Using a combination of the Very Large Array (VLA)— a cluster of 28 radio telescopes located in New Mexico — and NASA’s Spitzer space telescope, astronomers have made the first measurement of wind ...

COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. — Meteorologists all over the world use a wide variety of instruments to measure things like temperature, air pressure, humidity and a host of other variables. In Tuesday's ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – When you think of the wind, you may think of air cooling down based on a breeze, leading to a change in temperature. In the northern parts of the country, wind chills can dip to ...

MIKE MOSS SAYS: Sam, For wind observations reported by official stations, here are some pertinent facts about the wind speed measurments. 1. They are taken with anemometers located 10 meters above ...

Engineers used to rely on meteorological towers to measure wind speed. But “met towers” only give you data for one location; they don’t tell you anything about wind velocities around a valley or along ...

As an arctic air mass lingers over large swaths of the Northeast and Midwest, the National Weather Service has issued wind chill advisories across the region, and the Mount Washington Observatory in ...

The planet Mars has several similarities with Earth, including extinct volcanoes, dry lake beds, and active dust storms, the last of which is governed by the Red Planet’s prevailing winds. However, ...

We calculated restrictions on wind and solar energy projects by looking at the restrictions states and counties imposed on ...

An 80 mph wind gust was recorded at the Lighthouse at Michigan City, Indiana Tuesday evening. The above pic. from the lighthouse looks back toward shore about the time of the strongest gust. Here’s ...

In outdoor sports, athletes must often brave the elements to perform at a high level, and track and field is no different. On the track, the biggest elemental challenge to athletes is the wind as it ...