When looking at a surf forecast, there are several key factors to take into consideration, including swell direction, swell height, tide times, wind speed and wind direction. If you can understand ...

A system pushing into the PacNw will kick up winds and waves into the weekend while temperatures fall. As we kick off the morning, some fog once again limits visibility for the morning commute. The ...

Remote sensing has become an indispensable tool in monitoring and understanding the dynamics of ocean winds and waves. Recent advances have integrated satellite‐based instruments such as ...

Since the 1950s, scientists have known that the Sun emits a stream of particles in a vast wind, carrying away an Earth’s worth of mass every 150 years. This wind of protons sweeps by comets and ...

For wind, the stats show how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions for each break, measuring ...

WEST MICHIGAN — A potentially dangerous situation will take shape at many Lake Michigan beaches over the next couple of days. The first Beach Hazards Statement of the season has been issued for Monday ...

HOLLAND, MI – Large waves and high winds, spurred on during a gull warning, produced quite a show along the lakeshore. Waves measuring more than 10-feet-tall, whipped up by the strong wind, crashed ...

Windstorms can seem like they come out of nowhere, hitting with a sudden blast. They might be hundreds of miles long, stretching over several states, or just in your neighborhood. But they all have ...

Extreme winds have caused Lake Erie to drain at one end and flood parts of Buffalo, New York at the other, in what meteorologists describe as a seiche. On Monday, winds from the southwest towards ...