Rain can put a damper on your July 4 display, and drought risks can turn a neighborhood celebration into a five-alarm fire. By Judson Jones Judson Jones is a meteorologist and reporter for The Times.

It was only a generation or two ago that weather forecasts were not to be taken too seriously: funny-guy meteorologists on the local news wisecracking about ruined golf plans. That has long stopped ...

Good news, trick-or-treaters: Halloween isn't looking like a dark and stormy night in the Tri-State. Well, it may be dark. depending on what time you head out in your costume. But not stormy. The ...