How do storms form?
Sky's Heat Engine
How do storms form?
You know that feeling when you open the oven door and a wave of hot air rushes into your face? The whole planet does that every single day — but some patches of air get way more heated than others, and that's where the trouble starts.
When the sun bakes a patch of ground — maybe a dark parking lot or a stretch of ocean — that surface heats the air right above it. Hot air is lighter than cold air, so it rises. Fast. Like a thousand invisible hot-air balloons all launching at once.
