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DRY
THUNDERSTORMS MAY SPARK ADDITIONAL WILDFIRES IN THE WEST: NOAA Incident
Meteorologists Providing On-Site Support Forecasts
The combination of record heat, long term drought, record dry fuels
and a large outbreak of thunderstorms producing lightning but little
rainfall, resulted in a rash of new wildfires across the western
and central United States the past few days. These conditions are
expected to continue in the West through the week, according to
forecasters with NOAA’s National Weather Service. “The
dry thunderstorms responsible for the current wildfires were well
forecasted by the National Weather Service,” said Roger Lamoni,
fire weather program manager for the National Weather Service Western
Region. “A consistent message of an approaching critical fire
weather pattern was delivered to fire agencies days ahead of the
event,” Lamoni added. Full
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NOAA
PARTNERS WITH U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE TO HELP SHARKS
KEEP THEIR FINS NOAA
and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have joined forces
to expand their ability to analyze dried shark fins and identify
the species from which they were removed. This new partnership
will support efforts to curtail shark finning, the practice
of removing a shark’s fins at sea and throwing the carcass
overboard. Shark finning is prohibited in federal waters of
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the Gulf of Mexico and the
Caribbean Sea.
NEW
ADVANCED HURRICANE MODEL AIDS NOAA FORECASTERS—NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Prediction
and its National Hurricane Center forecasters will now use the
Hurricane Weather and Research Forecast Model to predict the
track and strength of storms this hurricane season. Developed
by scientists at the NOAA Environmental Modeling Center, HWRF
is a new cutting-edge computer model that will serve as the
operational backbone for current and future hurricane track
and intensity forecasts by meteorologists at the National Hurricane
Center in Miami.
NOAA
SATELLITES READY FOR ACTIVE HURRICANE SEASON—
With an active Atlantic hurricane season expected for 2007,
NOAA’s high-powered satellites are ready to send forecasters
a steady stream of crisp, detailed images, and other important
data, of any storm that develops in the Western Hemisphere.The
NOAA Satellite and Information Service operates a fleet of spacecraft
that monitor the weather, including conditions that trigger
hurricanes and the tornadoes and floods that accompany them.
The
Emmy award-winning NOAA documentary, Saving
Springer, is a remarkable and inspirational story
about the work that NOAA does every day. Springer, a young abandoned
killer whale, might have faced a solitary existence, left to
make her way as best she could. Instead, the work and dedication
of NOAA professionals gave Springer a new chance at life and
helped her return to her family.
DRY
THUNDERSTORMS MAY SPARK ADDITIONAL WILDFIRES IN THE WEST: NOAA Incident
Meteorologists Providing On-Site Support Forecasts
