NOAA Adopts New Policy on Partnerships in the Provision of Environmental Information
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has
adopted a new policy which applies to provision of all National Weather Service
environmental information, including forecasts, warnings, and
observations. This Policy on Partnerships in the Provision of
Environmental Information will strengthen the partnership among government,
academia and the private sector that provides the nation with high quality
environmental information. Details...
Comment on Strategic Plan for NOAA's National Weather Service
A draft of the National Weather Service's Strategic Plan for 2005-2010 is available for public comment. This Strategic Plan lays out the path that NOAA's NWS will take to accomplish its mission, advance its vision, and integrate its core values throughout the organization. The theme of this plan "Working Together to Save Lives" reflects NWS's commitment to work with all of its partners to provide the services America needs. We are interested in your comments. Details...
Check Out The World's Largest Archive of Weather Data
All weather and climate data gathered by the National Weather Service, military services, Federal Aviation Administration, and Coast Guard is archived at the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administrations's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC).The NCDC compiles the weather data (temperatures, precipitation totals, heating and cooling degree days, and more) collected from thousands of sites in the U.S. and abroad. Details...
Weather Resources For Educators Available Online!
The National Weather Service has tools available for educators to teach a number of subjects including science, math, geometry, geography, and biology. These tools use simplified methods to communicate important facts to everyone from pre-schoolers to college-level students. From understanding how tornadoes form to identifying cloud formations, these resources are easy to download for your convenience Details...
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Please consider helping us by completing this Web-based survey... ...Tropical Storm Lisa...over the far North Atlantic...was losing tropical characteristics at
11 PM EDT. The National Hurricane Center is no longer issuing
advisories on this system... Details...
News Of The Day
...NWS Hydrologic Services Program will conduct a survey
to assess user satisfaction and to determine how to better serve its users.
Please consider helping us by completing this Web-based survey... ...Hurricane Lisa...over the open waters of the
Atlantic...was racing toward the east-northeast and is expected to lose tropical
characteristics tonight or Sunday... Details...
News Of The Day
...NWS Hydrologic Services Program will conduct a survey
to assess user satisfaction and to determine how to better serve its users.
Please consider helping us by completing this Web-based survey... ...Tropical Storm Lisa moving northward over the open
Atlantic...expected to turn northeastward...... Details...
News of the Day
...NWS Hydrologic Services Program will conduct a survey
to assess user satisfaction and to determine how to better serve its users.
Please consider helping us by completing this Web-based survey... ...Tropical Storm Lisa remained over the open
waters of the Atlantic. Maximum sustained winds are near 70 MPH with higher
gusts. Lisa could briefly reach hurricane strength tonight followed by gradual
weakening....but poses no immediate threat to land areas... Details...
News of The Day
...NWS Hydrologic Services Program will conduct a survey
to assess user satisfaction and to determine how to better serve its users.
Please consider helping us by completing this Web-based survey... ...Tropical Storm Lisa remained over the open waters of the Atlantic. There is chance that Lisa may become a hurricane during
the next 12 to 24 hours...but poses no immediate threat to land
areas... Details...
Top News of the Day
...NWS Hydrologic Services Program will conduct a survey
to assess user satisfaction and to determine how to better serve its users.
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survey... ...The remnants of Jeanne have moved out into the Atlantic...advisories
are no longer being issued... ...Tropical
Storm Lisa remainded over the open waters of the Atlantic. There is chance that Lisa may become a hurricane during the next 12 to 24 hours...but poses no immediate threat to land areas... Details...
11 AM Tropical Weather Update
......The remnants of Jeanne were moving out into the Atlantic.
Flood Warnings remained in effect for several rivers in Pennsylvania...Maryland...Virginia...South Carolina... and Florida...
...Tropical
Storm Lisa was nearing hurricane strength over the open waters of
the Atlantic. Lisa poses no immediate threat to land areas...
...Elsewhere
tropical storm formation is not expected through Thursday... Details...
8 AM Tropical Update
...The remnants of Jeanne
were moving off the northern mid-Atlantic coast...
...Tropical
Storm Lisa was nearing hurricane strength over the open waters of
the Atlantic. Lisa remains no immediate threat to land...
...Elsewhere
tropical storm formation is not expected through Thursday... Details...
