NOAA
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Spring Outlook: Any Warm-Up?
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NOAA's Climate Prediction Center recently released its Spring Outlook. The outlook encompasses temperature, precipitation, drought, and flooding expectations for the coming three months.
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NOAA's state-of-the-art weather center opens in Maryland
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At the new NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction, several departments are combined to get you a better forecast. And the center is not just cutting edge scientifically, but also environmentally.
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University of Maryland Opens NOAA Weather & Climate Building
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The University of Maryland in College Park, MD is now home to NOAA's Weather and Climate Prediction Center.
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July had hottest average temperature in U.S. history, NOAA says
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Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Wednesday that the average temperature for the lower 48 states was 77.6° Fahrenheit, making it the hottest month in recorded United States history.
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NOAA forecasts 'near-normal' hurricane season, Va. gives tax break
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With hurricane season officially starting Friday, Virginia has been offering a tax break for weather emergency essentials. But hurry. The tax break ends Thursday.
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Where are the 2011 North Poles? Right here! (MAP)
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See where Santa is coming from this year in this neat map showing the geographic and magnetic North Poles.
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WATCH: Japanese tsunami debris travels across the Pacific Ocean
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Scientists at NOAA created this entrancing model showing how debris from the March 2011 tsunami will drift around the world.
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Happy holidays from NOAA
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Do you really want your NOAA weather radio singing you Christmas carols? I'll stick with Bing Crosby, thanks....
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Historic first image from new NPP satellite released
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This exquisitely detailed shot of eastern North America was taken by the VIIRS instrument aboard the newest generation of earth-observing satellite, NPP.
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Tetris meets weather in NASA's 'Satellite Insight' iPhone game
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Your friends might think you're a dork for playing this NASA app, based on the new GOES-R satellite, but you know you're really saving the world.
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WATCH: The entire 2011 hurricane season in 4.5 minutes!
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Even though 2011 was the third-most active year for Atlantic hurricanes, nearly all of the giant storms missed the U.S. See where they went in this neat composite animation.
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October 2011: 2nd warmest land temperatures in known history
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The temperature around the world this October was nearly 2 degrees Fahrenheit above average, according to the U.S. government.
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Meet the new generation of U.S. weather satellite: NPP / VIIRS
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The next generation of U.S. weather satellites will tackle both daily weather forecasting and long-term climate change.
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Hurricane Philippe's track takes storm east of U.S. (MAP)
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The fifth Atlantic cyclone of 2011, Hurricane Philippe, seems a little lost at sea. Here's where the storm is forecasted to travel over the next few days.
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WATCH: Massive cutoff low spins over the Midwest
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Here's why D.C. is facing a severe-weather threat today: A low pressure system that's been dominating the country for the past four days.
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Weather satellites: How much do we need them? (And more.)
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Do we really need NOAA's polar-orbiting satellites? Of course, but maybe that's not the only question meteorologists should be asking themselves.
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Hurricane Irene's path: Forecasting a mammoth storm (PHOTOS)
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Hurricane Irene could visit the East Coast by late this week. See where it's been and where it's headed in these incredible images from NASA, NOAA and the U.S. military.
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UPDATE: Alaska's mysterious orange goo NOT eggs, but a fungus!
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Government scientists have retracted an earlier statement that the weird orange slop washing up in the fishing outpost of Kivalina was crustacean eggs. Now it's "rust."
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