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Record Wetness In East Contrasts With Dryness In Mississippi Valley, Early Snow In Alaska |
Hurricanes Frances, Ivan and Jeanne, which battered the United States last month, were enough to break rainfall records for September in states throughout the Southeast and along the East Coast. Overall, temperature and precipitation were above average across the contiguous United States in September, according to scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C.
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NOAA Celebrates New Building Site Selection |
Winter Weather Awareness Prepares States for Next Season |
Oct. 14 — Today, at the University of Maryland Enterprise Campus in College Park, Md, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and others celebrated the launch of M-Square, a new crossroad where government, private industry, technology and science converge to be one of the nation’s largest research parks. NOAA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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Utah and Colorado are familiar with the punishing conditions that winter can bring. And these two states are where Winter Weather Awareness will take place the next two weeks. Through early December, local National Weather Service Forecast Offices in other states will remind residents of winter's hazards.
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NOAA Buoy Reports Record Wave Height during Hurricane Ivan |
A 52-foot wave produced by Hurricane Ivan in the Gulf of Mexico last month was the highest wave reported in a hurricane according to records from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center (NDBC).
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The National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, Okla., celebrates it 40th anniversary this weekend. |
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