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A local television meteorologist in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Brian Radcliffe, CBM, delivers on-air forecasts and visits area schools to discuss storm safety. He worked as a weekend weather anchor and field reporter at regional broadcast stations early in his career and contributes to Biology Insights. When off the air, Radcliffe runs cross-country trail loops through nearby state parks.

How Are Hurricanes Tracked and Forecasted?
What Happens When High and Low Pressure Meet?
Why Doesn’t It Thunder When It Snows?
Why Do Sea Breezes Occur During the Day?
How Typhoons Are Formed: The Science Behind the Storm
Does Rain Help Melt Snow? The Science Explained
Why Is the Sky Purple at Night?
What Causes Shelf Clouds and the Weather They Bring
Why Are Roads Slippery When It First Rains?
Where Is the Snow Belt and What Causes It?
How Much Energy Does a Hurricane Have?
Why Do Typhoons Occur and How Do They Form?
What Is an Air Mass and How Do They Form?
What Causes Rainbow Clouds and How Do They Form?
Why Is Mount Washington So Windy?
What Happens in a Low Pressure System?
How Does a Thermal Inversion Occur in the Atmosphere?
What Is a Seiche and How Does One Form?
What Is a Foehn Wind and How Does It Form?
What Is a Purple Moon and What Causes It?
Why Does It Usually Rain at Night?
What Causes Land and Sea Breezes?
What Are the Westerlies and How Do They Affect Weather?
What Is Orographic Lifting and How Does It Work?
What Way Do Trade Winds Blow and Why?
What Is a Snow Devil and How Do They Form?
What Causes Hadley Cells and How Do They Work?
What Causes Air Masses to Move Around the Earth?
Why Do Hurricanes Spin? The Science of Storm Rotation
What Is a Nor’easter and How Do They Form?