The federal government is reversing course on a plan to cut crucial hurricane forecasting satellite data following pushback from meteorologists and government officials nationwide. Erica Grow Cei, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As of July 31, the Navy’s Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center will stop sharing satellite weather data with NOAA.

The Navy will continue sharing data with NOAA from satellites that the service had planned to start phasing out on July 31. Here, a satellite image of Hurricane Florence shows the storm off the coast ...

About 600 miles off the west coast of Africa, large clusters of thunderstorms begin organizing into tropical storms every hurricane season. They aren't yet in range of Hurricane Hunter flights, so ...

July 8 (UPI) --The Department of Defense's announcement that it would end a weather-data sharing program surprised some climate watchdogs but forecasters assure it does not heighten risks. The ...

The Navy will continue sharing data with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from satellites that the service had planned to start phasing out on July 31. The Defense Meteorological ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The satellite data helps meteorologists create weather forecasts that keep planes and ...