Category: Weather & Tides

Ncar’s Next-gen Airborne Radar will have Unmatched Ability to Peer Deep Inside Storms

6/8/2023 - By news.ucar.edu. A next-generation airborne radar designed by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) that could revolutionize our ability to observe, understand, and ultimately predict high-impact weather events has received $91.8 million in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The Airborne Phased Array Radar (APAR) will improve on… SEE MORE

Animation of sea surface temperatures for past 6 months by weather.gov

NOAA Declares the Arrival of El Nino

6/7/2023 - By John Moore. The expected El Nino has emerged, according to scientists at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service. In the monthly outlook released today, forecasters issued an El Nino Advisory, noting that El Nino conditions are present and are expected to gradually strengthen into the winter. El… SEE MORE

The 5 Best Home Weather Stations For Boating & Fishing

5/25/2023 - We've all been there…you wake up early for a fun day on the water, only to realize the weatherman got it all wrong. Instead of sunny skies and calm winds, it's blowing 20 mph with scattered rain. Bummer! Well, no one ever said predicting the weather was an easy job.… SEE MORE

Weather Forecasting

Novel Coastal Wave Overtopping System Developed to Improve Coastal Hazard Forecasts

4/5/2023 - By ecomagazine.com. The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has developed WireWall, which is the first system that can measure the speed and volume of overtopping water on a wave-by-wave basis in the field. The ability to measure overtopping will ultimately reduce uncertainty in overtopping forecasts and improve hazard warning systems. Previous… SEE MORE

coastal flooding

Spring Outlook: California Drought cut by Half with More Relief to Come

4/4/2023 - By NOAA.gov. Significant flooding is ongoing in the western U.S., especially in California, following another series of strong Pacific storms that battered the region and piled on to an already historic snowpack. According to NOAA’s U.S. Spring Outlook, the abnormally wet winter will further improve drought across much of the… SEE MORE

Weather Forecast

What is a Nor’easter?

3/30/2023 - By weather.gov. A Nor’easter is a storm along the East Coast of North America, so called because the winds over the coastal area are typically from the northeast. These storms may occur at any time of year but are most frequent and most violent between September and April. Some well… SEE MORE

6 Tools our Meteorologists use to Forecast the Weather

Weather & Tides

3/27/2023 - By noaa.gov. Meteorologists at NOAA’s National Weather Service have always monitored the conditions of the atmosphere that impact the weather, but over time the equipment they use has changed. As technology advanced, our scientists began to use more efficient equipment to collect and use additional data. These technological advances enable… SEE MORE

Paata vardanashvili, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Ice on lakes via Wikimedia Commons

Low Ice on the Great Lakes this Winter

3/24/2023 - By noaa.gov. Ice coverage has reached a record low in the Great Lakes for this time of year. As of February 13, 2023, only 7 percent of these five freshwater lakes were covered in ice, which is significantly below the 35-40 percent ice cover that is expected for this time of… SEE MORE

brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 , Flickr_-_brewbooks_-_Lichen_and_Plants_on_a_rock via Wikimedia Commons

Worried about Sea Level Rise? Look for the Lichens.

3/22/2023 - By Ian Rose. One of the great infrastructure challenges of the next few decades is to figure out which coastal sites should be abandoned and which can be saved. Lichens can help. [caption id="attachment_45020" align="alignnone" width="512"] Lichen on rock via Wikimedia Commons[/caption] The clock is ticking for many low-lying coastal areas.… SEE MORE

The Difference Between Meteorological and Astronomical Seasons

3/20/2023 - By NOAA. Astronomical seasons are based on the position of the Earth in relation to the sun, whereas meteorological seasons are based on the annual temperature cycle. The Earth’s annual trip around the sun forms the basis for the astronomical calendar in which seasons are defined by two solstices and… SEE MORE