Category: Coastal News

NOAA's U.S. Winter Outlook 2022-2023 map

U.S. Winter Outlook: Warmer, Drier South with Ongoing La Nina

11/11/2022 - By NOAA This year La Niña returns for the third consecutive winter, driving warmer-than-average temperatures for the Southwest and along the Gulf Coast and eastern seaboard, according to NOAA’s U.S. Winter Outlook released today by the Climate Prediction Center — a division of the National Weather Service. Starting in December… SEE MORE

NOAA’s New Satellite to Help Improve Extreme Weather Predictions

11/10/2022 - By NOAA NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2), the third in a series of five advanced polar-orbiting satellites, blasted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, at 1:49 a.m. PST today. The satellite will join its predecessors, Suomi NPP and NOAA-20, as they circle the globe 14 times a day,… SEE MORE

Total Lunar Eclipse visualization from NASA's Ernie Wright. https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5032

Viewing the Lunar Eclipse in the Early Hours on Tuesday, Nov. 8

11/7/2022 - By Nasa What’s special about November’s lunar eclipse? The last total lunar eclipse for three years will occur on November 8, 2022, with the next occurring on March 14, 2025 — though we will continue to see partial and penumbral lunar eclipses during that time. A lunar eclipse occurs when… SEE MORE

Happy 2022 National Harbormaster Appreciation Day!

10/7/2022 - By US Harbors Today is the day we celebrate our local harbormasters: those people that keep our harbors safe for all of us who love to spend time on the water! Make sure to get out and wish your harbormaster a nice day and thank them for all they… SEE MORE

Car stranded by flood. Image royalty free from Canva.com

How to Help Coastal Communities Recover from September 2022 Storms

10/4/2022 - By US Harbors The level of destruction, and extreme need, that has been caused by the recent storms and hurricanes in Alaska, Puerto Rico, and Southwestern Florida has left many of us asking "what can I do?". We've put together this page to help answer that question. If you have… SEE MORE

Alaska - Ex-typhoon Merbok centered near the Bering Strait on Sep. 17. Water vapour satellite imagery (NOAA)

How to Help Alaskans Affected by Devastating Storm

9/26/2022 - By Chris Klint, Alaska Public Media. How to help in the aftermath of this weekend’s historic storm that devastated numerous Western Alaska communities. Gov. Mike Dunleavy has said that the best way for Alaskans to help is by donating money to reputable charity organizations like the Red Cross of Alaska, the Salvation Army’s Alaska… SEE MORE

Coast Guard Alerts Southern Florida About Approach of Ian

9/23/2022 - Message from the US Coast Guard: Coast Guard Alerts Southern Florida to Prepare for Possible Impacts of Tropical Storm Ian MIAMI — Crews from the Seventh Coast Guard District are making preparations in advance of Tropical Depression NINE’s anticipated development into a hurricane, Friday. Homeland Security Task Force – Southeast… SEE MORE

Hurricane Linda (Photo courtesy of NOAA)

How to Help Puerto Rico Rebuild

9/23/2022 - By NPR's Juliana Kim Hurricane Fiona slammed into southwestern Puerto Rico on Sunday, wiping out the power grid and cutting off clean water to most of the island's residents. President Biden declared an emergency in Puerto Rico, calling on both the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management… SEE MORE

Impacts of Extreme Storm on West Coast of Alaska

9/20/2022 - By the Alaska Climate Research Center (UAF) Widespread storm damage along the West Coast September 18, 2022 A powerful storm has caused severe and widespread damage along Alaska’s West Coast. As of early morning on Sunday, September 18, water levels are receding along the Bering coast but still rising along… SEE MORE

Jim Maragos/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (original picture), modification: Mielon, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

The Beauty and Fragility of Coral Reefs

9/14/2022 - By Rachel Ross. Coral reefs are large underwater structures composed of the skeletons of colonial marine invertebrates called coral. The coral species that build reefs are known as hermatypic, or "hard," corals because they extract calcium carbonate from seawater to create a hard, durable exoskeleton that protects their soft, sac-like… SEE MORE