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At a lab in Fort Collins, scientists are researching how to incorporate artificial intelligence into the forecasting of ...
Natural disasters like heat waves, fires, and floods are growing more dangerous because of climate change, but the effect a ...
A budget proposal for NOAA paints a potentially harrowing picture just two months out from the start of hurricane season.
More than 100 tornadoes, hail the size of baseballs and hurricane-strength wind gusts unfolded during a wide-reaching outbreak in mid-March that killed at least 42 people. Another outbreak erupted at ...
“The big takeaway (from our research) is, if you look at the historical tornado occurrences, there is a trend that tornado outbreaks are getting larger,” Widhalm said. “We’re seeing them w ...
Researchers pinpointed the riskiest events in terms of lightning and tornado exposure by mining data from more than 16,000 ...
But predicting exactly which thunderstorms will produce a tornado and when is harder, and that’s where a lot of severe weather research is focused today. Often, you’ll have a line of thunderstorms in ...
The Trump administration is targeting top climate and weather labs for cuts. Insiders worry about the impact on research and ...
Many National Weather Service offices have seen staff reductions of 20% to 40%, limiting forecasting ability, especially in ...
This often creates a horizontal spin in the air. The leading research on tornado formation says that the horizontal vortex of air turns vertical inside a severe thunderstorm with updrafts and ...
The movie is about a group of storm chasers who try to install a tornado research device during an outbreak of tornadoes in Oklahoma. The movie is a classic in the genre, and its sequel ...
The cuts could cripple US industries — including agriculture — that depend on free, accurate weather and climate data and ...