Do you know what causes wind? Well, broadly speaking it’s the sun... but more specifically, how the sun unevenly heats the Earth’s surface. That leads to areas of high and low pressure forming, and in ...

This segment originally appeared in today's edition of the Morning Brief newsletter. Sign up here to get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists. Pressure gradient is the ...

TAMPA, Fla. — As we continue to watch Hurricane Milton's track toward Florida, you may hear our 10 Tampa Bay meteorologists on TV talk about the low pressure at the center of the storm. But, what does ...

The same wave in the jet stream can lead to strong winds, blowing dust and fire danger in one region, while triggering a tornado outbreak and a blizzard in other regions. Windstorms can seem like they ...

MILWAUKEE -- Probably, at some point in your life, you've seen a weather map similar to the picture below. It has red Ls and blue Hs all over the place, representing low and high pressure. Looking ...

Those gusty winds bedeviling Northern California this week are a typical sign of seasonal transition as spring yields to summer, meteorologists said yesterday. Strong winds are the inevitable result ...