GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - Orographic lifting contributes to the snowpack in a way that differs from a typical storm system. Tom Renwick, Meteorologist for the National Weather Service ...

But there’s another major player quietly shaping the snowfall on the Western Slope—one that doesn’t rely on a traditional storm system at all. It’s called orographic lifting, and it plays a crucial ...

This cooling process is essential. When the temperature drops enough, moisture in the air turns into snowflakes, blanketing the peaks. Unlike a traditional storm system that moves in and out, ...

Despite five areas in the country now classified under the "danger" category for heat index, Central Visayas remains under "extreme caution," according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and ...

That will be the lowest the snow levels drop through the week with a chance of morning flurries in the Yakima and Kittitas Valleys. There is even a chance for some orographic lifting through the ...

Cloudy skies and a few showers over the Northern Blue Mountains will be the focus today with temps back to the mid and upper 50s this afternoon. Overnight lows will be in the mid to upper 30s with ...

4) Topography Lifting (or the movement of air upward) can also be caused by slopes and mountains. You may have seen how an area that is mostly flat can experience some clouds always around the one ...

Kelly's news and science background has taken her many places: from forecasting orographic lifting snow in the Carolina Mountains, working for NASA, calibrating rain gauges in the Great Smoky ...

Research has delved into lightning in North India (NI) and North-East India (NEI), discovering how land use and topography ...