A powerful jet streak could set the stage for the outbreak of severe weather across parts of the U.S. over the weekend.

Experts say the downpour was intensified by an extreme weather phenomenon known as the Mesoscale Convective Complex (MCC)—a massive storm system capable of unleashing torrential rain over a wide area ...

Storm forecasting is traditionally based on studying atmospheric conditions but ground-breaking research that also looks at land surface conditions is set to transform early warning systems in ...

The study revealed that the parent lightning discharges occurred within stratiform precipitation regions of a mesoscale convective complex stretching from the Ganges Plain to the southern ...

A mesoscale convective complex is essentially a group of storms that are able to efficiently feed off of high temperatures, moisture-rich air and atmospheric instability, and can travel long ...

Illuminating the origins of these Himalayan “fireworks,” the study indicates that the flashes captured in the 2022 footage came from a massive system of thunderstorms called a mesoscale convective ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. On May 19, 2022, two astrophotographers set up near the sacred lake of Pumoyongcuo on the southern Tibetan Plateau captured a ...

A cold front will sag southward over the next 48 hours, becoming the focal point for the development of an MCS (Mesoscale Convective System) - more simply described as a thunderstorm complex.