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Weather Words: Cone Of Uncertainty
It shows the predicted path of a hurricane’s center, expanding over time to reflect growing forecast uncertainty.
A typhoon is the same type of storm as a hurricane, but it forms in a different part of the world. Typhoons develop over the ...
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Weather Words: 'Harvest'
"Harvest" comes from an Old English word of Germanic origin, hærfest, which in some senses means “picking, plucking” (as one ...
When the sky flickers nonstop and thunder is roaring consistently, you may be witnessing more than just a passing storm, you may be experiencing a lightning outbreak. This term refers to an unusually ...
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Weather Words: Fall Vs. Autumn
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 ...
As days grow shorter and temperatures cool, trees prepare for winter by shutting down food production. This process is called leaf senescence, the aging and eventual death of leaves. Chlorophyll, the ...
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