Do you know what causes wind? Well, broadly speaking it’s the sun... but more specifically, how the sun unevenly heats the Earth’s surface. That leads to areas of high and low pressure forming, and in ...

El Paso, Texas ( KVIA)-The windy season is upon us and with the recent high wind events across the borderland there is no time like the present to discuss pressure gradient and winds. We have had a ...

This segment originally appeared in today's edition of the Morning Brief newsletter. Sign up here to get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists. Pressure gradient is the ...

The same wave in the jet stream can lead to strong winds, blowing dust and fire danger in one region, while triggering a tornado outbreak and a blizzard in other regions. Windstorms can seem like they ...