Accounting for clouds in weather forecasting could greatly improve road safety.

Studies show 63% of hurricane-related deaths occur inland. To help emergency managers prepare, NCAR scientists are pinpointing vulnerable populations using tropical storm winds, census data, and flood maps.

Researchers ponder the implications of a massive summer storm in the Arctic Ocean that swept across a weakened ice pack.

July 2012 promises to go down as the hottest month ever recorded in a number of U.S. locations.

Heat and drought are punishing much of the United States right now, but there’s actually some good weather news to report. July 2012 is on track to produce fewer tornadoes than any July on record, and by a long shot.