While climate and weather both refer to weather phenomena in the Earth’s atmosphere, their meanings are distinctly different. Weather is what is happening at a given moment in time, while ...

The barometer measures and tracks these changes in the Earth’s atmosphere, therefore helping meteorologists forecast weather conditions in the short-term. The first mercury barometer was created ...

This segment originally appeared in today's edition of the Morning Brief newsletter. Sign up here to get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists. Blowing snow may not sound ...

This GOES-16 image from December 1, 2024 shows a full fetch primary lake effect band lined up along the entire length of Lake Erie. This segment originally appeared in today's edition of the ...

The National Weather Service also issues warnings for snow squalls just like they do for summer storms, drawing up a polygon for the affected area and sending out an alert to notify the public.

“Why don’t you just say ‘rain’?” he complained. “Well, the word ‘rain’ doesn’t really describe the intensity,” I explained. “Is it pouring? Is it coming down in ...

When you look at the atmosphere over a long period of time, it appears to move like a fluid. And just like a fluid, the atmosphere often moves in waves. When meteorologists are working to ...

Accurately predicting the weather is hard — really hard, but a new AI-powered forecast model just hit a milestone that has experts saying your forecast could soon get more accurate, and further ...