You’ve likely seen this summer forecast where there’s a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms for what seems like ...

Plus, when the radar detects an increasing amount of rain, we can tell that convection is continuing to fuel a storm. For convection to happen, the atmosphere needs to be unstable, with warmer air ...

convection cell—Convection is the movement of heat within a gas or liquid by the circulation of currents. With natural convection—the type responsible for atmospheric movement—the ...

We received many different cloud pictures from yesterday afternoon and early evening. Many of these cloud pictures left us awestruck with how beautiful they were.

The lapse rate (how cool or warm the air is as you go up) of the atmosphere is the main thing to look at. If the air is cooling faster than a threshold rate, it is considered unstable.

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Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island, have, for the first time, found evidence for cloud convection in the northern hemisphere of Titan, Saturn's moon.

Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island, have, for the first time, found evidence for cloud convection in the northern hemisphere of Titan, Saturn's moon.