How Accurate Are Weather Forecasts? Day-1 forecasts are 90%+ accurate for temperature; Day-3 and Day-5 accuracy tapers gradually. Here is…

Why Does It Rain More in Some Cities? Some Indian cities record 3000+ mm of annual rain while others manage…

What Causes Lightning? Lightning is a giant electrostatic discharge caused by charge separation inside a cumulonimbus cloud — a positive…

What Is a Thunderstorm? A thunderstorm is a convective storm cell — a tall cumulonimbus cloud with lightning, thunder, heavy…

What Does 80% Chance of Rain Mean? An ‘80% chance of rain’ is a Probability of Precipitation (POP) — it…