There can be long stretches throughout the year, especially during the winter, when it doesn't seem like the clouds want to break up. The lack of sunshine can come from what meteorologists call a ...

Normally, as you go up into the atmosphere, temperature decreases with height. But this is not always the case. The atmosphere is made up of many different layers that have different characteristics.

Temperature inversions are atmospheric phenomena where temperature increases with increasing altitude, creating extreme stability that inhibits vertical mixing. They are commonly formed nocturnally ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — When we get higher in the atmosphere temperatures normally decrease, with the ground acting as a heat source. When it comes to temperature inversion the opposite is true. We find ...

If you stepped outside Thursday morning, took a deep breath, and immediately wondered if a neighbor was burning tires, you ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — An inversion has formed at Lake Tahoe. Tahoe’s mountaintops are peaking out above the inversion layer Friday morning. Inversions are stable air masses where cooler air is ...

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