Bands of rain brought welcome relief to parts of High Plains while the West was mostly dry, according to the U.S. Drought ...

The La Nina that helped keep us drier this past winter has ended and now we’re heading towards El Nino by the end of the year ...

Have you ever wondered why certain types of precipitation form? Well, the difference between rain, freezing rain, sleet, and snow all boils down to the temperature of the atmosphere. All precipitation ...

This rapid transition between wet and dry weather conditions is a hallmark of climate change, and it’s also an accelerating climate threat. This phenomenon is called “precipitation whiplashes,” and ...

Strong precipitation may cause natural disasters, such as floodings or landslides. Global climate models are required to forecast the frequency of these extreme events, which is expected to change as ...

New forecasts show the globe could be heading toward one of the strongest El Niño events in over 100 years, which could have ...

Precipitation comes in all forms: rain, sleet, freezing rain, and snow. Some even count virga, which becomes a gas and evaporates before it reaches us as raindrops. Hail also exists but forms ...

Attribution researches the influence of climate change on local weather and impacts. We issues alerts in many instances when the Climate Shift Index identifies a notable extreme weather event around ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - With wintry weather on the way to Central Texas this weekend, we are sure that many of you are wondering what kind of winter precipitation is expected and why exactly that is.