We couldn’t always predict the weather. It took huge strides in physics, atmospheric science, computer science and engineering to connect the dots between what’s going on in the sky at any given ...

Are you planning to leave town a week or so from now? Chances are you’ll check a weather app to figure out what to pack. And you’ll probably wind up with the right outfits. And this is because weather ...

The future is often portrayed, in books and in articles, as being overrun by the sinister consequences of robotics and artificial intelligence. In “The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast,” ...

Since 1988, the noontime mechanical performance of the Weather Machine has been delighting and confusing visitors to downtown Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse Square. Every day, the one-of-a-kind, ...

Nearly 150 years after its founding, the National Weather Service now uses supercomputers to predict forecasts. But the privatization of data interchange and app-driven technology is raising concerns ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A fanfare of music has been alerting Pioneer Courthouse Square visits of the day’s weather forecast for more than 35 years. Unsuspecting spectators look in awe and confusion as ...