Mark Davenport - a WRAL viewer - was at Oak Island recently. When he looked out from the beach, he noticed what looked to be some sort of distorted view in the distance. It wasn't that he needed his ...

Let’s start with a very basic piece of scientific information: Warm air rises. This happens largely because warm air is less dense than the cooler air that surrounds it. This process also occurs when ...

There can be long stretches throughout the year, especially during the winter, when it doesn't seem like the clouds want to break up. The lack of sunshine can come from what meteorologists call a ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – The definition of winter varies depending on where you live. For Floridians, any time the temperature falls below 65 degrees, that’s winter-like weather. For other areas across the ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — If you checked your air quality app today and saw “moderate” readings around Washington, D.C., you might have wondered how that’s possible on a bright, sunny winter day. The ...

Temperatures in the atmosphere generally decrease with increasing height, but occasionally one can find layers in which temperatures actually increase with height – an “inversion” of the normal ...

Not only do we have to worry about large-scale weather patterns affecting our daily lives in the winter, but local geography can also dictate the atmospheric flavor of the day, leaving parts of the ...

After a prescribed burn was conducted, Seminole County residents reported waking up to smoky and hazy conditions on Friday morning. The Seminole County Fire Department said the smoke is most likely ...