In recognition of the Year of Open Science, NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and EPIC (Earth Prediction Innovation Center) have been featured on Open.Science.gov for the collaborative and open science work on the Unified Forecast System (UFS).
DetailsThe 5-day workshop will engage the greater Weather Enterprise in the ongoing effort to accelerate contributions to the Unified Forecast System.
DetailsHow do different racial and socioeconomic groups in the United States receive, understand, and respond to severe weather information? A new study by three NOAA scientists and a member of the Coast Guard takes a look at the demographics of severe weather communication.
DetailsThis two-day hybrid workshop will be hosted out of the NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction in College Park, MD. Day 1 activities will provide a historical perspective on the NMME and highlight existing use/needs cases. Day 2 participants will delve into how the NMME fits into the research community and collaboratively set the future for NMME to explore unmet needs.
DetailsOver the last several years, Russ Schumacher, professor in the Department of Atmospheric Science and Colorado State Climatologist, has led a team developing a sophisticated machine learning model for advancing skillful prediction of hazardous weather across the continental United States. First trained on historical records of excessive rainfall, the model is now smart enough to make accurate predictions of events like tornadoes and hail four to eight days in advance – the crucial sweet spot for forecasters to get information out to the public so they can prepare. The model is called CSU-MLP, or Colorado State University-Machine Learning Probabilities.
DetailsWe are a weather-weary and weather-worn nation, and the increase in billion-dollar disasters remains unabated. In the last 5 years alone, the United States has endured a total of 89 billion dollar weather and climate disasters. The U.S. government has responded with increased resources to better understand the weather and climate conditions that affect us…
DetailsWe have active funding calls with the Natural Hazards Center on Tornado-Ready and Wildfire-Ready Research Quick Response Grants: WPO SSP is excited to share that through our partnership with UC Boulder’s Natural Hazard Center (NHC) there are currently two rolling calls for proposals: Tornado-Ready Research and Wildfire-Ready Research.
DetailsAccording to NOAA, Hurricane Ian became the 15th Billion-Dollar disaster in 2022. Landfall impacts from Ian are still being felt, as residents of the Florida coast begin rebuilding their homes where severe flooding and damage took place. Though devastating, Hurricane Ian spurred a newfound interest in forecast and risk communication in the media, and provided…
DetailsA new article published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society details how the Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC) is working to unify community weather modeling and advance numerical weather prediction using open-source and open-science methods. Written by current and former NOAA leaders Richard W. Spinrad, Louis W. Uccellini, Dorothy M. Koch, Craig N.…
DetailsWatch the video on NOAA’s Ocean Today > Transcript The most fascinating thing about hurricanes, to me, is how the atmosphere and ocean work together to form these massive storms that can cause such great destruction. What got me interested in hurricanes was 1999 Hurricane Floyd, powerful enough to actually knock a tree down, which…
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