Uneven rainfall across western North Carolina comes down the region's mountainous terrain in a process called orographic lift.

There is a lot of talk surrounding tropical systems and how rainfall is even more severe in mountainous terrain. This is because of a phenomenon called orographic lift. Orographic lift occurs when ...

Turbulence, an irregular movement of air, is caused by various factors including rapid wind changes, storms, mountainous terrain (orographic lifting), and the wake of other aircraft. It is categorized ...

Will the stuff CDOT puts on the roads for ice damage my car? In short, yes. However, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has recently completed a three-year study to determine exactly how ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - Orographic lifting contributes to the snowpack in a way that differs from a typical storm system. Tom Renwick, Meteorologist for the National Weather Service, said, “If ...