After 15 years of exploration, scientists discover an intact prehistoric Palau nautilus in deep water, a fascinating marine ...

According to the NWS, the Arctic polar vortex is a powerful band of west-to-east winds that develops in the stratosphere, about 10 to 30 miles above the North Pole, during the winter season. It is ...

Hurricanes garner most of the attention, given their threat to life and property, but from an operational point of view, ...

A large part of the U.S. is getting hit with another Arctic blast, adding to an already cold January 2025. Forecasters expect ...

The IOD is commonly measured by an index (sometimes referred to as the Dipole Mode Index, or DMI) that is the difference between SST anomalies in two regions of the tropical Indian Ocean (see map): ...

For more information about the ACCESS and WAVEWATCH III models, the maps they produce, and the meteorological and oceanographical elements shown on them, refer to Numerical Prediction Charts — Weather ...

The Current Radar map shows areas of current precipitation (rain, mixed, or snow). The map can be animated to show the previous one hour of radar.