A cloud waterfall is when moist air rises over terrain, forming a cloud that appears to spill over a ridge before evaporating ...

Mare's tail clouds are wispy, high-altitude cirrus clouds shaped by strong winds aloft, often signaling increasing winds, ...

Leaf marcescence is when trees hold onto their dry leaves through winter, protecting buds and enriching the soil come spring.

Are you a fall person or an autumn person? When the leaves start to turn and the air gets crisp, you might hear both “fall” and “autumn” used to describe the season, but which one is correct? They can ...

When our weather team says the air is going to bite… sometimes they mean that quite literally. Meteorologist Derek Witt ...

Mammatus clouds are pouchlike formations that hang from the base of storm clouds, signaling turbulence in the atmosphere but not necessarily severe weather.

Radar beams quite literally move at the speed of light, and when they bounce off an object in the sky and return to the radar site to be collected and analyzed, we called that an “echo.” For weather ...

In more than 20 years as a meteorologist, I learned plenty about how people interpret weather forecasts. Perhaps the most interesting (frustrating?) thing is that people ignore the words "chance" and ...

Meteorologist Derek Witt is back to explain the different types of microbursts, how they were discovered, and what to do if you're ever caught in one.