Tornadoes are among nature's fiercest furies. Despite the destruction they can cause, the mechanism that results in tornadoes ...
Vertical wind shear can enable the midlevels of the storm to rotate, and upward suction from this mesocyclone can intensify the rotation within the storm’s outflow into a tornado. If you have a ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Chris Nowotarski, Texas A&M University (THE CONVERSATION) Meteorologists began ...
Tornadoes are one of nature’s most fascinating yet terrifying phenomena. While many tornadoes last only a few minutes, some ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Meteorologists have gotten a lot better at forecasting the conditions that make ...
Air Force meteorologist Captain Robert Miller arrived for his forecasting shift at the weather station on Tinker Air Force Base, a sprawling installation roughly five miles east of downtown ...