Hurricane season officially is still several months away, but experts are already watching for early signs of what’s ahead.

The NOAA pilots and scientists flying aboard hurricane hunter aircraft into Hurricane Melissa’s 185-mile per hour winds are not being paid during the government shutdown, the National Oceanic and ...

There were 256 Hurricane Hunter winter storm missions flown between 2020 and 2024, a big increase from previous years that ...

The Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, not NOAA, flew into the December 2025 atmospheric river that caused historic flooding in Western Washington. Earlier this week, we ...

One of three NOAA-operated hurricane hunter aircraft One of three NOAA-operated hurricane hunter aircraft (nicknamed “Kermit”) taking off from NOAA's Aircraft Operations Center (AOC) in Lakeland, ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says atmospheric and oceanic conditions are continuing to favor what could be an above-average 2025 Atlantic hurricane season as we inch ...

Hurricane Melissa's wind gusts reached a record-breaking speed shortly before the storm made landfall in the Caribbean last month, according to data recorded during the deadly event. The data was ...

“Dropsondes are small cylindrical devices that are used by organizations like NOAA to collect valuable information during extreme weather events like hurricanes or atmospheric rivers," an NSF NCAR ...