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Hurricane Sam, at its peak, was the most powerful storm so far this season. It topped out as a high-end Category 4 with maximum wind speeds around 155 mph, spending eight consecutive days as a major hurricane before finally beginning to weaken. It was the strongest hurricane ever observed so…

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has shared a dramatic high-quality video of Hurricane Sam as experienced while floating on the ocean’s surface. The video was captured by a ‘saildrone,’ which is a type of floating drone that resembles a sailboat, only with a bright orange coating and a large…

NASA has selected Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation of Boulder, Colorado and L3Harris Technologies Inc. of Fort Wayne, Indiana, for a Geostationary and Extended Observations (GeoXO) Sounder (GXS) Phase A Study contracts. The GXS Phase A Study requirement will provide services to help meet the objectives of the National Oceanic…

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The US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Office has announced 11 new five-year, cooperative ocean observing agreements. Those agreements support the continued growth, expansion, and modernization of the USA’s climate, coastal, ocean and Great Lakes observing capabilities. In the first year, NOAA will distribute US$41…

Home News A map of surface soil wetness in March 2021, with blue areas representing high moisture, and dark red areas representing exceptional drought. (Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory / Lauren Dauphin) The ongoing drought in the U.S. Southwest is the worst drought the region has experienced since record keeping…

by Jeff Foust — September 24, 2021 NOAA is acquiring commercial weather data, in the form of radio occultation profiles, from companies like Spire, but a House committee wants the agency to ensure other companies can compete for weather data contracts. Credit: Spire WASHINGTON — Members of the House Science…

In a stark new report, a team of NOAA and independent researchers found the 2020-2021 drought across the Southwest is the worst in the instrumental record, which dates to 1895. Why it matters: They also concluded that global warming is making it far more severe, primarily by increasing average temperatures,…

September 21, 2021 - 11:10AM Storyful The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released satellite footage on September 20 showing the heat signature from a volcano on La Palma, one of Spain’s Canary Islands, following an eruption the previous day. The NOAA said on Monday the GOESEast satellite captured the…

Alexa Rose seems to conjure a unique sense of atmosphere within her songwriting. New album 'Headwaters' is a bucolic taste of folk-hewn Americana, offering pastural scenes that touch upon the personal. Out on September 17th, writing took place over a long period of time, with Alexa sinking deep into her…