Blood rain is a rare phenomenon where rain appears red, caused by airborne dust or runoff from iron-rich or naturally red soil, creating a dramatic, blood-like effect.

Weather Words: Gravity Waves ...

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

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

Concentric waves are circular ripples on water created by raindrops or other surface disturbances, visually showing how ...

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.

Most of my Forbes essays are meant to be informative pieces on weather, climate, and related sciences. However, there are moments when I use them for editorial commentary. This happens to be one of ...