Mud and debris as atmospheric rivers dumped rain in Studio City, Calif., in 2024. Forecasting heavy rain requires measurements from satellites, doppler radar, ocean buoys and other instruments, most ...

When viewers tune into their local television station for the weather report, chances are that the forecast they see was made possible by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “NOAA and ...

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. When a hurricane or tornado starts to form, your local weather forecasters can quickly pull up maps tracking its ...