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A rendering of the new NOAA marine operations center building planned for Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island. Burns & McDonnell image.

Navy to build $146.7 million NOAA marine operations center in Rhode Island

12/11/2023 - By nationalfisherman.com. The U.S. Navy awarded a $146.7 million contract to New York-based Skanska USA to design and build a new National Oceanic and Atmospheric base on Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island, with plans for the facility to eventually be homeport for NOAA’s Marine Operations Center – Atlantic. Design… SEE MORE

Seattle Washington waterfront during high tide flooding. Image from Canva.com

High Tide Flooding Outlook for December 2023

11/30/2023 - By US Harbors. Coastal Flooding Predictions for December 2023 We're always amazed how NOAA's high tide flooding predictions change so significantly from month to month! This month the Pacific Northwest will see the most flooding, while Florida and the Southeast will be relatively spared. Important: These predictions do not account… SEE MORE

The Precision Marine Navigation program is working with other regions to start providing test S-102 data.

Vessel Pilots Transition to New Chart Format

11/23/2023 - By nauticalcharts.noaa.gov. NOAA’s Precision Marine Navigation (PMN) program aims to seamlessly integrate high-resolution bathymetry and high accuracy positioning and shoreline data with the forecast data of water levels, currents, waves, and weather forecasts. This information can be easily accessed and integrated into maritime electronic charting systems and other decision support… SEE MORE

Gales of November

11/16/2023 - By oceanweatherservices.com. On November 10, 1975 the Great Lakes bulk cargo vessel SS Edmund Fitzgerald carrying a cargo of taconite pellets (iron-bearing flint-like rock used in steelmaking) sank with the loss of all 29 crewmembers in eastern Lake Superior about 17 miles from the entrance to Whitefish Bay, Michigan during a severe… SEE MORE

New Funding and Coordinated Action to Help Bring California Salmon Back from the Brink

11/14/2023 - By fisheries.noaa.gov. NOAA and its partners are implementing dozens of projects to benefit endangered Central California Coast coho salmon. The Office of Habitat Conservation’s Restoration Center has awarded an unprecedented $27.8 million to its partners through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act to bring Central California Coast coho salmon back to California rivers. NOAA… SEE MORE

High Tide Flooding Outlook for November 2023

11/13/2023 - By US Harbors. Coastal Flooding Predictions for November 2023 NOAA is predicting possible high-tide flooding both in the middle, and at the end, of the month in various locations across the country. Although the high-tide flood outlook is a bit quieter than October, locations in the Galveston, Texas area may… SEE MORE

October 9, 2023: An aerial view shows low water levels on the Mississippi River in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, revealing pipes that are typically underwater. The low water levels caused barges and ships to run aground along parts of the Mississippi River in October and created saltwater intrusion concerns in southern Louisiana. (Image credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Mississippi River Hit Record-Low Levels in October

11/9/2023 - By noaa.gov. A relatively warm October and expanding drought conditions across the Lower Mississippi Valley helped drop water levels to historic lows along parts of the Mississippi River last month. The U.S. also confirmed another billion-dollar disaster in October, bringing the total to a record 25 disasters in the first… SEE MORE

NOAA scientists launch a weather balloon carrying an ozonesonde at the South Pole on October 1, 2023. (Image credit: Marc Jaquart/IceCube)

2023 Ozone Hole Ranks 12th Largest on Record, Find NOAA and NASA

11/8/2023 - By noaa.gov. Hunga-Tonga eruption likely contributed to this year's ozone depletion The 2023 Antarctic ozone hole reached its maximum size at 10 million square miles (26 million square kilometers) on September 21, which ranks as the 12th largest since 1979, according to annual satellite and balloon-based measurements made by NOAA and… SEE MORE

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This NOAA GOES-16 satellite image shows Hurricane Otis shortly after it rapidly intensified to category 5 strength on October 24.

Scientists Find Two Ways that Hurricanes Rapidly Intensify

10/31/2023 - By DAVID HOSANSKY. Hurricanes that rapidly intensify for mysterious reasons pose a particularly frightening threat to those in harm’s way. Forecasters have struggled for many years to understand why a seemingly commonplace tropical depression or tropical storm sometimes blows up into a major hurricane, packing catastrophic winds and driving a… SEE MORE

The Altius-600 uncrewed aircraft system demonstration model appears with Hurricane Hunter NOAA WP-3D Orion, known as “Miss Piggy,” at NOAA’s Aircraft Operations Center in Lakeland, Florida, during an uncrewed aircraft system flight test on May 25, 2022. The Altius was recognized by the 2024 Guinness World Records book for the longest endurance flight inside a tropical cyclone by an uncrewed aircraft. (Image credit: NOAA/Aircraft Operations Center)

NOAA flies straight into the Guinness World Records book

10/30/2023 - By noaa.gov. Record-setting robots recognized for endurance, capturing top wind speed It’s one — no, two! — for the record books. The 2024 edition of the Guinness World Records book recognizes NOAAoffsite link and industry partners with two world records: 1) wind speed recorded by an uncrewed surface vehicle; and 2)… SEE MORE

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