meteorology

A severe weather event recently struck Delaware, bringing destructive and chaotic conditions to the local region. This intense meteorological outbreak […]

Nearly three decades of airborne radar observations have identified four features that help storms become organized before they intensify. A tropical cyclone can look powerful from above yet still struggle to strengthen if its circulation is leaning through the atmosphere. Before substantial intensification can occur, the rotating centers at different heights generally need to line [...]

In the heart of India’s agricultural heartland, the Middle Gangetic Plain stretches across four distinct agro-climatic zones—Tarai, Eastern, North-Eastern, and Vindhyan Plains—where millions of farmers depend on seasonal rains to nourish their crops.

Heavy rain and winds are pounding the Northeast U.S. Storms tore through a beach on Long Island and stranded dozens of people in their cars in New Jersey on Thursday

Hurricanes start as clusters of thunderstorms over warm tropical waters. Moist air rises from the ocean and creates low pressure […]

This study investigated the spatiotemporal variation characteristics of vegetation coverage (NDVI) in the Kekeya project area and its response to meteorological factors over the past 3 decades. On the basis of Landsat remote sensing data from 1993 to 2023 and meteorological variables including air temperature, precipitation, relative humidity, and wind speed, this research aimed to reveal the spa…

IntroductionMaritime Antarctic meltwater lakes are highly sensitive to atmospheric variability, yet their short-term hydrothermal responses remain poorly understood because most studies rely on seasonal or daily observations that cannot resolve sub-daily atmosphere–lake interactions.MethodsThis study investigated Yanou Lake, a shallow maritime Antarctic meltwater lake, using continuous 5‐min mete…

We chased a weather balloon across Montana and never found it In June of 2025, I worked with New England Sci-Tech as a part of Apex to launch StratoSpore: my first ballooning project. I used this opportunity to use algae as a biosensor for altitude, and I learned a lot in the process. Wanting to experiment in the stratosphere again, I worked with Sam Flynn to make a reliable and flight-ready payl…

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41612-026-01515-4 Monsoon–ocean competition shapes the record-low 2023 western North Pacific tropical cyclone season

This summer, NASA is studying pyrocumulonimbus clouds, or fire-driven thunderstorms. Researchers are flying planes right into the smoke plumes for samples. The post NASA is studying pyrocumulonimbus clouds by plane first appeared on EarthSky .

Cleanup continues in Hawaii after Hurricane Lala tore roofs off houses, uprooted trees and covered roads in mud and rock

Realistically modeling rainfall remains an extremely difficult problem. To be practical, results have to be on the scale of kilometers; no one is looking to find out whether rain will fall from one specific cloud over their head. But making that prediction depends on physics that happens at the microscale, where droplets tens of microns […]

A recent study led by researchers at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory asks how and why the spatial footprint of extreme rainfall in the U.S. has changed since 1980.