Weather and Forecasting

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Scope

Weather and Forecasting (WAF) (ISSN: 0882-8156; eISSN: 1520-0434) publishes research that is relevant to operational forecasting. This includes papers on significant weather events, forecasting techniques, forecast verification, model parameterizations, data assimilation, model ensembles, statistical postprocessing techniques, the transfer of research results to the forecasting community, and the societal use and value of forecasts. The scope of WAF includes research relevant to forecast lead times ranging from short-term “nowcasts” through seasonal time scales out to approximately two years.

2025 Impact Factor: 2.81

Submission Types

  • Articles: Up to 7500 words, including the body text, acknowledgments, and appendixes. The word limit does not include the title page, abstract, references, captions, tables, and figures. If a submission exceeds the word limit, the author must provide a justification for the length of the manuscript and request the Chief Editor’s approval of the overage. This request may be uploaded in a document with the "Cover Letter" item type or entered in the comment field in the submission system.
  • Reviews: Synthesis of previously published literature that may address successes, failures, and limitations. Requires Review Proposal. For more information, see Review Articles.
  • Comment and Reply Exchange: Comments are written in response to a published article and should be submitted within 2 years of the publication date of the original article (although the editor can waive this limit in extenuating circumstances). The author of the original article has the opportunity to write a Reply. These exchanges are published together. 
  • Corrigenda: The corrigendum article type is available for authors to address errors discovered in already published articles. For more information, see Corrigenda.

  • Operational Prediction System Notes: Report on changes to the suite of operational numerical models and postprocessing techniques.
  • Forecaster's Forum: Opinions about forecasting problems and experiences that are of general interest to forecasters.

Editors and Staff Contacts

Chief Editor

Karen A. Kosiba, University of Alabama in Huntsville

Editors

John T. Allen, Central Michigan University

Walker S. Ashley, Northern Illinois University

Stephen W. Bieda III, NOAA/NWS Analyze, Forecast and Support Office

Kristin M. Calhoun, University of Oklahoma and NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory

Jun Du, NOAA/NWS/Office of Modeling and Development

Adam L. Houston, University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Eric James, NOAA/OAR/Global Systems Laboratory

Barbara Mayes Boustead, NOAA/OAR/Climate Program Office

Lynn McMurdie, University of Washington

Kathy Pegion, University of Oklahoma

Corey Potvin, NOAA/OAR/National Severe Storms Laboratory

Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah

Elizabeth Ritchie, University of New South Wales

Keith D. Sherburn, NOAA/NWS Analyze, Forecast and Support Office

Associate Editors

Marina Astitha, University of Connecticut

Barry R. Bowers, NOAA/NWS Analyze, Forecast and Support Office

Michael J. Brennan, NOAA/NWS National Hurricane Center

Jacob R. Carley, NOAA/NCEP/Environmental Modeling Center

Chia-Jeng Chen, National Chung Hsing University

Lin Chen, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology

Xingchao Chen, The Pennsylvania State University

Yuan-Ming Cheng, Swiss Re

Adam J. Clark, NOAA/OAR/National Severe Storms Laboratory

Michael C. Coniglio, NOAA/OAR/National Severe Storms Laboratory

Robert J.C. Conrick, The Boeing Company

Jessica A. Cornell, NOAA/NWS/SKYWARN, Pennsylvania State University

Robert L. Deal, NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Difei Deng, University of New South Wales, Canberra

Jeffrey D. Duda, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder and NOAA/GSL

Somer A. Erickson, DHS/Federal Emergency Management Agency

Steven J. Fletcher, CIRA, Colorado State University

Jeffrey Frame, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Jie Feng, Fudan University

David John Gagne, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

Victor Gensini, Northern Illinois University

Mohammadvaghef Ghazvinian, Lynker

Steven J. Greybush, The Pennsylvania State University

Jared L. Guyer, NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

Kimberly A. Hoogewind, Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations and NOAA/NWS/Storm Prediction Center

Israel L. Jirak, NOAA/NWS/Storm Prediction Center

John Knaff, NOAA Center for Satellite Applications and Research

Vinay Kumar, University of the Incarnate Word

Charles M. Kuster, NOAA/OAR/National Severe Storms Laboratory

Ryan Lagerquist, CIMMS, University of Oklahoma

Liao-Fan Lin, CIRA, Colorado State University and NOAA/OAR/Global Systems Laboratory

Luke Madaus, RWE AI Laboratory

Agostino Manzato, ARPA FVG - OSMER

Bryan Mroczka, NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL)

David R. Novak, NOAA/NWS/Weather Prediction Center

Craig Schwartz, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

Nathan Snook, Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms, University of Oklahoma

Jeffrey C. Snyder, NOAA/OAR National Severe Storms Laboratory

Ryan Sobash, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Derek R. Stratman, CIWRO, The University of Oklahoma, and NOAA/OAR/National Severe Storms Laboratory

Shan Sun, NOAA/OAR Global Systems Laboratory

Sheng-Lun Tai, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Brian H. Tang, University at Albany, State University of New York

Benjamin Trabing, NOAA/NWS/National Hurricane Center and CPAESS/UCAR

Ying Wang, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology

Steven J. Weiss, Retired (NOAA/NWS/Storm Prediction Center)

Kimberly Wood, The University of Arizona

Fanglin Yang, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Environmental Modeling Center

Song Yang, Naval Research Laboratory/Marine Meteorology Division, Monterey

Yanzhe Yin, Amazon Prime Air

Joseph B. Zambon, Fathom Science

Feimin Zhang, Lanzhou University

Shixuan Zhang, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Wei Zhang, University of Miami, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies

Siyu Zhao, Zhejiang University

Minghua Zheng, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego

Peer Review Support Staff

Cristina Barletta, Assistant to Karen A. Kosiba, Walker S. Ashley, and Stephen W. Bieda III

Aylin Arruda, Assistant to Adam L. Houston, Corey Potvin, and Keith D. Sherburn
Hayley Charney, Assistant to John T. Allen and Lynn McMurdie
Jane Foley, Assistant to Jun Du
Colleen Gaffney, Assistant to Barbara Mayes Boustead
Tom Justice, Assistant to Eric James
Robbie Matlock, Assistant to Kristin M. Calhoun, Zhaoxia Pu, and Elizabeth Ritchie
Andrea Schein, Assistant to Kathy Pegion

Production Contacts

Please see the AMS Publications contacts page.

1 2025 Journal Impact Factors by Clarivate Analytics; Meteorology and Atmospheric Science category.