How does hail form? First, we need a thunderstorm to develop. As it strengthens, the updraft or vertical wind becomes faster. Water droplets are swept up by the updraft high into the storm, above the ...

GOLF Top 100 Teacher Tom Patri shares six things you should always - and never - practice when you go to the range.

Wind energy is taking off all over again. This time, literally. In China, a multi-institute research and development project has created a series of large-scale floating turbine prototypes. The helium ...

During a speed training session with GOLF Top 100 Teacher Bernie Najar, I gained 12 mph of clubhead speed. Here's what I learned.

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season was quiet for Florida, but Hurricane Melissa set records and caused 95 deaths, including two in Florida.

The updated assessment of Hurricane Melissa finds the storm reached sustained winds of 190 mph at peak intensity.

The view from above the ski jump hill in Predazzo. The jury room, where Miran Tepeš monitors the wind, is at middle right — the tiny beige rectangle under a light tower. Daniel Karmann / picture ...

For Javier Gonzalez-Rocha, joining the faculty of UC Santa Cruz in 2023 meant coming home. As a native of Watsonville, in south Santa Cruz County, Gonzalez-Rocha is intimately familiar with the area ...

“Dropsondes are small cylindrical devices that are used by organizations like NOAA to collect valuable information during extreme weather events like hurricanes or atmospheric rivers," an NSF NCAR ...

When you think anemometer, you probably don’t think “load cell” — but (statistically speaking) you probably don’t live in Hurricane Country, which is hard on wind-speed-measuring-whirligigs. When ...