Earth Science

A supercell thunderstorm is one of the four types of thunderstorms. The others are the single-cell thunderstorm, the multi-cell thunderstorm, and the squall line. Only the derecho type of squall line is rarer. Supercell thunderstorms can sometimes be found embedded…
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Lightning is an electrical discharge in the atmosphere.  It usually occurs during thunderstorms, but can also occur during volcanic eruptions and dust storms.  This article will discuss a few of the myths and facts about lightning. Myths “Lightning always strikes…
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The air temperature where you are is affected by many different things. Global effects caused by seasons and wind currents are part of the picture, but more specific things like terrain and cloud cover in a particular location also contribute…
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For the most part, clouds are a natural phenomena that occur on celestial bodies that are possessed of an atmosphere, so it will not come as a surprise that clouds occur on earth as well as on some of her…
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Does your child enjoy playing dress up or cops and robbers? Are you interested in introducing your child to another form of imagination? Clouds are a mystery in disguise. Did you ever look at the clouds and say, “Look mom,…
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A cow’s tail to the west is weather coming at its best;a cow’s tail to the east is weather coming at its least You really may not be able to accurately forecast the weather by going by such old sayings….
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Bright white streaks suspended in the sky, Cirrus clouds are characterized by hair like filaments which may often resemble a fluctuating horses’s tail and this is why they are often gently referred to as “mare tails”. Cirrus clouds are very…
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Looking out the window is something most of us do several times a day, in fact it’s usually one of the first things we do in the morning after we pull ourselves from our beds to face the day ahead…
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Weather; it has the ability to impact on so many things and as evolved as humans are, we remain at its mercy. Aside from the impact on land, property and human life that weather may have, it also wields a…
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Humans live about 80 years on average, so we tend to think in time spans of this length (or less) when relating to our world. Perhaps this is why claims are made in each generation that “the weather is worse…
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