5 PM EDT Tropical Weather Update
...The remnants of Tropical
Depression Jeanne were moving through northern Virginina and
Maryland. Flood and Flash Flood Warnings were in effect for parts of
Virginia...eastern West Virginia...and Maryland. Flood and Flash Flood Watches
continued for parts of Virginia...Maryland...Delaware...West
virginia...Pennsylvania...New York...Connecticut... and
Massachusetts....
...Tropical
Storm Lisa was moving northward over open
waters....
...Elsewhere tropical storm formation is not expected through
Tuesday... Details...
8 AM EDT Tropical Weather Updates
.....Tropical Depression
Jeanne continued to produce significant rainfall amounts through
the Appalachians and Mid Atlantic region. Flood and Flash Flood Warnings were in
effect for parts of central North Carolina and southwestern Virginia. Flood and
Flash Flood Watches continue for parts of Georgia...South Carolina...North
Carolina...Virginia...Maryland...Delmarva Penninsula...West
Virginia...Pennsylvania...and southeastern New York....
...Tropical
Storm Lisa lingered over the central Atlantic...
...Elsewhere
tropical storm formation is not expected through Wednesday... Details...
11 PM EDT Tropical Updates
...Tropical Depression Jeanne continued to produce
heavy rain through Georgia and the southern mid Atlantic states. Flood
and Flash Flood Watches continue for parts of Georgia...South Carolina...North Carolina...and Virginia.
New watches have been posted for northeast Pennsylvania and southeastern New
York. Advisories are being issued by the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center...
...Tropical Storm Lisa remained a minimal
tropical storm over the open Atlantic...
...Elsewhere
tropical storm formation is not expected through Wednesday... Details...
5 PM EDT Tropical Weather Update
...Tropical Depression
Jeanne was dropping heavy rain through Georgia and the Carolinas.
Rainfall amounts of 3 to 5 inches through Tuesday evening with isolated higher
amounts are possible along the track. Advisories are being issued by the Hydrometeorological
Prediction Center...
...Tropical
Storm Lisa remains disorganized and was barely at tropical storm
intensity...
...Elsewhere tropical storm formation is not expected through Tuesday...
Details...
Tropical Weather Updates
...Jeanne
barely a tropical storm...likely to become a depression in a few hours. At 11 AM
EDT the center of Jeanne was located near Albany Georgia...
...Tropical
Storm Lisa remains disorganized while crawling
northward...
...Elsewhere tropical storm formation is not expected through
Tuesday... Details...
Tropical Weather Update
...Tropical
Storm Jeanne was weakening. At 8 AM EDT the center of Jeanne was
located near Moultrie Georgia. Rainfall totals of 4 to 6 inches...with isolated
higher amounts...are possible in association with Jeanne...
...Tropical
Storm Lisa remains disorganized while crawling
northward...
...Elsewhere tropical storm formation is not expected through
Tuesday...
Details...
Updates on Tropical Storms Jeanne and Lisa...
...Tropical
Storm Jeanne was slowly weakening as it moved over the northwestern
Florida peninsula. On the current forecast track the center of Jeanne should
move into southern Georgia Monday morning. Rainfall totals of 5 to 10
inches...with isolated higher amounts...are possible near the path of
Jeanne...
...Tropcal
Storm Lisa posed no immediate threat to land...
Details...
At 5 PM EDT Jeane had weakened to a Tropical Storm
...Tropical
Storm Jeanne continues to gradually weaken over Florida. At 5
PM...the center of Jeanne was located about 35 miles southeast of Cedar Key
Florida. On the forecast track...the center will be moving near the Big Bend
area of Florida later tonight and early Monday.
...Tropcal
Storm Lisa posed no immediate threat to land...
Details...
At Noon Hurricane Jeanne was nearing the Tampa Bay Area
...Hurricane
Jeanne was nearing the Tampa Bay area. The forecast track carries the center of Jeane near or just offshore
of the Florida west coast north of Tampa Bay later today...
...Tropical
Storm Lisa posed no immediate threat to land...
Details...
Hurricane Jeanne moving onshore along Florida's east coast
...The eye of dangerous Category
Three Hurricane Jeanne was moving onshore over Florida's Martin and
St. Lucie counties. Maximum sustained winds were near 115 MPH with higher gusts.
