The WP-3D Orion is part of the NOAA's Hurricane Hunter program. These aircraft are essentially flying laboratories, packed with instruments designed to gather high-resolution data in places where ...

The tropics have awakened from their winter slumber, and Tropical Storm Alvin may soon be upon us. In the eastern Pacific Ocean near Central America, meteorologists say the atmosphere is becoming ...

The storm appears to have inflicted its worst ... ingredient to strengthen tropical systems. This is pretty amazing: the ocean heat content averaged over the Gulf of Mexico is obliterating ...

A massive Saharan Dust cloud could reach East Texas this summer, bringing hazy skies, stunning sunsets, and possibly 'dirty ...

Ninety-one years ago this week a powerful storm that left much of Ocean City in shambles and proved deadly elsewhere in the mid-Atlantic had a silver lining for the fishing and resort town by ...