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Weather What is upward lightning? Over the past few years, Dakota USA native Tom A Warner and his colleagues have been filming lightning on high-speed cameras. In total, they have captured 776 naturally occurring lightning flashes with recording speeds as high as 100,000 images per second.
Climate Aerosols and Climate Aerosols, the tiny particles that are present in the atmosphere, play crucial roles in weather and climate.
Weather Unprecedented Heat and Intense Thunderstorms 25 July 2019 The UK and central Europe is suffering another extreme heatwave, with all-time records being broken in many places.
Weather Catatumbo 'Everlasting' Lightning 20 June 2019 It occurs over the mouth of the Catatumbo River where it empties into Lake Maracaibo in Venuzuela, South America.
In the Spotlight Lightning Photography - advice from award winning Photographer 19 June 2019 Stephen Cheatley, winner of the 2018 Weather Photographer of the Year competition explains the art of lightning photography.
In the Spotlight Tornadoes in the United States are increasing in power 28 February 2019 Tornadoes are the most violent of atmospheric storms with wind speeds exceeding 120 m/s.
Weather A History of Storm Chasing 26 June 2018 Article by RMetS Member Cammie Czuchnicki about the history of storm chasing
Weather Types of Lightning 18 December 2017 Lightning can strike the ground, the air, or inside clouds, but there are roughly 5 to 10 times more cloud flashes than cloud-to-ground flashes. Discover the different types of lightning!
In the Spotlight WMO: 2017 records 30 October 2017 WMO's provisional State of the Climate report shows how the heat was turned up in 2017.