Pilots must prioritize avoiding thunderstorms in all stages, understanding that various weather detection systems (radar, broadcast weather, lightning detectors) have limitations and do not accurately ...

Some San Antoninas got a respite from the relentless summer heat on Monday when a wet microburst passed through the area. A wet microburst is a thunderstorm that, without enough wind shear in the ...

In about 15 minutes, Tempe recorded nearly three-quarters of an inch of rain. A supercell thunderstorm forms when wind speed and direction change with height, a phenomenon called wind shear.

Wind shear is defined as the change in wind speed, wind direction, or both, over some distance. You may have heard airplane pilots talk about turbulence and warn passengers that they’re in for a bumpy ...