COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. — Meteorologists all over the world use a wide variety of instruments to measure things like temperature, air pressure, humidity and a host of other variables. In Tuesday's ...

Last week we learned how to measure wind speed by making an anemometer (a wind speed gauge). This week we stay on the chapter of wind by making a wind vane. A wind vane is one of the oldest tools in ...

Whether it's blowing a gale or just a gentle breeze, we've all felt the wind. Wind can come from different places, which can impact the weather we experience. Have you ever felt a freezing gust of ...

Web posted at: 6:32 PM EDT (2232 GMT) Pilots at the Fly Away Airport need your help -- fast! Last night, lightning destroyed the orange windsock. This windsock helped pilots measure which direction ...

GRAND RAPIDS — Recently we have had some very windy days, but do we always know which direction the wind is blowing? In today's weather experiment we are going to build a wind vane or weather vane to ...

When we experience extreme weather, such as Storm Floris recently, it's understandable that interest in weather records increases. However, in order to fully understand how records are recorded or ...