Jeanne will begin to weaken after the eye moves inland. Rainfall totals of
5 to 10 inches...with isolated higher amounts...are possible as Jeanne moves
across central Florida on Sunday...
...Tropical
Storm Lisa remained no threat to land...
Details...
10 PM EDT Tropical Weather Update
...Dangerous
Category Three Hurricane Jeanne was bearing down on the east coast
of Florida. Maximum sustained winds were near 115 MPH with higher gusts.
Hurricane force winds are expected to spread inland as much as 100 miles along
the track of Jeanne. Rainfall totals of 5 to 10 inches...with isolated higher
amounts...are possible along the track of Jeanne over Florida...
...Tropical
Storm Lisa remained no threat to land...
Details...
Updates on Tropical Weather...
...Dangerous core of Hurricane
Jeanne
expected to reach the Florida east coast
tonight...
...Remnants of
Ivan had weakened. The Hydrometeorological Prediction
Center has issued the last advisory...
...Tropical
Storm Lisa remained no threat to land... Details...
Updates on Tropical Weather
...Hurricane Jeanne
continued moving toward the northwestern Bahamas. Watches and
warnings have been issued for Florida and Georgia....
...Remnants
of Ivan had weakened.
The Hydrometeorological Prediction
Center has issued the last advisory...
...Hurricane Karl
had moved over cold waters of the North Atlantic and lost tropical
characteristics...the National Hurricane Center has issued the last advisory on
this storm...
...Tropical Storm
Lisa had strengthened but remainded no threat to
land... Details...
Tropical Weather Updates
...Hurricane
Jeanne continued moving toward the
northwestern Bahamas. Watches and warnings have been issued for Florida and
Georgia....
...Tropical Depression
Ivan was nearly stationary over Eastern Texas. Advisories
from the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center will provide updates as long as the system remains a flood
threat. ...
...Hurricane
Karl was moving over
waters of the North Atlantic and losing tropical characteristics...
...Tropical
Depression Lisa remainded no threat to
land... Details...
Tropical Weather Updates
...Hurricane Jeanne continued moving
toward the northern Bahamas. Interests on the Florida peninsula should closely
monitor the progress of Jeanne...
...Tropical Depression Ivan was weakening
over southeastern Texas...
...Hurricane Karl was moving over waters of the
North Atlantic and losing tropical characteristics...
...Tropical Depression
Lisa remainded no threat to land... Details...
The National Hurricane Center Continues to Monitor the Tropics...
...Hurricane Jeanne was moving a little faster to the west-northwest.
Interests in Florida should closely monitor the track... ...Tropical Storm Ivan
continued to weaken as it moved toward the southwestern Louisiana and the upper
Texas coasts... ...Hurricane Karl in the mid-Atlantic remained no immediate
threat to land areas.... ...Tropical Depression Lisa had weakened and was no
threat to land... Details...
The National Hurricane Center Continues to Monitor the Tropics...
Interests in and around the northwest Bahamas...and in Florida...should closely monitor the progress of Hurricane Jeanne. Tropical Storm Ivan strengthens a little as it approaches the southwestern coast of louisiana. Hurricane Karl in the mid-Atlantic
remains no immediate threat to land areas. Tropical Storm Lisa is moving slowly in the tropical Atlantic. Details...
The National Hurricane Center Continues to Monitor the Tropics...
Interests in and near the northwest and central Bahamas should closely monitor the progress of Hurricane Jeanne. Hurricane Karl in the mid-Atlantic remains no immediate threat to land areas. Tropical Storm Lisa is moving slowly in the tropical Atlantic. Ivan has regenerated as a Tropical Depression in the Gulf of Mexico. Details...
The National Hurricane Center Continues to Monitor the Tropics...
Tropical Storms Jeanne and Lisa...and Hurricane Karl...continue in the Atlantic but pose no threat to land areas at this time. Details...
The National Hurricane Center is tracking Jeanne... Karl...and Lisa...
Tropical Storms Jeanne and Lisa...and Hurricane Karl...continue in the Atlantic but pose no threat to land areas at this time. Details...
Tropical Weather Updates
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storms Jeanne and Lisa and on Hurricane Karl. Details...
