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COMMERCE AWARDS NEW CLIMATE AND WEATHER SUPERCOMPUTER CONTRACT TO IBM NOAA announced that it awarded a contract to lease a new supercomputer from International Business Machines. The supercomputer's increased processing capabilities will enable NOAA to significantly improve weather, flood, ocean and climate forecasts for the country.

NOAA, NASA TO LAUNCH NEW ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE A new environmental satellite, NOAA-M, is planned for launch June 24 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The NOAA-M satellite will improve weather forecasting and monitor environmental events around the world. Full Story Inside

RECENT RAINFALL EASES DROUGHT IN EAST Throughout most of the parched East Coast, above-normal rainfall between March and May has helped ease drought conditions. Between 12 and 20 inches of rain fell on most of the Appalachians and Northeast from March through late May. Full Story Inside

NOAA SAYS 6 TO 8 HURRICANES COULD THREATEN IN 2002 NOAA says the 2002 Atlantic hurricane season will likely have normal to slightly above normal levels of activity. The outlook calls for the potential of nine to thirteen tropical storms, with six to eight hurricanes, and two to three major hurricanes. Full Story Inside

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Hurricane Forecasters Say 6 to 8 Hurricanes Could Threaten in 2002; NOAA Expects Normal to Slightly above Normal Atlantic Storm Activity — Hurricane Season Begins June 1.