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Brain Post: What Causes Thunderstorms?

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Thunderstorms can be a nearly daily staple in the mountains in the summertime, and understanding how they form can help prevent dangerous situations associated with them.  The key theory behind thunderstorm formation is instability. The state of being stable can be described as something lacking the “desire” or mechanism to change states. There are two things that can cause or force atmospheric instability […]

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Clay Malott | August 12, 2021
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An Extremely Rare Derecho Event Hit the Rocky Mountains on Saturday

What a wild day Saturday was over the Intermountain West and the western Great Plains! The day started out with a line of severe storms initiating over eastern Utah causing flash flooding in Arches National Park and other surrounding areas. These storms then progressed into Colorado and Wyoming where they maintained their structure. As they did so, they brought destructive […]

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Eric McNamee | June 9, 2020
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