Dennis Mersereau is a reporter and author who cuts through the noise to bring you solid, engaging weather coverage.
America's Weather Forecasts Are About to Get Better
The country's main weather-modeling system is getting a boost
Dennis Mersereau
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How to Read Weather Radar Like a Pro
If you're going to be outside, get yourself a good weather-radar app and learn how to use it
How Weather Affects Your Body
Want to know what the weather is going to look like? Ask your knees.
What to Expect This Spring After the El Niño Winter
All signs point to active weather continuing into the warmer months, which will bring a litany of new hazards
A Winter-Weather Phenomenon That's Bad for Your Health
Inversions can choke all the fun out of winter in some places (looking at you, Salt Lake City)
Driving in Snow for Beginners: A Useful Guide
No matter where you live, you have to be prepared when the white stuff starts falling
Let's All Remember That Weather Is Not Climate
Think of the weather as your mood and the climate as your personality: your mood changes each day, whereas your personality is the sum of all those moods over the course of years
The Fed’s Best Agency Is the One You Never Think About
Yet it—along with its meteorologists—is struggling through the shutdown
Vetting the Best Weather Apps
And why you might just prefer a good old-fashioned website
Alaska's No Good, Very Dry Winter
Our northernmost state is also the most vulnerable to climate change
A Skier's Guide to El Niño
For those of us chasing powder, here's what the meteorologists say winter likely has in store
Airlines Are Changing Their Approaches to Bad Weather
Result: You’ll never miss a flight again! Okay, not really, but these innovations should reassure you about flying in inclement weather this winter.
The Meteorology Behind California's Crazy Waves
Why was the ocean so nasty along the West Coast on Sunday and Monday? It’s all thanks to a low-pressure system thousands of miles away and a meteorological phenomenon called a fetch. Let me explain.
This Data Predicts First Snows Around the Country
Unsurprisingly, the dates are getting later and later, according to the records we have
You're Misusing the Term '100-Year Flood'
What the admittedly confusing categorization actually means
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