The clouds at the high levels of the thunderstorm are made of ice crystals. The formation of ice in a cloud is an important element in the development of lightning. Those storms that fail to ...

But what is even more intriguing is that their appearance can give insight into what the weather will be like in the near ...

Conditions with thunderstorms are constantly changing, which causes the hailstone to go through periods of wet and dry growth ...

One of those counties is Oscoda, where a small township is still dealing with power outages. Utility companies continue to ...

In storm clouds, however, those additional droplets freeze into ice crystals, making the effects of aerosol particles on ...

Each year, there are millions of lightning strikes in the United States. These strikes can be dangerous with about 20 people dying each year from being struck, and hundreds more severely injured. So ...

"It was scary. It was like, I knew it was an ice storm because I could look out my window and I can see the ice crystals forming on the branches and trees, I could see them growing,' says Evans. She's ...

These particles help water vapor condense into droplets, which freeze into ice crystals. More ice in a storm results in more collisions between crystals, building up an electric charge and ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Chris Wright, University of Washington (THE CONVERSATION) If you look at a map of ...