ATLANTA — December 1 is the first day of meteorological winter, and right on cue extreme cold and a powerful winter storm are ...

High above the North Pole, about 10 to 30 miles above Earth’s surface, sits a massive whirlpool of icy air known as the polar ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — It's shaping up to be a wet start to November around the Portland metro area. Rain is expected to be heavy at times, with gusty south winds on Wednesday, prompting KGW to issue ...

WELLINGTON, Wash. — After one of the warmest early October days on record, western Washington could get its first taste of winter as soon as this weekend. A cold system moving in this weekend will ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — KGW has ended a Weather Impact Alert issued Monday morning around 8:40 a.m. as heavy showers taper off sooner than expected in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Drivers should still ...

A bomb cyclone is a meteorological term that describes a low pressure system whose size, strength and intensity increase rapidly in just a short amount of time.

CLEVELAND — Hundreds of years ago, fishermen casting their nets off the coast of Peru and Ecuador noticed something unusual. Every few years, the ocean water in their usually productive fishing ...

Now is a good time to brush up on the essential winter weather terms and definitions so you can react quickly, plan ahead and ...

WASHINGTON — Americans traveling for Thanksgiving this year can expect a mix of weather across the country, with sunshine likely in much of the East, and wet conditions in the West, according to the ...

The nation's grid reliability regulator said that the PNW region has joined the ranks of U.S. areas at "elevated risk" of a ...