Tropical Storm Danny, the fourth storm of the 2015 Atlantic Hurricane Season, continues to track eastward. Gradual intensification is expected over the next couple of days depending on how much dry air associated with the Saharan Air Layer is entrained by the storm. This image...
Very hot, dry and unstable conditions in California and across the Pacific Northwest add to the challenges facing firefighters as they battle blazes around the region. Cal Fire is urging Californians to be extremely cautious, especially for the next few days, as the current conditions...
IMSG was awarded the NOAA Research to Operation (R2O) for Next Generation Global Prediction System (NGGPS) task order contract. Under this contract, we will support NOAA to accelerate improvements in the nation’s environmental prediction capabilities by developing environmental numerical weather predictions to longer time scales...
The lower Mississippi River is a ribbon of silver in this image from around 1705Z on July 24, 2015. The Suomi NPP satellite’s sun-synchronous orbit allows the VIIRS instrument to see the oceans, land and rivers under full sun, recording its reflections from bodies of...
Hurricane Dolores is at category 4 strength in an area of low vertical wind shear and very warm ocean waters, and is forecast to maintain that strength for the next 12 – 24 hours. Dolores’s forecast track has been shifting southward, which would keep the...
A clear path through the Northwest Passage can be seen in this satellite data of sea ice concentration from September 2014. What used to be a rare occurrence is now common place in the Arctic as sea ice levels continue to decrease. In response, this...
The small low pressure area that moved off the coast of North Carolina over the weekend has lost its frontal characteristics and acquired organized deep convection overnight. Advisories are being initiated on Tropical Storm Claudette, the third tropical storm of the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season....
Tropical Storm Bill is moving toward the northwest near 13 miles per hour and is expected to continue on that general track today. The center of Bill is forecast to make landfall along the Texas Gulf coast later this morning and move inland over south-central...
By Anne Altman, IBM Now that summer has started, we’ll pay close attention to the weather as we plan our picnics and trips to the lake or beaches over the next three months. But where, exactly, do those weather forecasts come from? The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA) was...
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