Mountain Weather
Science Spotlights
Chasing Windstorms in Coastal Mountains
December 1, 2025
Key messages from "The Sundowner Winds Experiment (SWEX) in Santa Barbara, California: Advancing Understanding and Predictability of Downslope Windstorms in...
People
A Conversation with Xuelong Chen
October 1, 2025
Q: What would you like readers to learn from this article? Xuelong Chen (Chinese Academy of Sciences): I’d love for...
Science Spotlights
Unlocking the Secrets of Precipitation in the Yarlung Zsangbo Grand Canyon
September 30, 2025
Overview We distill the essence of a pioneering effort to decode one of Earth’s most dynamic precipitation systems, offering tools...
In History
Weather and Death on Mount Everest
January 15, 2021
By G.W.K. Moore and John L. Semple With a height of 8,848 m, Mount Everest is the highest mountain in...
Melting Snow and Other Surprises on Mt. Everest
June 25, 2020
Despite freezing temperatures, snow is melting on Mount Everest. That’s just one finding in a recent study of...
