Weather - Facts for Kids

A tornado is a rapidly spinning column of air that reaches from a storm cloud all the way down to the ground!

When lightning hits sand, it can melt and fuse the grains so fast that the sand turns into glass — forming long, hollow tubes called fulgurites.

Weather scientists can predict when rainbows might appear by tracking both sunshine and rainfall patterns!

Native Americans believed thunderbirds created lightning by flapping their wings!

Lightning can occur between clouds, inside a single cloud, or between a cloud and the ground!