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The GPM's core satellite passed over Cristobal on June 8 at 7:46 a.m. EDT (1146 UTC). GPM found heaviest rainfall (orange) north of center falling at rates of 1 inch (25 mm) per hour over northern Louisiana, southern Arkansas and northern Mississippi. Light rain appears around the entire system (light…

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Researchers have projected significant changes in the habitat of commercially important American lobster and sea scallops on the Northeast U.S. continental shelf. They used a suite of models to estimate how species will react as waters warm. The researchers suggest that American lobster will move further offshore and sea scallops…

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Satellite imagery shows Tropical Storm Cristobal, June 3, 2020.NOAA GOES-EastThe 2020 hurricane season has already broken a record, and it's only day three.Tropical Storm Cristobal, the third named storm in the season, arrived earlier than any other third named storm in history.NOAA forecasts six to 10 hurricanes in total for…

The records request is related to President Trump’s erroneous tweet about the hurricane and efforts to retroactively justify it. This latest release, the seventh since the dust-up shined a spotlight on the politicization of weather forecasts, shows concerned citizens and NOAA constituents writing scathing emails of concern to the agency’s…

Tropical Storm Cristobal, already the third storm of this year's hurricane season, formed Tuesday afternoon off the coast of Mexico and could reach Texas, Louisiana or the Florida Panhandle by Friday or early next week, meteorologists say. The storm began as a tropical depression with heavy rainfall and flooding over Mexico and Central America.…

The Gardner Pinnacles are all that is visible of the world's largest volcano Pūhāhonu. NOAA The biggest volcano on Earth may lie hidden in the sea 590 miles (952 kilometers) northwest of Honolulu, Hawaii. Two little pinnacles of volcanic rock, called Gardner Pinnacles and standing about 170 feet (52 meters)…

Studying the data from flooding events like this recent event in Michigan, in addition to the ... learnings behind other catastrophic storms, can ensure infrastructure is safely designed and operates safely and reliability under extreme weather. Getty Images It’s typically major storms like Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy that come to mind when thinking…

The GPM’s core satellite passed over Bertha and analyzed its rainfall rates on May 28 at 1:21 a.m. EDT (0521UTC). GPM found heaviest rainfall over south central West Virginia, where rain was falling at rates of 1 inch (25 mm) per hour. A large area of light rain northwest of…