Weather

Rains will sweep through the New York City region Monday afternoon. Flooding is likely.

More Malibu residents were permitted to return home on Sunday after being evacuated from the Woolsey Fire.

The mission of the National Weather Service is to issue accurate and timely forecasts. It operates 122 weather forecast offices across the United States. It is one of the six scientific agencies that make up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States government.

Frigid temperatures and blustery winds were no match for holiday cheer as giant character balloons took to the skies, and performers on floats and marching bands made their way through New York City's streets on Thursday for Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

The Woolsey Fire was 100 percent contained Wednesday, but with rain forecast for tonight and into Thursday, officials in Los Angeles and Ventura counties were in an emergency response mode today, preparing for potential debris, mud and rock slides, especially in the Malibu area along Highway 1 and the canyon roads.

It is often said that a look to the past can help predict the future. In meteorology, there are significant events that changed the future relationship between humans and weather extremes.

Winter is coming. Very soon, the tristate New York area will be dealing with the harshness of the wind, cold, ice, and snow. About this time each year, we try to predict just how severe the winter may turn out to be.