Yet another famous line from yours truly. It’s because there’s no Magic 8-Ball in forecasting, no rodent-inspired holiday, and no one particular weather forecasting model that can tell you exactly ...

FARGO — Meteorologists use a barometer to measure pressure changes in the atmosphere, but you don’t need a fancy instrument to gauge the weather changes, you can make one with just a few simple ...

I don't know about you, but I've been a regular watcher of the local TV news for decades. The news and sports are well and good, but the weather forecast is always the main event. When the temps start ...

More than 400 years ago, an Italian physicist invented a tool that meteorologists still use to this day to predict the weather: the barometer.

An e-mail from Tim is among more than one recently asking about making a weather forecast by watching a barometer. Much of modern weather forecasting requires the processing capabilities of high-speed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A barometer is a tool meteorologists use to measure atmospheric pressure, which is defined using millibars (mb). The layers of air ...