick white clouds clumping together, arms spinning around a central eye as it heads for the coast. After decades of research, meteorologists still have questions about how hurricanes develop. Now, Florida State University researchers have found that even the smallest changes in ...
NASA’s Hubble telescope recently captured a series of images of Neptune and Uranus that show two huge storms on the icy planets. Images were taken during the telescope’s routine annual weather monitoring schedule. The storms on both planets were concentrated in the northern regions. NASA’s Hubble Telescope captures planetary storms The storm identified on Neptune ...
Powerful storms that cause extreme weather conditions — such as flooding across Europe and North America, with the potential to wreak social and economic havoc — could increase threefold by the end of the 21st century due to climate change. Pioneering new research, led by Dr. Matt Hawcroft from the University of Exeter, has shown new and ...
In the western Utah desert, the Telescope Array sprawls across an area the size of New York City, waiting for cosmic rays. The facility detects the high-energy particles that collide with Earth’s atmosphere constantly; the cosmic rays trigger the 500-plus sensors once every few minutes. While pouring over data in 2013, Telescope Array physicists discovered ...
Thunderstorms in Earth’s upper atmosphere remain something of a mystery. Scientists cannot reach them directly with instruments; they are too high for balloons and too low for weather satellites. Flying through thunderstorms or camping out on mountaintops waiting for one typically ranks low even on an adventurers’ bucket list. An investigation aboard the International Space Station has come ...
Two Purdue University studies show that urbanization changes storm patterns and rainfall amounts, highlighting the need for urban planning and infrastructure design that considers how the landscape will affect the weather. In two separate papers, teams led by Dev Niyogi, Indiana state climatologist and professor in the departments of Agronomy and Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, studied storm patterns ...
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