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Weather Words: Mirage

A mirage is an optical illusion created when sharp temperature differences near the surface bend light, making distant objects appear distorted, reflected or out of place.
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 ...
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Weather Words: Coriolis Effect

The Coriolis effect is the apparent bending of winds and currents caused by Earth’s rotation, shaping the swirl of storms and ...
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Weather words: Rime ice

Rime ice forms when supercooled water droplets make contact with a cold surface.
Anabatic winds refer to any upslope wind (flowing uphill), typically driven by heating from solar radiation during the day. Contrary to their counterpart, katabatic winds, anabatic winds are typically ...
A ground blizzard is a sub-category of blizzard in which snow is being blown from what is already on the ground without any ...
We here in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan live in the mid-latitudes, which is what our belt of the planet is called between polar and tropical regions. So, low-pressure systems that track ...
Probability is a vital part of our extended forecasts, and the further we are from a weather event, details are much less certain. So how do we get a better idea of what scenario is most likely, given ...
David and Ryan leave the studio to find out if those in Downtown Dothan preferred this past weekend's snow or the heavy snow that fell exactly one year ago.