Racing towards a potentially deadly storm may sound like an absurd thing to do – but for some scientific researchers, chasing extreme weather can be enlightening as well as exhilarating.

UPDATE (4/10/25) — State lawmakers announced they will further study a storm chasing licensing bill before advancing it. FOX23 reported in February Republican State Rep. Scott Fetgatter said ...

A second twister briefly accompanied it. Steve Thompson, a meteorologist with the Oklahoma Mesonet, was storm-chasing and happened to capture that storm from a wide perspective near Palo Duro Canyon.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - For today’s Good Question, JL asks: When Chris Bailey talks about the “mesonet,” what’s he talking about? The mesonet is a network of automated weather stations ...