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 ...

Take a drive up to Bogus Basin during the winter and look out over the Treasure Valley and you may see a haze hanging over Boise and its surrounding cities. But for those below the haze … the view is ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – We are working through a fierce temperature inversion right now, which is going to keep conditions cold and foggy near the valley floor most mornings this week. When we have a ...

In a normal temperature profile of the atmosphere, the ground is warmer than the air above it because the sun warms the ground more directly. Air tends to cool as you work your way up. That’s why the ...

KOIN 6 Meteorologist Josh Cozart explains what a temperature inversion is and why it will cause fog over Portland this week. Multnomah County has officially taken another step towards building a ...

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Many folks had an early wake-up call Thursday morning in Vermont and Northern New York as thunderstorms moved through before sunrise. Nearly 4,000 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes occurred across our ...

Just about anyone who has flown knows the sensation of climbing through smog and bursting into bright, clear air. And once you're there, the air generally stays clear no matter how high you go. But a ...

Normally, as you go up into the atmosphere, temperature decreases with height. But this is not always the case. The atmosphere is made up of many different layers that have different characteristics.