Normally, as you go higher into the atmosphere the air gets cooler, but during a temperature inversion, warm air sits above cooler air near the ground. This shift in temperature plays a key role in ...

NORFOLK, Va. — It was a steamy day outside and you had just settled into bed after a day at the beach. Then, suddenly, you’re jolted out of bed by loud, rolling thunder, seemingly louder than any ...

Chief Meteorologist Morgan Palmer says through the next few hours -- through 11 p.m. -- we’ll continue to see heavy downpours of rain and thunderstorms with the chance for small hail. The possibility ...

Sioux Falls officials announced Wednesday morning they will begin activating outdoor warning sirens for "destructive severe thunderstorm warnings" in addition to tornado warnings. The National Weather ...

The National Weather Service provides a way to roughly calculate distance from a lightning strike. A bolt of lightning heats the air to about 50,000 degrees when it strikes. There’s no safe place ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A few strange things occurred with our weather early Thursday morning and Wednesday afternoon. A few rounds of thunderstorms rolled through WNY, which is not out of the ordinary in ...