Weather
Severe weather is not as frequent as earlier in the summer because the upper level winds are weaker.
Because the angle of the sun varies with latitude, the length of the twilight period also varies.
In recent weeks, the strength and position of the jet stream has favored very little storm activity.
This happens when the air underneath a cloud is dry.
This warm blob has been created by a large region of high pressure in the atmosphere.
The West African Monsoon season is likely to start generating large tropical waves.
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Air is not heated up very much by sunlight.
StormTRACKER Meteorologist John Wheeler discusses the August forecast
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John Wheeler
Jared Piepenburg
Lydia Blume
Jesse Ritka
Robert Poynter
Tim Albertson
Dillon Vogt
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