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The Weather Program Office is pleased to announce the fire weather and Climate Testbed projects awarded in the FY24 Notice of Funding Opportunity competition. These six projects, involving eight institutions, are set to receive a total of $3.74 million over the next two years. Fire weather projects will improve wildfire and smoke prediction by enhancing…
Weather Program Office staff participated in the American Meteorological Society (AMS) 2025 Annual Meeting, held January 11–16 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Staff from all three science divisions, in addition to office leadership, chaired or co-chaired 17 sessions, were speakers or panelists in 16 sessions, and presented in three poster sessions. These included a wide range…
Atmospheric rivers, often described as a “firehose of moisture,” can bring intense rainfall to the West Coast, leading to intense inland flooding. How people perceive and respond to these risks isn’t always clear. To shed light on these decisions, a WPO-supported team came together for a “hack week” at the University of Washington in September…
The Weather Program Office is contributing to the American Meteorological Society’s 2025 Annual Meeting in New Orleans. Below is a list of sessions, listed by day, with links to full information. Rows beginning with a highlighted time are sessions in which a member of WPO is a presenter, moderator, or panelist. Saturday, January 11 When…
The Weather Program Office is celebrating the career of Jessie Carman, Division Chief of Earth System Research and Modeling. Jessie retired at the end of December 2024 after more than 40 years of federal service, including 12 years at WPO. Jessie joined WPO—then called the Office of Water and Air Quality—in 2012 as the Associate…
NOAA signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) on Dec. 10, 2024, building upon its existing partnership with the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). WPO led the development of the newest MOU on behalf of NOAA’s Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) and will serve as the host office.…
WPO is proud to share that members of our team have received 2024 OAR Awards. Steve Thur, Assistant Administrator of the NOAA Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), recognized the award recipients during a ceremony on December 18. Employee of the Year Award for Stakeholder Engagement Jennifer Vogt For pivotal execution of the third Unifying Innovations…
The Consortium for Advanced Data Assimilation Research and Education (CADRE), supported by the Weather Program Office through Inflation Reduction Act funding, is introducing itself to the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise at this year’s American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting. The conference is being held in Washington, D.C. December 9–13, 2024. The video will be…
The Weather Program Office’s (WPO) Science, Technology, and Society (ST&S) Division recently launched the newest version of its System for Public Access to Research Knowledge (SPARK) web tool. The SPARK utilizes a robust dashboard that allows users to filter more than 300 ST&S-funded projects by hazard or topic area and find publications pertaining to each…
NOAA’s Weather Program Office (WPO) is looking for proposal reviewers to help shape the future of weather research. By volunteering, you can play a key role in evaluating innovative projects that aim to advance critical research and improve weather forecasts, ultimately delivering effective and life-saving information to the public. WPO is seeking reviewers for the…