11 AM Tropical Weather Updates
Tropical Storm Jeanne was getting better organized well east of the
Bahamas but was no immediate threat to any land areas. Powerful Category Three
Hurricane Karl remained no threat to land. Tropical Storm Lisa had formed over
the far eastern Atlantic. Details...
Jeanne...Karl...and Tropical Depression 13 Updates
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Jeanne...Karl...and Tropical Depression 13. Details...
Jeanne...Karl...and Ivan Updates
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Jeanne and Karl. Advisories on Ivan are being issued by Hydrometeorological Prediction Center while the system remains a flood threat Details...
Ivan...Jeanne...and Karl Updates
Tropical Depression Ivan was over eastern Tennessee. Flash Flood Watches are in effect for parts of the southeastern US and much of the Mid-Atlantic region. Jeanne was drifting west-northwestward along the north coast of Hispaniola. Karl was gaining strength in the eastern Atlantic. Details...
Updates on Ivan...Jeanne...and Karl
Ivan has weakened over central Alabama...all coastal warnings discontinued. Jeanne is a strong Tropical Storm over the Dominican Republic. Karl becomes the 11th named storm over the far eastern Atlantic. Details...
Hurricane Local Statements on Ivan
Hurricane Local Statements prepared by National Weather Service Weather Forecast Offices give specific details for their County Warning Area on weather conditions, evacuation decisions made by local officials, and other precautions necessary to protect life and property. Details...
5 AM EDT Hurricane Ivan and Tropical Storm Jeanne updates
At 5 AM EDT Ivan was spreading hurricane force winds inland
after making landfall near Gulf Shores Alabama. Jeanne was nearing the northeast
coast of the Dominican Republic. Details...
11 PM EDT Hurricane Ivan and Tropical Storm Jeanne updates
At 11 PM EDT...extremely dangerous Hurricane Ivan was
coming closer to the northern Gulf Coast. Tropical Storm Jeanne was causing
heavy rainfall and flooding over much of Puerto Rico. Details...
National Hurricane Center closely tracking Ivan and Jeanne
Category Four Hurricane Ivan is bearing down on the northern Gulf Coast. Strong Tropical Storm Jeanne is forecast to move near the northern coast of the Dominican Republic on Thursday. Details...
Turn Around Don't Drown!
Each year, more deaths occur due to flooding than from any other severe weather-related hazard. People underestimate the force and power of water. Many preventable deaths occur in automobiles as they are swept downstream. Whether you are driving or walking, if you come to a flooded road, turn around don't drown. Details...
Frances Expected to Dump Heavy Rains Over the Southeastern United States
At 5 pm EDT, the center of Tropical Storm Frances was located inland near latitude 30.6 north, longitude 84.3 west or about 75 miles northeast of Apalachicola, Florida. Frances is moving toward the north-northwest near 9 mph. On this track Frances will continue to move farther inland. Details...
Large Circulation Center of Frances Expected to Move Over the Florida Panhandle Later Today
At 11 am EDT, the large circulation center of Tropical Storm Frances was located near latitude 29.5 north, longitude 84.0 west or about 60 miles east-southeast of Apalachicola, Florida.
Frances is moving toward the northwest near 8 mph. On this track, the center of Frances should move over the Florida Panhandle later today. Maximum sustained winds are near 65 mph, with higher gusts. Details...
Frances Getting a Little Better Organized over the Warm Waters of the Northeast Gulf of Mexico
At 5 am EDT, the center of Tropical Storm Frances was located near latitude 28.7 north and longitude 83.5 west or about 115 miles southeast of Apalachicola Florida.
Frances is moving toward the west-northwest near 12 mph and a gradual turn toward the northwest is expected by this afternoon. On the forecast track, the center of Frances should continue moving over the northeastern Gulf of Mexico and make landfall over the central portion of the Florida Panhandle by this evening. Details...
Frances Heading for the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico... Could Regain Hurricane Strength
At 5PM EDT the center of tropical storm Frances was located about 20 miles east of Tampa
Florida. Frances is moving toward the west-northwest near 10 mph and this motion is expected to continue for the next 24 hours. Details...
