What Is a Pileus Cloud? How Wildfires Can Create a Cloud Cap
Learn how pileus clouds form above vigorous wildfire convection, how they differ from smoke and pyrocumulus, why they are short-lived and what they reveal about atmospheric motion.
Learn how pileus clouds form above vigorous wildfire convection, how they differ from smoke and pyrocumulus, why they are short-lived and what they reveal about atmospheric motion.
Learn what hurricane rapid intensification means, why warm deep water and favourable atmospheric conditions matter, how Hurricane Polo intensified so quickly, and why forecasting these changes remains challenging.
Lightning and thunder are produced by the same event, but light reaches us far faster than sound. Here's why—and how the delay can provide a rough estimate of distance.