For many people looking at a weather forecast, the barometric pressure is usually an afterthought, coming well after checking out the temperature, precipitation, wind speeds and/or wind chill. But ...

The same wave in the jet stream can lead to strong winds, blowing dust and fire danger in one region, while triggering a ...

Can you feel a storm coming a mile away? Have you ever felt like you're a human barometer who can sense changes in barometric pressure? You're not imagining it and you're not alone. It is possible ...

A new study, published in Nature Climate Change, reveals that the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) could reach unprecedented ...

Wednesday is a First Alert Weather Impact Day due to northwest winds gusting up to 50 mph, rapidly falling barometric ...

A Pacific storm turned deadly when dry desert winds and Gulf moisture combined over the Plains to fuel dozens of tornadoes and fan wildfires.

The large areas of low atmospheric pressure that come with some storm systems can spawn tornadoes. Low pressure is associated with stormy weather, and the lower it is, the stronger a storm can be.