Frances Hitting Florida Hard
At 11 am EDT, the center of Hurricane Frances was located by radar near latitude 27.7 north, longitude 81.2 west, about 25 miles northeast of Sebring and 80 miles east-southeast of Tampa Florida. The large circulation of Frances is moving toward the west-northwest near 9 mph. A continued west to west-northwestward track across the peninsula is expected today and Frances should move over the Gulf of Mexico late tonight or Monday morning. Details...
Frances weakening slightly as it moves slowly across southeastern Florida near Lake Okeechobee
At 5 am EDT, the center of Hurricane Frances was located near latitude 27.2 north and longitude 80.5 west or about 20 miles west of Stuart. This is also about 135 miles east-southeast of Tampa Florida.
Frances is moving toward the west near 8 mph. The western portion of the eyewall has already moved well inland over portions of Palm Beach...Martin and St. Lucie counties. A continued west to west-northwestward motion is expected to move the entire eye of the hurricane inland by sunrise today. Details...
Large Hurricane Nears Florida East Coast
At 11 PM EDT the center of hurricane Frances was located about 35 miles northeast of
West Palm Beach Flordia. Frances is moving toward the west-northwest near 5 mph. The western portion of the eyewall has already moved over portions of Palm Beach. Details...
Large Hurricane Frances Remains Stalled
At 5 pm EDT, the large eye of Hurricane Frances was located by radar and surface observations near latitude 26.9 north, longitude 79.3 west or about 50 miles east-northeast of Palm Beach, Florida. Frances has been nearly stationary for the past several hours but the hurricane should begin to move between the west and west-northwest near 5 mph soon. On this track, the strongest winds surrounding the large eye of Frances will move across the Florida East Coast tonight. Details...
Frances Heading for Florida...Weather Expected to Worsen
At 11 am EDT, the center of Hurricane Frances was located by radar and reconnaissance near latitude 26.9 north and longitude 78.8 west or about 80 miles east of Palm Beach Florida.
Frances has been drifting between the west and west-northwest during the past few hours but is expected to resume a west-northwest track near 5 mph. On the forecast track, the large eye of Hurricane Frances will be very near the Florida East Coast by late tonight or early Sunday morning. Details...
Frances Continues to Batter the Northwestern Bahamas
At 5 am EDT, the center of Hurricane Frances was located near latitude 26.6 north and longitude 78.1 west or about 45 miles east of Freeport Grand Bahama Island. This position is also about 125 miles east of West Palm Beach Florida.
Frances is moving toward the northwest near 6 mph. A turn to the west-northwest is expected later today. On the forecast track, the large core of Hurricane Frances will continue to move slowly over the northwestern Bahamas this morning and will be very near the Florida East Coast by late tonight or early Sunday morning. Details...
Outer Squalls of Dangerous Hurricane Frances Moving Over the Florida East Coast, Weather Should Begin to Deteriorate Gradually
At 8 PM EDT the center of hurricane Frances was located about 90 miles east-southeast
of Freeport Grand Bahama Island and 200 miles east-southest of the Florida lower east coast Details...
Frances Relentlessly Lashing Central And Western Bahamas...Slowly Heading For Florida
At 2 PM EDT, the center of hurricane Frances was located by surface observations from Bahamas and a reconnaissance plane very near the southern tip of Great Abaco in the Bahamas and 200 miles East-Southeast of the Florida Lower East Coast Details...
Wind Gusts of 115 mph in the Abacos
At 11 am EDT, the center of Hurricane Frances was located by surface observations from the Bahamas and a reconnaissance about 40 miles northwest of Eleuthera Island and 220 miles east-southeast of the Florida lower East Coast. Frances is moving toward the northwest near 9 mph. A west-northwest to northwestward motion with some decrease in forward speed is expected during the next 24 hours. On this track, the core of Hurricane Frances will continue to move near or over the northwestern Bahamas today. Details...
Center of Dangerous Frances Approaching Eleuthera Island in the Northwestern Bahamas
At 5 am EDT, the center of Hurricane Frances was located near latitude 24.9 north and longitude 76.0 west or just east of Eleuthera Island. This position is also about 285 miles east-southeast of the Florida lower East Coast.
Frances is moving toward the west-northwest near 9 mph and a west-northwest to northwestward motion with some decrease in forward speed is expected during the next 24 hours. Details...
