Posted on October 2, 2022 (Updated on July 22, 2025)
How do they determine the “feels like” temperatures for weather data?
Weather & ForecastsDecoding “Feels Like” Temperature: What the Weather Report Really Means Ever glance at the weather forecast, see a temperature, and then step outside only to think, “Wait a minute, this feels nothing like what they said!”? You’re not alone. That’s because the plain old temperature is just one part of the story. What you really
Posted on October 2, 2022 (Updated on July 22, 2025)
Why do cold-core lows slope towards the cold air with heigth? How to show mathematically that wind intensifies with height in this case?
Weather & ForecastsWhy Cold-Core Lows Lean Towards the Chill: A Weather Geek’s Explanation Okay, so weather, right? It’s this crazy dance of hot and cold, high and low, and sometimes, it throws us curveballs like cold-core lows. Ever wonder why these systems, unlike hurricanes, are the strongest way up high and seem to slant towards the colder
Posted on October 2, 2022 (Updated on July 22, 2025)
Why a stratus cloud does not always reach all the way to the ground?
Weather & ForecastsStratus Clouds: Why Aren’t They Always Fog? Ever gazed up at a gray, featureless sky and thought, “Ugh, stratus clouds”? Those low, flat blankets can really put a damper on your day. But have you ever stopped to wonder why they don’t just sink all the way down and become fog? It’s a pretty interesting
Posted on October 1, 2022 (Updated on July 22, 2025)
Will global Warming continue to produce winter storms in the Northeast US?
Weather & ForecastsNortheast Winters: Warmer, But Still Wild? Okay, let’s talk about winter in the Northeast. You’d think with all this talk about global warming, our winters would just fade away, right? More like a prolonged autumn, maybe a few chilly days. But the truth is, the story’s way more complicated than that. It turns out, climate
Posted on September 30, 2022 (Updated on July 22, 2025)
Why does the frost depth increase when the surface temperature warms up?
Weather & ForecastsThe Frost Paradox: When Warmer Weather Deepens the Freeze (Yes, Really!) Okay, picture this: It’s getting warmer, right? So you’d think the ground would start to thaw. Makes perfect sense. But here’s a head-scratcher: sometimes, a warming trend actually makes the frost go deeper into the ground. How messed up is that? It sounds totally
Posted on September 27, 2022 (Updated on July 22, 2025)
Persistence time of ozone
Weather & ForecastsOzone’s Vanishing Act: How Long Does It Really Stick Around? Ozone (O3) – that triatomic form of oxygen – it’s a bit of a Jekyll and Hyde character in our atmosphere. Up in the stratosphere, it’s our superhero, shielding us from the sun’s harmful UV rays. But down here at ground level? It’s a pollutant,