Weather’s Unwanted Guest: Nasty La Nina Keeps Showing Up June 2, 2022 By Seth Borenstein Something weird is up with La Nina, the natural but potent weather event linked to more drought and wildfires in...
Researchers Create Extreme Weather Early Warning System from ‘Obsolete’ Tool February 6, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson Rice University engineers have created a deep learning computer system that taught itself to accurately predict extreme weather events, like...
N.Y. Aims to Improve Storm Forecasts With Automated Weather Stations January 19, 2016 By Michael Hill Counting every raindrop or measuring every gust of wind is impossible, but New York is getting closer with a uniquely...
N.Y.’s Schumer: Storms Like Joaquin Show Need to Upgrade Weather Satellites October 5, 2015 By Michael Balsamo U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York, is warning that a lack of funding to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s...
Energy Companies Are Preparing for Possibility of Joaquin Hitting NYC Area October 1, 2015 U.S. energy companies said on Wednesday they were preparing for the possibility that Hurricane Joaquin could hit the New York...
Eastern U.S. Soaked by Rain as Hurricane Joaquin Gains Force Near Bahamas October 1, 2015 By Brian K. Sullivan The weather outlook for the eastern U.S. is starting to resemble the plot of a 1970s disaster movie in which...
Forecasters Watching Tropical Storm Joaquin as It Churns in Atlantic September 29, 2015 By Brian K. Sullivan Forecasters are watching Tropical Storm Joaquin as it churns in the Atlantic near the Bahamas to see if it will...
Farmers’ Almanac Predicts Harsh Winter for Northeast in 2016 August 25, 2015 By David Sharp It’s not what Bostonians want to hear: The Farmer’s Almanac says another rough winter is in your stars. A year...
Cal U. of Pennsylvania Teaches Tricky Science of Predicting Snow February 10, 2015 By Emily Petsko, (Washington) Observer-Reporter Predicting winter weather is a slippery slope. People depend on weather forecasters to tell them when to stock up on...
New York City Blizzard Proves Dud as Weather Forecasters Miss Mark January 28, 2015 By Brian K. Sullivan Reopen Broadway, start up the trains, get the commuters back on the road. The great New York City blizzard of...