Studies show that about 90 percent of the lightning strikes to aircraft are thought to be initiated by the presence of the aircraft itself. [Credit: iStock ] Question: A friend of mine was flying a ...

Airports flying into Seattle-Tacoma International Airport issued a ground stop due to the thunderstorms moving through Western Washington on Wednesday evening. According to a spokesperson with SEA, ...

Certainly, it has been done, although pilots will go a long way out of their way to avoid it. It's even been done with out a plane! In August 1959, Lt. Col. William Rankin of the U.S. Marines bailed ...

Scattered showers and storms are expected through Saturday, May 3, with some showers lingering into the beginning of next week, according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington. Scattered ...

A: While there are weather hazards, flying is pretty safe. "Weather Guys" Steve Ackerman and Jonathan Martin are professors in the University of Wisconsin-Madison department of atmospheric and oceanic ...

The National Weather Service (NWS) generally uses a three-tiered approach, consisting of outlooks, watches, and warnings. This system is largely based on two variables: time until the event and ...

A man in Jacksonville, Florida, captured the moment lightning struck an apartment roof during a thunderstorm on Saturday, July 12. Video filmed by Alan Sutton shows the bolt of lightning hitting the ...