How World War I revolutionized weather forecasting forever Pre-war weather reports were unpredictable.

Breakthrough: Future of Forecasting

The Next Fashion Trend: Weather Forecasting Weather Forecasting Is in Fashion: As temperatures catch designers and retailers off-guard, a major fashion school teaches predicting what’s ahead

IBMVoice: Moving From Weather Forecasting To Problem Solving As Hurricane Season Begins The Atlantic Hurricane Season begins June 1. This year could be the most active in four years, with 14 named storms, eight hurricanes and three major hurricanes forecast during the coming season, according to The Weather Company, an IBM Business.

Do I Need More Snow Shovels? IBM, The Weather Company Aim To Help Businesses Decide IBM is buying The Weather Company's digital assets, including Weather.com and Weather Underground. The deal is a bet on big data and cloud computing in forecasting and analyzing weather.

Why It's Hard to Forecast the Weather Weather forecasting is a tricky business. Jason Samenow, weather editor for the Capital Weather Gang at the Washington Post, explains how forecasters rely on computer models to help predict the weather and why they may be more accurate than you think Read more ... .

How Weather Forecasting Was Invented Read an exclusive excerpt from Al Roker's upcoming book

Al Roker: The Tragic History of Early Weather Forecasting Read an exclusive excerpt from Al Roker's upcoming book

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U.S. Senate Chickens Out of Fixing Major Issues in Weather Forecasting Last week, the United States Senate briefly flirted with the idea of actually doing something useful. Depending on whom you ask, the National Weather Service Improvement Act was either a positive step toward modernization or destructive enough to giv Read more ... e Rick Santorum the quivers. Even though the bill is now dead and gone, the idea of fundamentally restructuring the National Weather Service is a debate worth having.