Stormy Start to the Week in the West

Periods of rain and mountain snow will continue in the Pacific Northwest through Sunday as a cold front moves across the region. Winter Storm Watches are now in effect for the Northern Sierra Mountains for Monday as a strong storm brings the first snows of the season. Coastal locations in California will receive their first significant rainfall event as this storm moves inland on Monday.
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Elusive El Niño challenges NOAA’s 2012 U.S. Winter Outlook

The western half of the continental U.S. and central and northern Alaska could be in for a warmer-than-average winter, while most of Florida might be colder-than-normal December through February, according to NOAA’s annual Winter Outlook announced today from the agency’s new Center for Weather and Climate Prediction in College Park, Md.

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Signs of success

In their first year, six Weather-Ready Nation pilot projects have demonstrated specialized decision support services for a wide-ranging set of weather and environmental hazards to which society is becoming increasingly vulnerable.

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A place for new discoveries

NOAA’s world-class weather and climate prediction center opens at the University of Maryland in College Park.

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