Because it covers cases where what is falling out of the sky might be rain, snow, or some other specific weather-word for what's happening, but exactly WHICH would vary across the area being spoken about. read more
Because it covers cases where what is falling out of the sky might be rain, snow, or some other specific weather-word for what's happening, but exactly WHICH would vary across the area being spoken about. read more
Americans strongly believe climate change only happens to other people, according to new data released by Yale University's Program on Climate Change Communication. The Climate Opinion Maps give Americans an interactive glimpse into the country's view of threats from global warming. read more
The main forms of precipitation include drizzle, rain, sleet, snow, graupel (precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water are collected and freeze on a falling snowflake, forming 0.079–0.197 inch balls of rime) and hail. read more
Your friends are fuming, and you shoot off an angry tweet to The Weather Channel. (MORE: 5 Hurricanes That Produced the Most Tornadoes) In a forecast, the precipitation probability's numerical value is a product of the current atmospheric conditions in the area, according to Dale Eck, director of the Global Forecast Center at The Weather Channel. read more