I teach meteorology at Georgia Tech, in a part of the country that pays close attention to the Atlantic hurricane season. Here’s a quick look at one of the key forces that can determine whether a ...

Besides the wind chill feeling colder than the actual air temperature, it can pose dangerous risks to your health. The colder ...

A hurricane’s category is one of the most well-known metrics to describe how dangerous a storm is, but that single number only tells part of the story. Another key bit of information about a storm is ...

Hurricane season can get pretty confusing when it comes to terminology - we get it. There are a lot of terms that sound similar, but their distinctions are crucial throughout the life cycle of a ...

Wind shear is defined as the change in wind speed, wind direction, or both, over some distance. You may have heard airplane pilots talk about turbulence and warn passengers that they’re in for a bumpy ...

Hurricane forecasts contain a wealth of information, such as their forecast path. But there are other caveats crucial to the storm's potential impacts that may not appear on more widely used forecast ...