Weather Phenomena

Question: Hello, I really don’t have any knowledge on weather topics, etc. but I’m having a debate with a friend on why there are strong winds going on in SOCAL. I live in La Puente and my friend lives in East Los Angeles (15-20 miles distance). My friend believes the reason why there are strong […]

Question: i am wondering if the atmospheric rivers from the western pacific near Hawaii would even exist if Hawaii was not there? Answer: Atmospheric rivers are narrow corridors of concentrated moisture in the atmosphere, typically originating over warm ocean waters. These features are driven by large-scale weather patterns, such as the interaction of jet streams, ocean temperatures,

Question: It is the third time a hurricane forms in Campeche coast in Mexico. What are the conditions for this to happen? What made Milton hurricane lose power before going inland, and reduce from a category 5 to a category 3? Answer: Atlantic and Gulf hurricanes can form anywhere in the tropics from the western

Question: I was driving back from McPherson KS yesterday. Weather front moving through temp dropped over the hour from 80 ish high humid to 60’s or 50’s. Tornado Watch i believe. i was driving back on Hwy 150, about 50 minutes out of town heading back to Kansas City when all of a sudden all