By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Large parts of Western Europe were in the grip of a severe heatwave on Monday, with ...

An Omega block is defined by a large high pressure area with low pressure centers to the east and the west. Under the low pressure areas, cool and wet weather is experienced.

Sunny skies help kick off the month of July with afternoon highs reaching back into the middle 80s. An area of high pressure ...

As the cold air advances, it creates a high-pressure area. The rising warm air creates a low-pressure area. Wind is generated as air moves from the high-pressure area (cold air) ...

A strong area of high pressure is what will cause temperatures to surge. Adding to this will be a general offshore flow, where the wind travels from the land to the water.

UNDER this heading Dr. Hann, of Vienna, has recently had a memoir published,1 in which he gives in detail and discusses the meteorological condi tions and circumstances in the high-pressure area ...

A high-pressure system that brought a historical heat wave earlier this month has reversed course and is tapping on the region's window again, according to the National Weather Service.

The Carolinas may experience their first 90-degree day of the year by Friday, as a strong high-pressure area ushers in a heat wave.