Weather Break

Click here to listen to episode 802 of Weather Break.
Like all weather features, cyclones go through a life cycle– first forming, then going through a “mature” stage, and eventually dissipating.  The processes that cause a cyclone to weaken and die are collectively known as “cyclolysis”.  As Weather Break marches towards its final episode this coming [...]

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Click here to listen to episode 772 of Weather Break.
With a long, hot summer finally over, the Weather Break listening area is finally starting to see some hints of Fall weather.  Over the last few days, there have been a few crisp, cool mornings, which were very refreshing after the awful, muggy mornings of mid [...]

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Click here to listen to episode 691 of Weather Break.
This time of year tends to be frustrating for some people.  Just as it begins to warm up after a long winter, there is usually another cold snap and another period of snow.  This is caused by midlatitude cyclones, which are low pressure areas that rotate [...]

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Click here to listen to episode 630 of Weather Break.
If you haven’t gotten the impression from the last three years of Weather Break, meteorologists love cyclones. They are just big, broad areas of low pressure, and they aren’t particularly rare, but they are nothing less than amazing. Their counterclockwise circulation, how they rearrange [...]

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Click here to listen to episode 629 of Weather Break.

For the last two days here on Weather Break, we’ve been talking about cyclones.  Whether they occur in the tropics or in the higher latitudes, cyclones are always broad areas of low pressure. When meteorologists are talking about air pressure, they generally use the [...]

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