Weather Explainer Archives | The Cool Down

A sunfish breaking the surface of the water.

Tech

Marine heatwaves reshape Britain's seas as native fish head north and sunfish surge

A team loading a plane with cloud-seeding supplies.

Tech

Indonesia ramps up cloud seeding as Borneo wildfires track toward one of its worst years

People using a public fountain.

Outdoors

A scorching French Open hints at how heat is remaking Europe's summer

A sunroom before a microburst.

Tech

Eyewitness footage captures Alabama storm ripping a sunroom to pieces in seconds

A boat travels across a calm, green sea under a cloudy sky.

Tech

Florida nears hurricane peak with the Atlantic stuck in 'a tropical graveyard'

A storm at a tennis court.

Tech

Across the eastern US, extreme rain is consolidating into bigger, less frequent storms

A snow-covered mountain on a sunny day.

Tech

Researchers define 'snow eaters,' a category of heat wave that can strip inches of snowpack overnight

A house with sandbags.

Home

Forecasters warn California of 'strongest El Niño ever' as flood-insurance window narrows

Waves breaking on a beach with green vegetation in the foreground.

Tech

Florida meteorologists track shifting risk factors as African tropical waves cross Atlantic

A metal hay feeder surrounded by dry grass in a field.

Outdoors

Nearly 200 counties in Texas and Oklahoma under burn bans as wildfire risk climbs

A house with solar panels.

Tech

UK solar owner asks for guidance as 100.5F heat seems to cause unusual dip in panels' production

A man talking about a flash flood.

Outdoors

Missing hunting blind in Kansas becomes a warning about how fast floodwater can surge