Barb says she's heard that watching a barometer can help one to make a weather forecast, and she wants to know how that works. Much of modern weather forecasting requires the processing capabilities ...

Test your science history knowledge with this intriguing trivia question about one of meteorology's most important inventions. Italian physicist Evangelista Torricelli created the mercury barometer, a ...

I've had several inquiries with respect to how watching a barometer can help one to make a weather forecast. Although modern weather forecasting employs a lot of computer modeling, some reasonable ...

A barometer is a tool meteorologists use to measure atmospheric pressure, which is defined using millibars (mb). The layers of air in the Earth’s atmosphere has weight to it - which is pulled toward ...

MADISON, Wis. -- The First Warn Weather Team is forecasting some of the hottest actual and heat index temperatures of the year so far, with some places feeling over 100 degrees at times, especially by ...