Weather Blog | When low pressure isn't just low pressure

Betsy Kling explains how different types of low pressure systems form, comparing Hurricane Melissa to the Great Blizzard of ...
KSBY

Warm temperatures continue throughout the Central Coast

High temperatures are soaring as a high-pressure system continues to bring offshore winds, sunshine, and limited marine ...
The Washington Post

Why this weather feature has so much influence on a hurricane’s path

If you’ve ever paid close attention to an Atlantic hurricane forecast, odds are you’ve heard chatter about the “Bermuda high.” In essence, it’s a large, sprawling zone of high pressure splayed across ...
Click2Houston

High pressure bringing heat to Houston is also affecting the nation’s largest river valley

A high-pressure system is just as it sounds: a weather system in which the air pressure is higher than normal. As a result, instead of air rising, which would occur with a low pressure, air sinks and ...
Houston Chronicle

Heat domes take over Texas during the summer — but are they worse than in other states?

Triple-digit heat is as much a part of life in Texas as cowboy boots and country music. By July, the summer heat takes hold when a subtropical system of high atmospheric pressure, commonly known as a ...
cnycentral

This week starts out hot and humid then ends feeling really nice

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — It was a hot weekend and we'll remain hot and getting a little more humid out for Monday and Tuesday. Currently an area of high pressure has been keeping our weather sunny, rain-free ...