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 ...

Several factors play a crucial role in shaping the Sunday forecast. McCormick points out: High and Low Pressure Systems: These systems influence wind patterns and precipitation levels. A high-pressure ...

This week hundreds of people lost their jobs at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which includes the National Weather Service. Peak severe weather season is upon us, and hurricane ...

This is the first in a series of interviews exploring how artificial intelligence is affecting a range of fields in science, engineering, and medicine. Amy McGovern leads the NSF AI Institute for ...

Gray swan events are extreme weather events that cause local devestation, like Hurricane Lee in 2023, shown here. Increasingly powerful AI models can make short-term weather forecasts with surprising ...

You're about to walk your dog, but the sky looks ominous. You pull out your phone, open your favorite weather app, and see that it's about to pour. You wait for the rain to pass. Or maybe you planned ...

Scientists found that neural networks cannot yet forecast 'gray swan' weather events, which might not appear in existing training data but could still happen -- like 200-year floods or massive ...