LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — When we get higher in the atmosphere temperatures normally decrease, with the ground acting as a heat source. When it comes to temperature inversion the opposite is true. We find ...

ROCKTON (WREX) — Smoke from the smoldering Chemtool fire in Rockton may stay closer to the ground over the next few nights thanks to temperature inversions setting up. While inversions usually lead to ...

Let’s start with a very basic piece of scientific information: Warm air rises. This happens largely because warm air is less dense than the cooler air that surrounds it. This process also occurs when ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Have you noticed how cold it has been the last few mornings? How about the fog that’s been preventing the morning sunrise from gracing the picturesque sky of Portland? This was ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – We are working through a fierce temperature inversion right now, which is going to keep conditions cold and foggy near the valley floor most mornings this week. When we have a ...

Temperatures in the atmosphere generally decrease with increasing height, but occasionally one can find layers in which temperatures actually increase with height – an “inversion” of the normal ...

AND IN SACRAMENTO, JUST SOME LOW LYING CLOUDS. HIGH PRESSURE IS AROUND. THAT’S WHAT’S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INVERSION. AND IT IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST INVERSIONS OF THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. SO WHAT EXACTLY ...

Normally, as you go up into the atmosphere, temperature decreases with height. But this is not always the case. The atmosphere is made up of many different layers that have different characteristics.