Automated Surface Observing Systems (ASOS/AWOS) continuously sample weather data over specified periods, rather than instantaneously, using algorithms to generate observations that represent the ...

In the United States, 210 million weather observations are taken every day from automated weather stations, professional meteorologists and trained storm spotters. Airports across the country take ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - When you hear us say the official high today, we are using the official observation from the Nashville airport. Non-stop reports from Automated Surface Observing Systems are ...

NORFOLK, Va. — It’s something we mention in every newscast, in fact, it’s usually at the bottom right-hand corner of your screen - the temperature and weather conditions. But where does that ...

FARGO — Every time you see weather data on the StormTRACKER maps, whether that be the temperature for Fargo, dew point, the wind speed or even visibility, those numbers don’t just appear, it begins at ...

The weather collection site on the USC campus was not somewhere you wanted to be last Tuesday evening. The cluster of electronics, known in meteorological parlance as an automated surface observing ...

HOUSTON, TX (KTRK) -- The National Weather Service says construction at Bush Airport blocked data from the rain gauge system there. They say the high-tech system measures rain, wind, humidity - ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Meteorologists use many different instruments to observe and forecast the weather. Some sit at the surface… others remain far above the ground, all are important in knowing and ...

Doppler Radar is the meteorologist’s window into observing severe storms. With 159 radar towers across the United States, NOAA’s National Weather Service has comprehensive coverage of the continental ...