Category: Weather & Tides

Flooded road in winter. Image from Canva.com

High Tide Flooding Predictions for March 2024

3/4/2024 - By US Harbors. Coastal Flooding Outlook for March 2024 March's highest tides start at the end of the first week in March--around March 9th--for most of the country, and will last several days. NOAA's predictions for tidal flooding primarily focus on the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states, and the Pacific Northwest.… SEE MORE

Atlantic Ocean Circulation Nearing ‘Devastating’ Tipping Point, Study Finds

2/25/2024 - By Jonathan Watts. The circulation of the Atlantic Ocean is heading towards a tipping point that is “bad news for the climate system and humanity”, a study has found. The scientists behind the research said they were shocked at the forecast speed of collapse once the point is reached, although… SEE MORE

Honeywell’s high-altitude LiDAR atmospheric sensing (HALAS) system measures atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction. Credit: Honeywell

NOAA and Honeywell to explore use of HALAS upper-air data to aid in weather forecasting

2/22/2024 - By weather.gov. February 7, 2024 - NOAA’s National Weather Service and Honeywell Aerospace Technologies signed a two-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement to deploy a high-altitude LiDAR Atmospheric Sensing (HALAS) ground system and to evaluate the upper-air data gathered to determine if it could aid in weather forecasting. Honeywell’s HALAS ground system uses… SEE MORE

January 2024: Extensive flooding along Cummings Creek at FM 1291 near the Fayette/Colorado County line, Texas, caused by a widespread heavy rainfall event in parts of Texas and Louisiana. The onslaught of rain occurred from January 22–25, 2024. (Image credit: Ben Madison)

The Nation Just Saw its 10th-Wettest January on Record

2/12/2024 - By noaa.gov. The new year started off unusually wet across the U.S., with extreme rainfall and flooding impacting parts of the southern Plains. The heavy rain also helped boost the month into the top-10 wettest Januarys on record, according to experts and data from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information… SEE MORE

Coastal Flooding in Outer Banks. North Carolina Department of Transportation, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

High Tide Flooding Outlook for February 2024

1/29/2024 - By US Harbors. Coastal Flooding Predictions for February 2024 This month NOAA is predicting "likely" high-tide flooding only for Hilo Bay / Kuhio Bay, Hawaii! Otherwise the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, West Coast, and Hawaii are indicated for potential flooding in the 2nd week of February. Surprisingly NOAA is not predicting any locations… SEE MORE

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How the Maine Coast Will be Reshaped by a Rising Gulf of Maine

1/27/2024 - By Penelope Overton. Extreme weather made more frequent and ferocious by climate change has walloped Maine in the last year, and the coastal devastation wrought by recent storms is causing many Mainers to realize that climate change is happening right now. From Kittery to Eastport, climate change came to life.… SEE MORE

Maine’s Fishing Infrastructure Hammered by Winter Storm

1/15/2024 - By Paul Molyneaux DMR commissioner Pat Keliher announced this morning, January 11, that the department would be conducting aerial surveys of the coast to document the damage. In addition, he encouraged all coastal residents and fishermen to report damage. “It is imperative that individuals with damaged property from yesterday's storm,… SEE MORE

dock damage Christmas cove, Maine -- January 2024

IMPORTANT: Maine DMR Requesting Coastal Damage Report

1/11/2024 - By Maine Department of Marine Resources. The Maine Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) has provided the following update to the previously released information on reporting storm damage: Individuals of private industry and privately owned commercial infrastructure who sustained property damage from the January 10th storm, including wharfs, floats, vessels, etc. are… SEE MORE

January 2024 high tide flooding in Camden Maine

High Tide Flooding Outlook for January 2024

1/10/2024 - By US Harbors. Coastal Flooding Predictions for January 2024 2024 is starting off with a bang, with coastal storm conditions bringing storm surge warnings and coastal flooding around the country. NOAA's January high-tide flooding predictions do not account for real-time weather conditions where wind and weather conditions may cause additional flooding outside… SEE MORE

New research shows that the fastest jet stream winds will accelerate with climate change. (Image by NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.)

Jet Stream Winds Will Accelerate With Warming Climate

1/7/2024 - By ucar.edu New research by the University of Chicago and the U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR) finds that fast jet stream winds will get significantly faster by mid century because of climate change. The study, in Nature Climate Change, suggests that the fastest upper-level jet stream… SEE MORE

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