Biden-Harris Administration invests $10 million to improve risk communication during weather emergencies through Investing in America agenda

Funding will support efforts to evaluate how the public reacts to NOAA services during flood events The funding will be spent over the course of five years and will help to establish NOAA’s Societal Data Insights Initiative within NOAA Research’s Weather Program Office. This initiative will focus on ensuring that communities across the country understand and…

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Saildrones Track Hurricanes to Gather Data for Forecast Improvement

In partnership with NOAA, Saildrone Inc. is deploying seven ocean drones to collect data from hurricanes during the 2022 hurricane season with the goal of improving hurricane forecasting.  For the first year, two saildrones will track hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico. One of the biggest challenges to hurricane forecasting is predicting rapid intensification, when hurricane…

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VORTEX-USA Awards

WPO works in coordination with the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) in Norman, Oklahoma to award projects that ​​explore and refine novel predictors of tornadoes, and to improve the communication of tornado forecasts and risk to tornadoes in the U.S. This year competition award total* for the 4 selected projects equals $1.36 M in grants.…