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NOAA is changing the way it talks about hurricanes

A day before Hurricane Laura made landfall, the National Hurricane Center issued a warning of “unsurvivable storm surge” in parts of Texas and Louisiana. It’s a phrase that quickly captured widespread attention. Many journalists, including at Wired, NPR, BBC, Mother Jones, Vox, and here at Popular Science, ran headlines amplifying this message. Senator Bernie Sanders repeated this language in a tweet. The National Hurricane…

Introduction to Environmental Security (and theme for 2022 Annual AMS Meeting)

Jun 30, 2020 03:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)  Incoming American Meteorological Society president, Dr. Mike Farrar, is hosting an AMS webinar for people to learn more about “Environmental Security,” the theme for the 2022 AMS Annual Meeting which will be held 23-27 January, 2022 in Houston, TX. Join him and the co-chairs of the Annual Meeting Overall Planning Committee (OPC), Dr.…

#WomenofNOAA: Meet Kathryn Shontz

Kathryn Shontz is an enterprise strategist focused on data products and innovation in NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite and Data Information Service (NESDIS) Office of Systems Architecture and Advanced Planning (OSAAP). By Leah Dubots, Pathways Intern Kathryn Shontz is an enterprise strategist focused on data products and innovation in NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite and Data Information…

A supercell thunderstorm in Kansas on May 27, 2019. (Mike Coniglio/NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory)

NOAA seeks partnership to help develop world’s best weather model

Originally Published at NOAA.Gov on March 20, 2020. NOAA is seeking a technology partner to help design and build the Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC). This extramural center will accelerate scientific research and engineering to create the world’s most accurate and reliable operational weather forecast model.  NOAA is in search of proven expertise in software engineering, software…