On November 19, 2016 a new generation of NOAA's geostationary operational environmental satellites (GOES) blasted into orbit from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. I was on Cape Canaveral, just a few miles ...

It’s been a warm day, maybe even a little humid, and the tall clouds in the distance remind you of cauliflower. You hear a sharp crack, like the sound of a batter hitting a home run, or a low rumble ...

BACK ON THE SPACE COAST. WELL, THERE WERE SOME BIG CHANGES RECENTLY, 22,236 MILES ABOVE THE EQUATOR. METEOROLOGIST BROOKE RING HAS TONIGHT’S FORECASTING. THE GEOSTATIONARY OPERATION. AN ENVIRONMENTAL ...

As the summer months approach, lightning activity will soon ramp up. More than 70% of lightning-related deaths take place in June, July and August. Those months are also when people spend the most ...

We've all heard the popular phrase: "Lightning never strikes in the same place twice." But data shows that this isn't entirely accurate. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

Thanks to its location on the Gulf Coast, Texas is among the world's hot spots for lightning strikes. And Houston is the lightning center of Texas, recording about 1,700 strikes in June and July each ...

From hurricanes to wildfires, 2020 was a year for extreme weather events, but there was a dramatic drop in the frequency of one of the most dangerous weather phenomena. The company Vaisala, which ...