The satellite data helps meteorologists create weather forecasts that keep planes and ships safe and prepare countries for a potential hurricane landfall. Now, meteorologists are about to lose access ...

A shift in hurricane forecasting is underway as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Department of Defense officially retire the aging Defense Meteorological Satellite Program ...

The U.S. Department of Defense will now continue sharing key data collected by three weather satellites that help forecasters track hurricanes. Meteorologists and scientists had warned of risks to ...

Microwave satellite data that are key to capturing changes in a hurricane’s strength will not be taken from meteorologists as originally planned The data come from sensors onboard Defense ...

On television broadcasts and forecast maps, hurricanes appear as two-dimensional swirling vortices, belying their extremely complex three-dimensional structure. Being able to peer past the tops of ...

A new forecast for Hurricane Irma can be found here. After intensifying froma tropical storm to a major hurricane in less than a day and a half, Hurricane Irma has fallen back to a Category 2 ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Sept. 10 is considered the statistical peak of the Atlantic hurricane season. It is also a notable date for Floridians: eight years ago, Hurricane Irma made landfall in the ...