It is most pronounced in the mid-latitude belts of the westerly winds, where a usually continuous procession of traveling high- and low-pressure centres produces a constantly shifting weather pattern. In tropical regions, by contrast, weather varies little from day to day or from month to ...
Snow begins to accumulate in the mountains and ski resorts tend to open toward the end of the month. Spring March begins with cold weather at the start of the spring season in Utah. Early spring is prone to cold fronts, and the arid land has sizable daily temperature differences. A ...
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Tire tracks in the snow. 8 hours ago 2-month-old baby, toddler found on sidewalk during Houston snowstorm; mother reportedly intoxicatedRead full article: 2-month-old baby, toddler found on sidewalk during Houston snowstorm; mother reportedly intoxicated Precinct 4 deputies at deadly shooting 5 ...
I'll trade your rain and clouds for the smoke and dust I have in southern Utah! There's not a cloud in the sky, but visibility is less than 20 miles. There isn't enough wind to blow it away. The new equipment curse is killing my ability to use my stuff. ...
A month of rain in days: Pineapple Express to drench California, Northwest The wet weather fueled by an atmospheric river represents an about-face after a dry January helped ignite fires that devastated California. Associated Press Pacific Coast Highway reopens nearly a month after devastating Sout...
A quick look ahead at this week's forecast shows wind chills dropping to 20 below zero in less than 48 hours with air temperatures checking in at -6 degrees by Thursday morning. That 50 to 60-degree swing is a perfect example of just how extreme the weather can be in the Mount Rushmor...
The Black Hills can amplify snowfall totals from slow-moving Plains winter storms as moist, cold northerly winds are lifted by the mountains. Lead averages at least 20 inches of snow each month from November through April and lies in the heart of the Great Plains "blizzard alley." A five-...
FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC (F3/C) constellation of six micro-satellites was launched into the circular low-earth orbit at 800 km altitude with a 72-degree
in the Northern Hemisphere. As a result the Antarctic polar vortex is more resistant than the Arctic polar vortex to incursions made by outside air masses, and it tends to break up only during the onset of spring. Cold-air outbreaks, however, do occur in the Southern Hemisphere, but they...