Outdoor FunWeather 101

Do you know the differences between high air pressure vs. low air pressure? Here's a simple explanation of high pressure vs low pressure in terms of weather

What is fog? Here is a weatherman's explanation of fog -- which is really just a big cloud sitting on the ground.

Have you seen gropple before? It's also known as graupel or snow pellets. It's a strange combination of snow and sleet and ice falling from the sky.

The one-of-a-kind water escape tool that everyone's talking about is the Life Hammer. You can use it to escape from a car accident or use it to rescue someone else who's trapped in their vehicle. I'm getting a Life Hammer for friends & relatives this Christmas.

An example of government dollars hard at work -- a snow plow shoveling show.

My tribute to some of the most creative snow artists alive. Pictures of snowmen, snow women, and snow people... doing what snowmen do best: Hangin' out and enjoying the snow!

Here's a little fun you can have with a penguin who writes your message in the snow.

How many times have you looked up toward the clouds and thought you recognized a familiar shape in the cloud formations? Can you make out the shapes in these pictures of clouds?... Some are a little creepy!

It's time to change your burned-out lightbulbs, the batteries in your smoke detectors, flip the mattresses, clean out the gutters, and why not just schedule your next mammogram while you're at it? They say it's good to schedule such things around pertinent dates -- such as your Birthday... or Daylight Savings Time, right?