AI matches daily forecasts like never before, but when it comes to heat, cold, and wind records, HRES physics rules.

Data assimilation is a critical process in meteorology and climate science, integrating observations from satellites, ground stations and novel platforms, such as CubeSats, with numerical models to ...

Update: On July 30, NOAA said the decision was reversed and it will continue receiving the satellite data. Read more here. Our earlier story is below. A satellite program that has historically been a ...

A permanent service change could impact hurricane forecasting. Meteorologists are losing a sophisticated tool that many say has proved invaluable when monitoring and forecasting hurricanes. The ...

A man uses a long pointer to zero in on a weather map of the United States, Washington, DC, 1936. (Photo by Library of Congress/Interim Archives/Getty Images) The role of human meteorologists has ...

Weather forecasting is one of the most advanced sciences on Earth. But it’s also one of the most complex and humbling. Here's how it works: ...

This story originally appeared on Inside Climate News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When staffing shortages caused the National Weather Service (NWS) to suspend weather balloon ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a risk communicator focused on the impact of weather on business. Jul 15, 2025, 08:30am EDT The combination of AI, advanced ...