Some of the things that I write for Forbes' Science literally evolve from the most surprising and random things. While watching The Weather Channel's AMHQ this morning, meteorologist Stephanie Abrams ...

What is the dry line? Our next chance for thunderstorms and possibly severe weather is this Friday. As a dry line moves in from the west, strong to severe storms will fire up along and ahead of it.

The dry line is a weather feature that is most common during the spring and summer months in the plains region. It is unique to the plains region, specifically western Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas ...

As I write, the depleted remnants of a tropical storm are finally moving out of the area, leaving behind several inches of rain, some flooding and scattered power outages. Not nearly as bad as Katrina ...

Clayton, New Mexico — way east of the Rocky Mountains, out on the Great Plains. A humid June afternoon. We had finished up in court and were sitting around in the judge’s office. The phone rang. The ...