Last week we talked about troughs, and how they often produce cooler and unsettled weather. Now, we’re talking about the opposite of a trough: a ridge. A ridge is an elongated area of relatively high ...

The weather pattern developing over the next two weeks is the type of pattern that produces significant severe thunderstorm complexes in the Great Lakes region. We meteorologists call the thunderstorm ...

The week ahead brings prolonged storm chances as several different fronts move near our area but not all the way through. Sunday is going to look a lot like Saturday. Temperatures will be similar, and ...

Like an invisible wall, a high-pressure ridge is stretching along the entire West Coast, from northern Washington to Southern California, blocking Pacific storms and keeping conditions dry.