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Marine stratocumulus clouds that frequently develop off the coast of Peru occassionally move inland, filling the valleys with a thick fog.

Temperatures at the North Pole could be up to 20 degrees higher than average.

This map at shows the historic probability of there being at least 1 inch of snow on the ground in the Lower 48 states on December 25. Dark gray shows places where the probability is less than 10%, while white shows probabilities greater than 90%. Image via NOAA

In the atmosphere, feldspar particles act as ice nuclei that make ice crystals grow in clouds and enable precipitation.

Washington DC is at the center of the blizzard’s aim, where forecasters have warned residents to brace for more than 30in snow and wind gusts up to 50mph.

Two weather systems keep 2015 on track to be hottest year ever, with current El Niño phenomenon likely to be one of three strongest in half century  

Scientists review studies of the tropical Madden-Julian Oscillation to better frame its role in air-sea interactions.

What does it take for a weather event to eclipse in attention the development of a Category 4 hurricane just offshore of the southeast U.S. coastline?