How could a tornado outbreak kill more than 200 people? Several factors—meteorological, geographical, and sociological—came together in a rare and deadly way.

FIP-Severity provides 12-hour icing forecasts to pilots and forecasters on the likelihood of encountering dangerous in-flight icing conditions.

Snowstorms have been a dime a dozen across much of the central and eastern United States over the last few months, but four of them got special scrutiny.

The biggest upgrade to the U.S. weather-radar network in 15 years gets rolling this winter with a minimum of fanfare—debuting under the radar, as it were. But the new capabilities should get their fair share of attention in the long run.

A case study from NCAR looks at how coastal residents assessed their risks and made decisions leading up to Hurricane Ike.