Tempest News & Weather Related Articles

Hurricane Development and Decay Atlantic hurricane season falls from June 1st to November 30th every year, and with August well underway, what better time is there to write a post on the life cycle of a hurricane? Whether you are a kid on summer vacation or one of our avid adult sailors/kiters/windsurfers/weather enthusiasts, this post

Why Does Hot Air Rise? If you live in a 2-story home, you may have noticed the following on a cold day. Perhaps you went to the upper floors to find that it’s warmer upstairs with a lower temperature downstairs. This is because warm air quickly rises even when the temperature differences are small. But

We humans love to look at the clouds and imagine seeing shapes of people, creatures of all kinds, and other familiar stuff. What do you “see” when you look at this image? The first time I looked at it, I “saw” a face, with eyes, a nose, and a mouth. Perhaps you see a different