After a long, cold winter, a warm front can sound like a welcome development. But sometimes they can create a little trouble. Here’s Meteorologist Derek Witt with this Weather Word of the Week.
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Weather words: Desiccation cracks

Patterns of fractures in drying soil or mud, revealing where the ground has shrunk and changed.
In order for strong to severe storms to develop, the right conditions have to be present within the atmosphere. One of those is CAPE, or Convective Available Potential Energy.
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