It's happened many times in North Texas – a local meteorologist warns about the potential for severe weather, and it never happens. That can be blamed on something called the cap. According to the ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – We were tracking a rare February opportunity for strong to severe thunderstorms Tuesday evening into Tuesday night. Should storms have turned severe locally, it would have ...

SIOUX FALL, S.D. (KELO) — We tend to throw around a lot of weather terms when talking about severe weather. Most are pretty well-known and self-explanatory, but a few require a bit of explaining. One ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — An atmospheric capping inversion, or cap for short, is a term we often hear about during severe weather season. The presence of a cap can lead to an explosive severe weather ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Thunderstorms are in the forecast for Thursday night, but there are some factors that could actually prevent those thunderstorms from happening. The overall atmosphere is prime for ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — Severe storms didn't materialize Monday afternoon thanks to a weather phenomenon called an atmospheric cap. It's a blanket of warm air in the lower atmosphere, and it's common in ...

A great analogy is a boiling pot of water. When a lid prevents steam from escaping, it is the equivalent of our atmosphere having a cap. As soon as the lid is removed, steam rises. Having a cap in ...