Radstorm



Radstorms are natural weather phenomena that occur throughout the Commonwealth and in Appalachia.

Background
Radstorms result in green overcast skies, high-speed winds, lightning, and radioactive wind from latent radiation of local areas. The storms don't last long, typically around one hour. Over the course of the storm, lightning periodically strikes and causes a brief spike of radiation in the area, peaking around 5 rads per second for about one second before steadily decreasing over the next several seconds. Sheltering within closed buildings during radstorms will provide protection and reduce the amount of accumulated radiation.

In the Commonwealth, radstorms are far more common than any other area. This is thanks to the close vicinity of the Glowing Sea. Often atmospheric pressure systems of the area sweep that radioactive material of the Glowing Sea and throw it into in the metro area of Boston.

In Appalachia, radstorms can usually be seen approaching from the distance by their appearance, which is a green version of the clouds created from the Blast zone of a nuke. Once they've passed over the player characters, they will absorb radiation from the storm unless wearing power armor or a hazmat suit to reduce the radiation absorption until the storm has subsided or moved on before dissipating. Rad-X can be used as a temporary means to reduce the radiation damage while the storm is active.