Dangerous cold returns to Wisconsin: How to prep for a long Arctic stretch
Wisconsin is in the midst of another surge of true Arctic air, with wind chills dipping well below zero at times Thursday and Friday.
Polar Vortex
Tom Explains Polar Vortex
What is La Nina
Holly explains La Nina
Lake-effect snow, how does it form?
FOX6 Chief Meteorologist Tom Wachs explains how all the ingredients came together for a particularly intense band of lake-effect snow that impacted eastern Racine and Kenosha Counties.
What is a heat dome?
Meteorologist Lisa Michaels explains what a heat dome is and how it affects the temperature for the week.
How a thunderstorm is formed
FOX6 Weather Expert Eric Manges explains how a thunderstorm is formed.
Hurricane Melissa: How global weather ripples into Wisconsin
As Hurricane Melissa roars through the Caribbean as a Category 5 storm, its winds of 160 mph and pressure near 917 millibars make it one of the most intense late-season hurricanes on record.
What is Wisconet?
Meteorologist Tom Wachs explains what the Wisconsin Environmental Mesonet (Wisconet) is.
Change the weather? Inside America’s hurricane experiment
A U.S. Air Force B-17 bomber left the runway and headed directly into the path of a hurricane that was more than 400 miles east of Jacksonville in 1947.
Remembering the Peshtigo fire, the night Wisconsin burned
Before Chicago’s famous blaze, Wisconsin faced its own inferno. The 1871 Peshtigo Fire killed over 1,200 people and remains America’s deadliest wildfire.
Difference between equinox and equilux
Mallory Conlon, a Yerkes Observatory outreach astronomer, joined Wisconsin Weather Experts to discuss Thursday's equilux.
Blood Moon Alert: September’s corn moon eclipse overseas
A total lunar eclipse of the full Corn Moon will occur on Sept 7, turning the Moon red in skies over Europe, Africa, Asia & Australia. Full timeline, visibility regions, and how to watch from the U.S.
Meteorological Fall starts before Astronomical Fall
Meteorologist Lisa Michaels explains the difference between Meteorological Fall and Astronomical Fall.
Dust Storms: From Arizona haboobs to Wisconsin’s dusty past
A massive haboob hit Phoenix, knocking out power and grounding flights, but dust storms aren’t just a desert threat. Wisconsin once saw Dust Bowl soil darken its skies and coat Lake Michigan beaches.
Wisconsin severe weather: Risk of heavy rain, flooding, and storms
Severe storms and heavy rain could bring flash flooding to Wisconsin this weekend. Expect damaging winds, hail, travel delays and event disruptions before drier weather returns midweek.
What is corn sweat? Southeast Wisconsin feeling the heat
Corn sweat happens when plants absorb liquid water from the ground, then release it from the leaves as water vapor into the atmosphere.
Sky conditions: What do they mean?
FOX6 Meteorologist Lisa Michaels talks through what it means when you hear partly cloudy or partly sunny -- and all the sky conditions.
Wildfire smoke and a warm inversion layer
FOX6 Chief Meteorologist Tom Wachs explains the weather phenomenon that kept all that Canadian wildfire smoke close to the ground.
What are Asperitas clouds?
FOX6's Tom Wachs explains a cloud formation that has caught the attention of our viewers. Check out Asperitas clouds.
What is a microburst?
FOX6 meteorologist Lisa Michaels explains what a microburst is and how it can cause quite a bit of damage in a short amount of time.