Discover 8 common weather forecast misinterpretations, from rain percentages to heat index, and what meteorologists actually ...

Modern-day meteorologists rely on a vast network of advanced technologies to predict the weather, but that wasn’t always the case. Before satellites, computer modeling, and radar systems, people made ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Spring and summer don't just mean warmer temperatures have arrived -- they also mean severe weather season has returned to western Montana. Severe thunderstorms can hit hard and fast ...

As Hurricane Lee was curving northward to the west of Bermuda in mid-September of last year, forecasters were busily consulting weather models and data from hurricane-hunter aircraft to gauge where ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a risk communicator focused on the impact of weather on business. Jul 15, 2025, 08:30am EDT The combination of AI, advanced ...

It was only a generation or two ago that weather forecasts were not to be taken too seriously: funny-guy meteorologists on the local news wisecracking about ruined golf plans. That has long stopped ...

Every day, meteorologist Hannah Wangari takes the free graphs and maps produced by the five forecasting models she subscribes to and interprets what she sees. “What’s the likelihood of rain in ...

Utilities monitor surface weather through their own networks and external sources like federal, state, and private stations to fill geographic gaps and improve situational awareness. Aggregation ...