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Unusual weather patterns and climate change have been driving stark changes in the northwestern state. Now, new satellite ...

The wet weather fueled by an atmospheric river represents an about-face after a dry January helped ignite fires that ...

While jet streams are air patterns, the Gulf Stream is an ocean pattern that also has an impact on weather.

There are lots of great air pressure demonstrations around, but a leaky water bottle is one of the simplest. It looks impressive and costs almost nothing.

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While both can produce anything from snow and rain to thunderstorms, one of them also helps hurricanes generate their ...

The West Pacific pattern correlates with high pressure, increased temperature, decreased precipitation, and higher burned ...