If you have a flat, elevated surface and a ruler, you can help the National Weather Service gather data and refine its forecasts this winter. “When we get snowfall reports, it helps us understand what ...

News coverage of major hurricanes, flash floods, extreme wildfires and other weather disasters often follows a familiar cadence. Headlines announce catastrophic devastation. Death tolls are tallied.

The channel also hired David Parkinson as senior weather data analyst and Moses Small as climate reporter. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor Alongside its politics and policy coverage, the soon-to-be-named ...