Archive for the ‘Weather’ Category

Why Does it Thunder?

Posted on September 5th, 2009 by by WhyDoes

Remember the times when we were little and we used to feel scared of the thunder and lightning when there’s a storm? The booming sound is so loud it sounds like a bomb exploding. This childish  impression is somewhat true. Exploding Air Thunder is produced when air explodes inside a thundercloud when lightning heats it [...]

Why Does it Snow?

Posted on September 5th, 2009 by by WhyDoes

Perhaps no other natural phenomenon has captured the imagination of adults and children alike more than snow. Snow men, snow angels, snowflakes — these objects fuel our childish wonder at the fluffy white material that we call snow. Snow, a precipitate that comes only in winter, is formed from water droplets that gathered in the [...]