Thunderstorms need certain ingredients in the atmosphere to form: moisture, instability and lift. However, for storms to tip the scale into severe status, additional ingredients are necessary, such as ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - You may have heard this term before and if you’re wondering what it means, then this article is for you! In short, there’s both directional wind shear and speed wind shear.

According to the National Weather Service, only one in ten thunderstorms that form in the U.S. get strong enough to be considered severe. In Colorado, our geography often gives us the ingredients for ...

MICHIGAN, USA — Forecasting the weather is complex as the atmosphere is always in constant motion. This complexity is enhanced when contending with severe weather. Of the approximately 100,000 ...

Researchers have discovered that Pseudomonas bacteria can detect the speed (shear rate) of flow regardless of the force. By linking the flow-detecting gene to one responsible for illumination, they ...

We often hear this term when weather is blamed for a plane crash. By definition, a wind shear is any change in wind direction and or speed either horizontally or upward. Typically some wind shear is ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — May is here, meaning the Summit City sits in the middle of the severe weather season. We’ve already seen severe weather events, from large hail to damaging winds, to even a ...

Weather is a fickle thing. When a storm system comes in, some places get creamed and others practically untouched. Such was the case for Lexington early Thursday morning. While the area around the ...