Destructive winds that flow out of thunderstorms in the central United States are becoming far more widespread with warming temperatures.

The reappearance of a dormant lake was only the first challenge faced by an Earth Observing Laboratory field study. Researchers persevered to relocate the project and collect data that may lead to more accurate forecasting of severe weather events like tornadoes.

Scientists have identified two different modes of hurricane rapid intensification. The findings may lead to better understanding and prediction of these dangerous events.

NCAR has been awarded NSF funding to research links between new road transportation technologies and the changing climate.

An extraordinary new dataset of high-resolution weather simulations that span more than four decades over the continental United States is now available to the Earth system science community.