AI could replace outdated weather models, but it needs humans and funding. Meteorologist Carrie Suffern pictured with a weather balloon at National Weather Service Headquarters in 2012. Image: ...

GAYLORD, Michigan — On a blustery spring day here, dangerous thunderstorms are looming to the west across Minnesota and Wisconsin. John Boris, a National Weather Service meteorologist, is on duty to ...

The morning of July 3, the National Weather Service’s forecast models showed an “area of concern” that was 35,000 square miles across Texas. That’s a land mass the size of the entire state of Indiana.

CLEVELAND — OK. I have a confession to make. Sometimes meteorologists miss the forecast. Every day, meteorologists around the world work non-stop to predict what the sky will do next. We have the best ...