Frances Weakens Slightly...Still a Dangerous Category Three Hurricane Moving through the Bahamas
At 11 pm EDT, the eye of Hurricane Frances was located by reconnaissance aircraft, satellite images and radar about 25 miles east-southeast of northern Cat Island. This is also about 330 miles east-southeast of the Florida lower East Coast. Details...
San Salvador in the Eye of Frances... Sustained Winds of 114 MPH Reported
A hurricane warning remains in effect for the east coast of Florida from Florida City northward to Flagler Beach... including Lake Okeechobee. Details...
Dangerous Hurricane Frances heading for Florida ...Hurricane Warnings Issued
At 11 am EDT, a Hurricane Warning has been issued for the East Coast of Florida from Florida City northward to Flagler Beach, including Lake Okeechobee. A Hurricane Warning means that hurricane conditions are expected within the warning area within the next 24 hours. Preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion. Details...
Dangerous Category Four Frances Continues West-Northwestward Through the Bahamas...Florida Hurricane Watch Extended Southward
A Hurricane Watch is now in effect for the Florida East Coast from Craig Key northward to Flagler Beach, including Lake Okeechobee Details...
NOAA Tracks Tropical Storms in the Atlantic
Get the latest updates on hurricanes and tropical storms from NOAA's National Hurricane Center Details...
Gaston Very Near the Coast of South Carolina, Will be Inland Shortly
At 9 AM EDT, the center of tropical storm Gaston was located near the coast in the vicinity
of Bulls Bay and about 30 miles east of Charleson, South Carolina. Details...
NOAA Tracks Tropical Storms in the Atlantic
Get the latest updates on hurricanes and tropical storms from NOAA's National Hurricane Center Details...
Inland Flooding from Hurricanes Can Be Deadly
Inland flooding is responsible for more than half the deaths associated with tropical cyclones in the United States. Inland flooding threatens communities hundreds of miles from the coast as intense rain falls from these huge tropical air masses. Details...
What is a Hurricane?
A hurricane is a type of tropical cyclone, which is a generic term for a low pressure system that generally forms in the tropics. The cyclone is accompanied by thunderstorms and, in the Northern Hemisphere, a counterclockwise circulation of winds near the Earth's surface. Each year, an average of ten tropical storms develop over the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico. Some of these impact the U.S. coastline. Learn more about hurricanes. Details...
NOAA Keeps a close watch on the Tropics
Get the latest updates on hurricanes and tropical storms from NOAA's National Hurricane Center Details...
Updates on Tropical Weather from NOAA
At 11 AM EDT the center of Hurricane Charley was located near latitude 25.2 north...longitude 82.8 west or about 145 miles south of Sarasota Florida. Charley is moving toward the north near 18 mph and a turn toward the north-northeast with an increase in forward speed is expected today. Maximum sustained winds are near 110 MPH with higher gusts. Details...
Updates on Tropical Weather from NOAA
At 7 AM EDT the eye of Hurricane Charley was located about 75 miles west-southwest of Key West Florida. Maximum sustained winds are near 110 mph with higher gusts. Some strengthening is possible and Charley is forecast to be a major hurricane as it approaches the Florida west coast. Details...
Updates on Tropical Weather from NOAA
Bonnie is well inland and expected to lose tropical charateristics. Hurricane Charley has strengthened to a Category Two Hurricane - additional strengthening is forecast during the next 24 hours and Charley could become a major hurricane Thursday night or Friday Details...
Latest on hurricanes and tropical storms from NOAA
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Bonnie located in the north central Gulf of Mexico ... also on Hurricane Charley located in the northwestern Caribbean. Details...
Latest on hurricanes and tropical storms from NOAA
Tropical Storm Bonnie getting stronger ... Charley has been upgraded to a Hurricane Details...
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Bonnie and Tropical Storm Charley
Interests in the Caribbean Sea and North-Central and Northeastern Gulf of Mexico should closely monitor the progress of these storms. Details...
NWS Maps Provide Annual Summaries of Significant Weather Events Across the Nation
Since 1994, the National Weather Service has produced color maps highlighting the year's most significant weather events. Each U.S. map includes the type and date of event, states impacted, number of deaths, and monetary damage. Details...
