If you hear a meteorologist, say stormy weather is expected, we didn't just pull it out of thin air. Instead, we looked at weather models predicting the future. Weather forecasting can be difficult ...

We experience beautiful sunrises and sunsets here in Michigan all the time. Cotton candy-colored sunsets are my favorite, and I'm sure you have your favorites too. Have you ever wondered why we see ...

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We usually rely on scientists to predict the weather, but sometimes nature can tell us what the weather will do. Science Trek is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on ...

Huge, dense clouds called pyrocumulonimbus clouds can form as a result of wildfires. Much like the cumulonimbus of a thunderstorm, rising warm air from the fire carries water vapor up into the ...

When NASA’s satellite operators need accurate, real-time space-weather information, they turn to the Community Coordinated Modeling Center (CCMC) of the Space Weather Laboratory at NASA’s Goddard ...

Air-mass analysis is the biggest thing in modern weather forecasting. Weather is a three-dimensional phenomenon, so instead of confining itself to surface observations, air-mass analysis gets off the ...

When early broadcasters were looking for things to interest people, weather seemed like a natural – after all everyone talks about it the weather, especially in the Pacific Northwest. But in the early ...

The weather in the tropics can be unpredictable. And there's no radio or TV station to turn on and get a reliable forecast. That's why you'll need a weather station to figure out what changes lie ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (NEWS RELEASE) - Severe Weather Awareness Day will be held at the Science Spectrum & OMNI Theater on Saturday, Mar. 29 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Student Chapter of the American ...