Category Archives: Weather Explanations

The Northern Lights If you live in Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Iceland, Scandinavia or Northern Russia, you’re probably familiar with the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights. They are streaks of multi-colored light that illuminate the sky mostly at night, sometimes appearing … Continue reading →

This erupting volcano is the Cleveland Volcano in the Alaskan Aleutian Islands. Photo credit NASA Our planet Earth is a living, breathing organism, and to have a healthy planet we need volcanoes. Volcanoes are one of those environmental phenomena that is spectacular … Continue reading →

Boats lifted out of the water by a tsunami. Undeniably Tsunami’s or tidal waves are one of the worst natural disasters that can effect the coastal regions on our planet. As learned in the 2004 Indian Ocean Boxing Day Tsunami, … Continue reading →

This picture of El Nino weather pattern is courtesy of NASA. The El Nino effect can be seen in the white around Central America. What Is El Nino & La Nina Weather Pattern? The El Nino effect weather pattern originates … Continue reading →

This image of a dual typhoon is courtesy of NASA. What is a typhoon? A typhoon is a West Pacific tropical cyclone, similar to the North Atlantic cyclone otherwise known as a hurricane. In fact the only differences between a … Continue reading →

What is a waterspout? Related to and forms similarly as tornadoes and dust devils, a waterspout is a column of air, swirling in a vertical vortex over a body of water. Waterspouts are usually harmless, but larger ones have been known to be … Continue reading →

What is a dust devil tornado? Dust devils are similar to tornadoes in that they are a swirling vortex of air moving vertically over land. This is pretty much where the similarity ends. Tornadoes occur with super celled thunder storms … Continue reading →