Weather Basics

Question: I have a question of a more fantastical nature. For a bit of context I’m writing a homebrew Dungeons & Dragons world and currently working on the calendar. I was wondering what would the effects of having two moons have on the land and world as a whole? If possible for you to explain […]

Question:  I was reading joe lauria’s weather blog from fox 4 kansas City. And I saw his graphs from the past ten years. It showed from 2014 to current kansas City hasn’t had a decent amount of snow for the past 10 years and i was wondering why. Before those 10 years, kansas City would actually get

Question: What causes no rain corridors? I live in Cameron TX (76520). For the past few rain storms, the rain has been moving North and East. Examples – Texas had 5 days of rain in a row last month. 4.5 of the 5 days, the rain moved North and East about 10 miles to the

Question: I don’t know if this is something you can answer, but I was wondering how the weather patterns on earth would change if it rotated about twice as fast. I heard that the centrifugal force would pull the water to the equator, would something similar happen to the air currents? How do you think

Question: Why would Tropical Storm Patty form if sea surface temperatures are in the 70s? I thought a minimum of 80 degrees was required for formation. Answer: Anytime you want to know more about a current (or recent) tropical storm, I recommend checking out this link: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2024/ (or when it’s 2025, change the year in the