Alex Moving Away from the US After Battering the Outer Banks
At 5 p.m. EDT, the center of Hurricane Alex was located about 65 miles northeast of Cape Hatteras, N.C. Alex is moving toward the northeast near 17 mph, and this motion is expected to continue over the next 24 hours, according to the NOAA National Hurricane Center in Miami, Fla. Maximum sustained winds are near 100 mph with higher gusts. Little change in strength is forecast during the next 24 hours. Details...
Alex Category Two Hurricane as it Parallels the Outer Blanks
At 11 a.m. EDT, the center of Hurricane Alex was located about 40 miles south-southwest of Cape Hatteras, N.C. Alex is moving toward the northeast near 15 mph. A northeastward motion with a small increase in forward speed is expected during the next 24 hours. On the forecast track, the center of Alex is expected to remain just offshore of the North Carolina Outer Banks. Details...
Alex Becomes The First Hurricane Of The 2004 Season...Moving Almost Parallel To The North Carolina Coast
At 5 am EDT, the center of Hurricane Alex was located near latitude 33.5 north and longitude 76.9 west or about 80 miles south-southwest of Cape Lookout North Carolina. This is also about 75 miles east-southeast of Wilmington North Carolina.
Alex is moving toward the northeast near 10 mph...and this motion is expected to continue with an increase in forward speed during the next 24 hours. On the forecast track...the center of Alex is forecast to pass very near the North Carolina Outer Banks later today. Details...
New Global Ultraviolet (UV) Index Now Available
NOAA's National Weather Service and the Environmental Protection Agency recently announced a new Global UV Index. These are a set of guidelines designed to better help people understand which precautions to take to protect themselves from different levels of UV radiation. Sunlight that feels so good can be harmful - know how to protect yourself. Reduce your chances of UV-related health problems. Details...
Hurricane Safety Plans Save Lives
It is important for you and your family to HAVE A PLAN that makes you as safe as possible in your home. Disaster prevention includes modifying your home to strengthen it against storms. It also includes having the supplies on hand to weather the storm. Learn how to prepare for hurricane hazards. Details...
Play it Cool in Summer Heat
Heat can tax the human body beyond its abilities. In a normal year, about 175 Americans succumb to the demands of summer heat. Know the signs of heat disorders and take some simple precautions when the heat is on. Details...
Why Do Forecasters Still Rely on Weather Balloons?
Twice every day, from nearly 100 locations in the United States, NOAA's National Weather Service launches weather balloons, carrying instrument packages called radiosondes. Radiosonde sensors measure upper-air conditions such as atmospheric pressure, temperature and humidity, wind speed and direction. The data is important for aviation safety, and meteorologists use radiosonde information to prepare weather forecasts. Details...
Need Marine Forecasts Immediately? Call Dial-A-Buoy.
Mariners can now hear the latest coastal and offshore weather observations via telephone through a service called Dial-A-Buoy. Dial-A-Buoy provides wind and wave measurements taken within the last hour at buoy and Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) stations located in the Atlantic, Pacific, Gulf of lines to the ground. Learn how to stay safe indoors. Details...
Lightning Safety Awareness Week - June 20-26, 2004 - Outdoor Lightning Safety
Each year, about 400 children and adults in the U.S. are struck by lightning while working outside, at sports events, on the beach, mountain climbing, mowing the lawn, or during other outdoor activities. Learn how to stay safe. Details...
Lightning Safety Awareness Week - June 20-26, 2004 - Lightning Science
At any given moment, there are 1,800 thunderstorms in progress somewhere on the Earth. This amounts to 16 million storms each year! Scientists who study lightning have a better understanding today of the process that produces lightning, but there is still more to learn. U.S. lightning detection systems monitor an average of 25 million strokes of lightning from cloud to ground every year! Details...
Lightning Safety Awareness Week - June 20-26, 2004 - Lightning Overview
Don't be a victim. Seek shelter indoors when thunderstorms and lightning threaten! Summer is the peak season for one of the Nation's deadliest weather phenomena - lightning. In the U.S., an average of 67 people are killed each year by lightning. In 2003, there were 44 deaths. That's more than the annual number of people killed by tornadoes or hurricanes. Many more are struck but survive. Play it safe, find out more about lightning safety. Details...
