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Weather Words: 'Murmuration'

What you see above, which was recorded in Northern Yorkshire, England, is called a murmuration of starlings. A phenomenon in which large groups of starlings fly together in intricate, cloud-like ...
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Weather Words: Frost Quake

A frost quake, also called a cryoseism, is a rare weather phenomenon that occurs during extremely cold winter conditions.
Have you spent time at the beach and noticed that right on que the storms fire up around mid afternoon, forcing you to run for cover? Only to then pass by and the sun returns. If so, then you have ...
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Weather Words: Abscission

Abscission is the natural process where trees form a special layer that cuts off leaves, allowing them to change color and ...
The equinox is the moment when the sun is directly above the equator, giving nearly equal amounts of day and night across the ...