The future is often portrayed, in books and in articles, as being overrun by the sinister consequences of robotics and artificial intelligence. In “The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast,” ...

Are you planning to leave town a week or so from now? Chances are you’ll check a weather app to figure out what to pack. And you’ll probably wind up with the right outfits. And this is because weather ...

What does it take to predict tomorrow’s weather today? We take a look at the fascinating story behind the history and science of the weather forecast. From The ...

We couldn’t always predict the weather. It took huge strides in physics, atmospheric science, computer science and engineering to connect the dots between what’s going on in the sky at any given ...

Since 1988, the noontime mechanical performance of the Weather Machine has been delighting and confusing visitors to downtown Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse Square. Every day, the one-of-a-kind, ...

Disastrous hurricanes. Widespread droughts and wildfires. Withering heat. Extreme rainfall. It is hard not to conclude that something’s up with the weather, and many scientists agree. It’s the result ...

The Weather Machine. By Andrew Blum. Ecco; 224 pages; $25.99. Bodley Head; £16.99. IN 1943 A German U-boat surreptitiously landed on the coast of Labrador, Canada’s frigid north-eastern peninsula.