Scientists were initially given less than a week to prepare for the loss of microwave observations that are key in detecting rapid intensification of storms.

A surface trough along the southeastern U.S. coast is expected to bring showers and thunderstorms offshore Florida over the next couple of days. Saharan dust moving across the Atlantic and moving ...

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In fact, a large number of private companies use NOAA data to create fancy maps and other weather products that they sell. It would be extremely difficult to do all of that without NOAA.

The various heights of certain pressures are given in millibars and meters. Some maps even show weather variables higher than Denali, the highest mountain peak in North America, at 6,190 meters.

NOAA operates fleets of satellites, sensors on airplanes and ocean-going buoys, as well as radar, providing the data used by weather forecasters nationwide – and freely available to anyone.

A respected atmospheric scientist, Dr. Jacobs was found to have violated NOAA’s code of ethics in 2019. By Christopher Flavelle President Trump has nominated Neil Jacobs to once again lead the ...

Another map reveals the probability of a White Christmas across the U.S. based on data from NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) between 1981 and 2010, with northern states naturally being ...

A NOAA forecast also found that Vermont, as well as the rest of New England, is leaning toward having above normal levels of rain for the remainder of this fall, with a 33% to 40% likelihood in ...

A NOAA forecast also found that Vermont, as well as the rest of New England, is leaning toward having above normal levels of rain for the remainder of this fall, with a 33% to 40% likelihood in ...

La Niña, which means "little girl" in Spanish, is a weather pattern that can impact winter temperatures, according to NOAA. "During La Niña events, trade winds are even stronger than usual, pushing ...

"During La Niña events, trade winds are even stronger than usual, pushing more warm water toward Asia," NOAA stated. "Off the west coast of the Americas, upwelling increases, bringing cold, ...