As I’ve mentioned in previous articles, there are over 40,000 thunderstorms forming every day across the globe. That’s nearly 1,700 per hour. For an entire year, it’s estimated that our planet will ...

Some squall lines can produce tornadoes, too. They’re often wrapped in rain and move erratically.

People may be frustrated by the lack of detail when weather forecasters say, "There will be thunderstorms popping up, but we don't know where." Now a key finding in a study by the UK Centre for ...

Satellite data show that wind conditions affect the connection between soil moisture and thunderstorms, which could be used to inform forecasting. Thunderstorm updraughts are driven by a process ...