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Tag: NWS
The Texas Flooding Tragedy: Could It Have Been Avoided?
Any media or other organization suggesting that the National Weather Service was not on top of this event is not only not telling the truth, but doing a deep disservice…
Theater of the Absurd: Indivisible’s Storm Show Rolls into Red Florida
If history teaches anything, it’s that complex problems don’t get solved by chanting slogans and waving signs. They get solved by adults in rooms with data, accountability, and a willingness…
The Seattle Times Claims About the Termination of the National Weather Service Are False
The Seattle Times ClimateLab stories are often sloppy and incorrect, with the article in today’s paper a good example of poor journalism, with politicized, error-filled claims.
NOAA’s Future and Project 2025
Although 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…
Windshield Wiper Seasonal Forecasts…NOAA Revises Its February Outlook For Europe Downward
However, they do one thing pretty well: putting out doomsday scenarios and creating fear.
Alarming Deterioration of US National Weather Service Tornado Warnings
To 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
Imagine 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
Accuweather 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.
U.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…
Why Should the U.S. Be the Leader in Numerical Weather Prediction?
Reposted 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…
The Future of U.S. Weather Prediction Will Be Decided During the Next Month
Reposted 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…
NOAA shows that wind farms affect weather radar, and that affects their primary mission of forecasting and safety
“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
The 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…
2011 US Tornado Year Analyzed – no trend indication, still below 1974 for strong to violent tornadoes
Guest Post by Paul Homewood NOAA have just about finalised their numbers for the 2011 tornado season, although December figures still await confirmation. It usually takes about three months to…
Extremely Dangerous Storm Slicing Towards Alaska
From Live Science An extremely dangerous storm is slicing toward northwestern Alaska and is expected to bring blizzard conditions and hurricane-strength winds to the state’s west coast. The storm, which…
NOAA: leaving bad data stand in Laredo
From 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.…
How not to measure temperature, part 50. How to make a rural station "urban"
One of the things that happens when your work becomes well known is that people send you things to look at. Such is the case for today’s subject. Here we…
Inside the ASOS HO83 Temp/dewpoint sensor
HO83 ASOS Hygrothermometer (temperature/dewpoint sensor) Much has been written about problems with artificially high temperature readings due to the HO83 aspirated air temperature/dewpoint temperature sensor used on NOAA Automated Surface…
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