Forecasts for overseas flights
A prototype system developed at NCAR provides eight-hour forecasts, updated every three hours, of potentially dangerous atmospheric conditions over remote ocean regions.

The weather year in review: a sneak preview
Though we’re still more than two weeks from the end of 2012, it’s not too soon to get a sense of how the year will go down in meteorological annals. Some of the signals from January to November are so strong that December won’t change the outcome.