A NOAA weather satellite known as GOES-17 is prepared for launch in 2018. The satellite continuously measures weather conditions for an area that includes the West Coast of the United States.

There’s also fire danger on the Fourth of July. Red flag warnings are in place for parts of Oregon, Idaho, Nevada and Utah. Meanwhile, Florida will have widespread showers and thunderstorms on ...

Fourth of July forecast The weather will be clear and dry in the Great Lakes region and Northeast and most of the West on the Fourth of July, AccuWeather reported. Heat and humidity with ...

Heat wave forecast maps "Summer has taken its time arriving in the Northeast, but it's coming in HOT," the National Weather Service wrote in a social media post last week, warning of triple-digit ...

For at least half a century, the National Weather Service has been an around-the-clock operation. That is no longer possible in parts of the country.