Florida's Fragile Oasis
Rotator Image: In a place routinely afflicted by drought, water managers in Tampa Bay use climate forecasts to ensure a water supply to people’s taps without sucking the region’s rivers, wetlands, and...
View ArticleEl Niño and U.S. winter weather
According to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, weak El Niño conditions may develop this fall. How might a full-fledged El Niño event this winter influence weather where you live?Years of monitoring and...
View ArticleDrought on the Rio Grande
Rotator Image: On the Rio Grande—historically the wellspring for more than five million people in Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico—coping with scarcity has become a reality, and water management...
View ArticleThe Story for Spring: Drought Relief Not Likely
Rotator Image: NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center released its Spring Outlook on March 21. The big story for the upcoming spring? Relief for many drought-stricken areas of the United States is not...
View ArticleLocal Is Not Global: Pockets of Cold in a Warming World
TranscriptDeke Arndt, Climate Monitoring Branch Chief, National Climatic Data CenterOn any given day or any given month, somebody somewhere– maybe even where you live– experiences colder-than-average...
View ArticleSources and Cycles: Balancing Water Needs
Article:Feature Article: Florida’s Fragile OasisVideo: Worried about Water? Tracking Climate Assures SupplyFeatured Video: Sources and Cycles: Balancing Water NeedsVideo of Sources and Cycles:...
View ArticleClimate Matters
Featured Video: Climate MattersVideo of Climate MattersMedia Folder: News and FeaturesCaption: Running Time 4:18Chief Meteorologist Jim Gandy, at WLTX in Columbia, SC, earned his reputation as a...
View ArticleData Snapshots: October 2013 Temperature Outlook
In briefA huge swath of the contiguous United States has a heightened chance of experiencing well above normal temperatures during October, according to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. More...
View ArticleWeather forecasts versus climate outlooks: what's the difference?
Unlike traditional weather forecasts, which consist of weather maps that predict exactly how much rain may fall or the daily maximum temperature of an area, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center outlooks...
View ArticleU.S. Winter Climate Outlook: 2013-14
TRANSCRIPTOn November 21, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center issued its seasonal outlook for December through February. Typically, the highlights for winter revolve around the temperature outlook, but...
View ArticleHow unusual were the Antarctic sea ice conditions that trapped a research...
Among the questions triggered by the entrapment of a Russian ship near Antarctica on Christmas Eve were whether the ice conditions were out of the ordinary, and, if so, whether long-term climate change...
View ArticleJeanine Jones tackles drought management issues in California
Jeanine Jones, Interstate Resources Manager for the California Department of Water Resources.California, the country’s most populated state, is in the midst of a three-year drought that may prove to be...
View Article2014 temperature extremes: U.S. runs hot and cold
Never in the historical record have such large areas of the country experienced such radically different temperature extremes as they have so far in 2014.Observing & PredictingExtreme Events2014...
View ArticleSoutheastern Africa's topsy-turvy monsoon
Millions of people in southern Africa depend on monsoon rains that begin around November and last until March or April. If the monsoon is erratic, millions of people can suffer. So far in 2014-2015,...
View ArticleIt's supposed to be the rainy season in Brazil, so where has all the water gone?
Government officials have already announced a potential water rationing program as well as expected blackouts to conserve electricity in case rains do not pick up. If they don’t, Brazil is almost...
View ArticleClimate Matters
Featured Video: Climate MattersVideo of Climate MattersMedia Folder: News and FeaturesCaption: Running Time 4:18Chief Meteorologist Jim Gandy, at WLTX in Columbia, SC, earned his reputation as a...
View ArticleData Snapshots: October 2013 Temperature Outlook
In briefA huge swath of the contiguous United States has a heightened chance of experiencing well above normal temperatures during October, according to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. More...
View ArticleWeather forecasts versus climate outlooks: what's the difference?
Unlike traditional weather forecasts, which consist of weather maps that predict exactly how much rain may fall or the daily maximum temperature of an area, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center outlooks...
View ArticleU.S. Winter Climate Outlook: 2013-14
TRANSCRIPTOn November 21, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center issued its seasonal outlook for December through February. Typically, the highlights for winter revolve around the temperature outlook, but...
View ArticleHow unusual were the Antarctic sea ice conditions that trapped a research...
Among the questions triggered by the entrapment of a Russian ship near Antarctica on Christmas Eve were whether the ice conditions were out of the ordinary, and, if so, whether long-term climate change...
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