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- NOAA’s Future and Project 2025 Tue, 17 Dec 24, 5:00pmAlthough Project 2025 has hits and misses regarding NOAA, NOAA acutely needs reform. Major reform. Reform that will enable it to serve its mission better. Reform that will make it more effective and reduce...
- Windshield Wiper Seasonal Forecasts…NOAA Revises Its February Outlook For Europe Downward Sun, 14 Jan 24, 5:00pmHowever, they do one thing pretty well: putting out doomsday scenarios and creating fear.
- Alarming Deterioration of US National Weather Service Tornado Warnings Fri, 14 Jul 23, 11:00amTo continue the status quo is to guarantee more lives are unnecessarily lost and that more mega-disasters like Joplin will occur.
- The U.S. Could Have Wildfire Smoke Radar Tue, 12 Oct 21, 4:00pmImagine the ability to determine the three-dimensional distribution of wildfire smoke across the United States in real-time.
- May Snaps Long-standing Streak for Strong Tornadoes in US Sun, 13 Jun 21, 7:00amAccuweather reports: During the month of May, the United States saw 288 preliminary reports of tornadoes, above the May average of 276 tornadoes. None of these storms were rated as stronger than…
- U.S. Numerical Weather Prediction is Crippled by the Division between NOAA and the Academic Community. But a Rare Opportunity Beckons. Sun, 6 Dec 20, 1:00pmU.S. global weather prediction run by NOAA/National Weather Service is now in fourth place among national centers and FAR behind what one would expect from the world-leading U.S. weather research community.
- Why Should the U.S. Be the Leader in Numerical Weather Prediction? Fri, 28 Feb 20, 1:00amReposted from The Cliff Mass Weather Blog Tuesday, February 25, 2020 Why Should the U.S. Be the Leader in Numerical Weather Prediction? During the past several years, I have written a number of blogs bemoaning the third or...
- The Future of U.S. Weather Prediction Will Be Decided During the Next Month Tue, 28 Jan 20, 9:00pmReposted from the Cliff Mass Weather Blog During the next few weeks, leadership in NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Weather Service (NWS) will make a key decision regarding...
- NOAA shows that wind farms affect weather radar, and that affects their primary mission of forecasting and safety Fri, 8 Nov 13, 6:00am“Chaotic wind velocities associated with the rotating turbine blades triggers the doppler radar mesocyclone detection algorithm” Note: this essay was written by the National Weather Service Forecast Office is Burlington,...
- Oklahoma tornado officially an EF5 – wind speeds still less than 1999 Moore tornado Wed, 22 May 13, 6:51amThe map below shows ‘Tornado Tracks Streak Across Oklahoma’ as measured by doppler radar. The rotation of tornadoes creates a distinctive signature in radar data, and can be used to estimate the track that the...
- 2011 US Tornado Year Analyzed – no trend indication, still below 1974 for strong to violent tornadoes Sun, 1 Apr 12, 8:00amGuest Post by Paul Homewood NOAA have just about finalised their numbers for the 2011 tornado season, although December figures still await confirmation...
- NOAA: leaving bad data stand in Laredo Wed, 12 Oct 11, 3:00amFrom Dr. Roger Pielke Sr.’s Climate Science blog, a story of a poorly sited weather station, followed by leaving in the bad data when it is known to be bad. I’ve located the Laredo airport AWIS, more photos below....