SAN FRANCISCO – NOAA’s National Satellite, Data and Information Service is recommending flying three satellites over the United States in the satellite constellation that will follow the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R Series (GOES-R). In addition, to operating satellites in orbits similar to those of the current GOES East and […]
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A fireball travelling at 56,000 miles an hour entered the skies above Canada, with the moment caught on film. A woman called Bekka Gunner was being pulled on sled by a pack of huskies through the snow when she spotted the meteor in broad daylight. Despite it being the middle […]
SAN FRANCISCO – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded its first contracts Nov. 20 to purchase radio occultation data from commercial satellite operators GeoOptics and Spire Global. The Nov. 20 awards are the culmination of years of work by both companies to develop, manufacture and operate satellites to gather […]
What if you could get an accurate weather report as much as three weeks in advance? In some parts of the world, that could soon be possible. Right now, forecasters can reliably predict the weather in most parts of the United States up to eight days in advance, according to […]
In the popular imagination, Death Valley in Southern California is the hottest place on earth. At 3:41 p.m. on Sunday, it lived up to that reputation when the temperature at the aptly named Furnace Creek reached 130 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the NOAA Weather Prediction center. If that reading — […]
REVEALED: The last decade was the HOTTEST on record with greenhouse gasses reaching ultimate highs in 2019 and sea levels now 3.4 inches above what they were in the 1990s The 2010s were the hottest decade since record-keeping began 150 years ago Last year was the second hottest ever, with […]
SAN FRANCISCO – For the first time, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is soliciting proposals for commercial radio occultation satellite data to feed operational weather forecast models. After years of evaluating commercial data products, NOAA published a Request for Proposals Aug. 4 on the federal acquisition website Beta.Sam.Gov. NOAA […]
For much of the United States, the last several days have been brutal: record temperatures recorded around the country, and coronavirus case numbers are on the rise as well, complicating efforts to protect people at risk. The weekend set temperature records in the South and Southwest, which continued into this […]