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Vertical wind shear—the difference in the speed and direction of winds at different altitudes—is a much more useful variable for the researchers. “When we look in the same three re-analysis ...

News headlines recently that told of cutbacks at the National Weather Service included stories about the reduction in the ...

“There was a lot of atmospheric instability and some wind shear, but the wind shear wasn’t what you’d normally see in a tornado event.” Before the staffing cuts, the weather service ...

The angles at which they collide tend to create unstable air and wind shear—two big factors that favor tornado formation. For decades, most of the largest outbreaks occurred across northeastern ...

Typically, ENSO-neutral can promote Atlantic hurricanes, as does La Niña, because of lower wind shear over the Atlantic, meteorologist Andy Hazelton told USA TODAY. "Sometimes, if it's 'warm ...

This elevated risk is due to significant amounts of heat, moisture, and wind shear that will arrive Monday. Temperatures will top 80°, humidity levels will be the highest yet this spring ...

It doesn't mean a tornado is occurring, but it signals that the necessary ingredients — such as strong wind shear, atmospheric instability and lift — are present. When a tornado watch is ...