The NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite carries aboard instrumentation that carefully discerns which areas of Earth are green and which are not.
Satellite imagery reveals Earth and Washington, D.C. in all its greenness
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“A beast”: Shocking, enlightening supercell thunderstorm photos from Nebraska
Storm chaser Brett Roberts captured some of the most amazing photographs of thunderstorm structure and lightning I've ever seen last Friday, June 14 in Nebraska.
D.C. area forecast: Emerging sunshine to stick around into weekend
The humidity is on the way out and sunshine on the way in. Get ready for a nice stretch of summer weather.
PM Update: Rain on way out, sunshine to return
It turned into a wet, rainy day, but we are on the brink of a fabulous stretch of weather, set to start tomorrow.
Tornado at Denver International Airport (PHOTOS)
At approximately 3:24 p.m. mountain time, a tornado was spotted in the vicinity of Denver International Airport (DIA). The weather station at the airport clocked a 97 mph gust as the twister passed by.
Volcano in Mexico blows its top, Australia fire tornado in real time (VIDEOS)
Here are two examples of Earth, wind and fire - to the extreme.
Live weather updates via Twitter
Flash flood watch through this evening for D.C. area
Areas of heavy rain are expected this afternoon. Given recent rains and saturated grounds, the National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch through 6 p.m.
Record-shattering heat bakes Alaska
A searing dome of heat has laid itself out over interior Alaska, pushing temperatures to all-time records in several locations.
Comparing the 2012 and 2013 June derechos
Whereas the June 12-13, 2013 event was larger, traveled farther, impacted more states, and spawned more tornadoes, the June 29, 2012 event featured overall stronger wind gusts and traveled faster.
D.C. area forecast: Humid with storm chances today; gradual improvement Wednesday
Today's the most humid day of this week with relief filtering in late tomorrow and especially Thursday and Friday.
