For more than 40 years, the Department of Defense has operated satellites that collect information about atmospheric and oceanic conditions. The microwave frequencies from the DOD satellites provide ...

(The Center Square) – Hoping to create “the world’s best weather forecasting system,” U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., sent ...

Washington U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell sent a letter to President Donald Trump outlining a five-point plan that could improve ...

The Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR), a program office within NOAA’s National Satellite and Information Service (NESDIS), develops satellite-based products and tools to support we ...

Cities air on Monday as smoke drifted northeast from the Burdoin fire burning along the Columbia River between Lyle and Bingen. The Northwest Interagency Coordination Center said the fire had burned ...

Federal funding that pays for much of the Great Lakes water, weather and ice cover monitoring is at risk in the Trump administration’s proposed National Oceanographic and Atmospheric ...

Amateur-built decoder taps SSMIS satellite data amid NOAA cutoff With the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) set to shut down a key satellite data stream used in US hurricane ...

The chances for a scattered area of showers and thunderstorms to develop into something more increased overnight, but remain low, forecasters said.

Microwave imaging is crucial for detecting storms at night and providing advance notice for hurricanes. The DOD plans to stop sharing this data with NOAA July 31.

Recent budget cuts from the current administration have fueled concerns about public safety as well as the future of climate ...

Uncertainty is hanging over this year’s hurricane season as meteorologists predict “above-normal” activity and the Trump administration sends shifting signals over the future of the federal ...

Fresh to strong (19 to 31 mph) northwesterly winds along the California coastline will generate a 3- to 5-foot northwesterly ...