AUSTIN (KXAN) – Have you ever wondered why thunder can have different sounds? A crack versus a rumble? Startlingly loud versus calmingly low? Let’s dive in … The basics: what is thunder? Electrical ...
A bolt of lightning heats the air through which it travels practically instantaneously to about 50,000 degrees F. Such extreme heating causes explosive expansion of the air followed by rapid cooling ...
Improving our ability to detect, predict and alert for extreme thunderstorms — and increase community resilience to them — is a massive undertaking. Our ability to predict extreme weather from ...
DALLAS — A PDS Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect across North Texas Sunday night into early Monday morning. A PDS Severe Thunderstorm Watch is a type of alert indicating that the threat of damage ...
David Sills receives funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and ImpactWX. Gregory Kopp receives funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council ...