Heat Kills!
Heat-related deaths outpace fatalities in several other severe weather categories. Based on a 10-year average from 1992-2001, excessive heat claimed 219 lives each year. By contrast, floods killed 88; tornadoes, 57; lightning, 52; and hurricanes, 15. Be aware of dangerous heat conditions by following NWS's Mean Heat Index. Details...
How Intense Will the Sun be Tomorrow?
The NWS makes daily forecasts of Ultraviolet intensity for 52 metropolitan areas in a product called the UV Index. The UV Index is a next-day forecast of the amount of skin-damaging UV radiation expected to reach the Earth's surface at the time when the sun is highest in the sky (solar noon). Details...
Floods and Flash Floods Are the Deadliest Severe Weather Event
Flash floods occur within a few minutes or hours of excessive rainfall, a dam or levee failure, or a sudden release of water held by an ice jam. Rapidly rising water can reach heights of 30 feet or more. Most flash floods are caused by slow-moving thunderstorms, or multiple thunderstorms which move over the same area one right after the other. Details...
Never Cross a Flooded Road
Whether it is a hurricane, severe thunderstorm, or other tropical weather system, heavy rainfall anywhere in the United States causes flooding problems. When a large amount of rain falls over a short period of time, ditches, rivers, and lakes become filled with water and overflow into low-lying or poorly drained areas. Never cross a flooded road. As water depth increases or a greater area is covered by moving water, a greater force will be exerted. If you cannot see the road or its line markings, do not drive through the water. Details...
NOAA and EPA Adopt New Global Ultraviolet Index Guidelines
The NOAA National Weather Service and the Environmental Protection Agency announced the new Global Ultraviolet Index, which replaces the existing UV reporting methods in the United States. The announcement was made jointly by the agencies in Washington, D.C. Details...
Weather Concerns Change From Storms, Tornadoes to Flooding
Central states residents turned their attention from the skies to saturated ground Wednesday as flooding concerns overrode cares about severe weather. As skies cleared of rain clouds, residents in parts of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri and Wisconsin contended with swollen rivers and streams. Details...
"Break the Grip of the Rip" National Campaign Kicks-Off
This week NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) and the U.S. Lifesaving Association (USLA) launched a national public awareness campaign to prevent rip current deaths. Rip currents are powerful, channeled currents of water flowing away from shore. Rip currents can be killers. The USLA GMTimates that more than 100 deaths from rip currents occur on our Nation's beaches annually. Details...
National Hurricane Preparedness Week, May 16-22, 2004
President Bush has declared May 16-22, 2004, to be National Hurricane Preparedness Week. Also this week, NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) unveils its 2004 hurricane season outlook. Hurricane hazards come in many forms: storm surge, high winds, tornadoes, and flooding. It is important for your family to have a preparedness plan that includes all of these hazards. Details...
NOAA Extends Comment Period on Draft "Fair Weather" Partnership Policy
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is extending to June 30, 2004, its public comment period on a newly drafted policy governing NOAA's National Weather Service interactions and cooperation with the greater consortium of public, private, and academic weather and climate institutions. Details...
NOAA Issues Draft Policy to Foster "Fair Weather" Partnerships
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is requesting public comment on a newly drafted policy governing NOAA's National Weather Service interactions and cooperation with the greater consortium of public, private and academic weather and climate institutions. Details...
Keep an Eye on the Wind Chill
With an arctic airmass spreading over much of the northeastern U.S., the NOAA National Weather Service reminds residents in those affected areas to keep an eye on the wind chill, as well as the outside temperatures. Details...
Check Out The World's Largest Archive of Weather Data
All weather and climate data gathered by the National Weather Service, military services, Federal Aviation Administration, and Coast Guard is archived at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The NCDC compiles the weather data (temperatures, precipitation totals, heating and cooling degree days, and more) collected from thousands of sites in the U.S. and abroad. Details...
Floods and Flash Floods Are the Deadliest Severe Weather Event
Flash floods occur within a few minutes or hours of excessive rainfall, a dam or levee failure, or a sudden release of water held by an ice jam. Rapidly rising water can reach heights of 30 feet or more. Most flash floods are caused by slow-moving thunderstorms, or thunderstorms which move over the same area one right after the other. Details...
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