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Guest Blog by Rachel Hogan Within InPRHA, our research is focused on the integration of precipitation, hydrology and social science for improving early flood warnings for all. Our work considers the integration of these elements across the entire flood (and multi-hazard) early warning value chain, especially in the context of a changing world. Isolating any…
I’m a scientist at the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado, USA. As a kid, I was always fascinated by the weather, especially thunderstorms during the humid Virginia summers, and this led me to pursue an Environmental Science BS in college, a MS in Atmospheric Science at the University of Albany,…
I’m a scientist at Earth Sciences New Zealand (formerly NIWA) and a Principal Investigator at Te Pūnaha Matatini, a Centre of Research Excellence in Complex Systems at the University of Auckland in Aotearoa New Zealand. My background is a little unconventional: I trained as a mathematical engineer in France, then completed a PhD in mathematics…
This project will integrate DeepCTM, an advanced machine-learning model that emulates traditional chemical transport models (CTMs), into NOAA’s operational National Air Quality Forecast Capability (NAQFC). The goal is to improve the speed, accuracy, and resolution of air quality forecasts at both national and global scales. Additionally, the model generates sensitivity information that helps adjust key…
The Unified Forecast System (UFS) community, in partnership with the Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC), has announced a new capability in the UFS Short-Range Weather App (UFS-SRW) that includes the UFS-Air Quality Model (UFS-AQM) community version. The community version includes most of the features planned for the next operational implementation, UFS-AQM version 8. Click here for comprehensive information about…
The Evaporative Demand Drought Index, or EDDI, transitioned from NOAA’s Physical Sciences Laboratory (PSL) into operational use at the Climate Prediction Center (CPC) in FY25. This new tool for drought prediction received support from JTTI in its FY22 internal funding competition. EDDI was initially an external research project from our office’s FY16 funding competition, intended…
InPRHA’s most recent webinar, “The Precipitation Prediction Grand Challenge,” was held on February 11, 2026. Its featured speaker was Dr. David Novak, director of the United States’ NOAA Weather Prediction Center. You can view the recording below. We will share more information about the next webinar soon. Visit this page if you would like to…
The next session of the InPRHA Webinar Series under the WMO World Weather Research Programme will be held on 11 February 2026. Dr. David Novak, Director of the United States’ NOAA Weather Prediction Center, will present on “The Precipitation Prediction Grand Challenge.” Date & Time 11 February 2026 15:00–16:00 UTC Registration Please register in advance…
The S2S Program is co-hosting a workshop with NSF NCAR on August 4–6, 2026. This meeting is a follow-on to the 2025 summer workshop and will focus on the role of land–atmosphere interactions in predictability at subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) timescales (here defined as two weeks to three months). Visit this page for more information. Further details…
NOAA testbeds bring mature research into an operations-like environment, allowing forecasters and researchers to test and demonstrate products in real-world conditions to fine-tune tools and methods for operational use. The FY25 NOFO supported five testbeds: Climate, Fire Weather, Hazardous Weather, Hurricane and Ocean, and Hydrometeorological. The priorities for each were: Project Title Principal Investigators Project…