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NCAR is launching a major field campaign this week with collaborators to better predict where and when spring thunderstorms will hit the Rockies and Plains. The project, featuring research aircraft and cutting-edge computer simulations, will point the way toward major improvements in 6- to 24-hour forecasts of severe weather. BOULDER, CO (PRWEB) May 13, 2013 To help better predict where and when spring thunderstorms will rip across Colorado’s Front Range and the adjacent High Plains,...

University of Colorado Boulder A multimillion dollar University of Colorado Boulder instrument package to study space weather has passed its pre-installation testing and is ready to be incorporated onto a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite for a 2015 launch. Designed and built by CU’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, the instrument suite known as the Extreme Ultraviolet and X-ray Irradiance Sensors, or EXIS, is the first of four identical packages...

WASHINGTON, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National Weather Service employees say that four furlough days added to the current hiring freeze stretches already short staffed offices to a breaking point, puts the American public at risk, and jeopardizes the agency's mission of saving lives and property. Most of the NWS employees being furloughed are designated "emergency essential," because of their public safety responsibilities and are required to work even during catastrophic...

NASA [ Watch The Video Bi-ocular Animations of Two Oceans ] NOAA's GOES-13 and GOES-15 weather satellites sit 60 degrees apart in a fixed orbit over the eastern and western U.S., respectively, providing forecasters with a look at the movement of weather systems in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The GOES Project at the NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. announced the creation of satellite animations of both GOES-13 and GOES-15 to show continuous views of both oceans,...

Part 3 of redOrbit’s exclusive 6-part series Alan McStravick for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online In the last installment of this series, we took a close-up look at the technology behind Earth Networks Total Lightning Network (ENTLN). In part 3, we will look at the rate of false alarms put out by the ENTLN and compare those to the warning system utilized by the National Weather Service (NWS). We will also look at an anecdotal situation where Robert Marshall, CEO of Earth Networks,...

Part 2 of redOrbit’s exclusive 6-part series Alan McStravick for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online In the first installment of this series, we explored how the Maryland-based company Earth Networks positioned itself as the world leader in ground-based weather sensor data collection through the mass deployment of their weather station sensor network. Typically, private sector weather companies like The Weather Channel or Accuweather rely on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...

Alan McStravick for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Part 1 of redOrbit’s exclusive 6-part series. Last month, an article published on redOrbit profiled the NASA/NOAA GOES-R satellite. Slated for a 2015 launch, this amazing piece of geostationary technology is being touted for its potential to better predict severe weather conditions in the Western Hemisphere, and there can be no denying its importance to the advancement of meteorological science. A component of the GOES-R...

Harris Interactive Survey reveals even after hurricane experience, majority of families do not plan to take critical mitigation steps before the next severe storm. New Mitigation 2.0 tools will replace "old school" methods and make hurricane preparedness easier, faster and more convenient. NEW ORLEANS, March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the 2013 National Hurricane Conference continues this week, the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH)® introduced Mitigation 2.0 --- a...

App provides peril-based mitigation and preparedness tools and weather forecasting functions with the added value of NOAA weather radio technology. NEW ORLEANS, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the National Hurricane Conference kicks off in New Orleans today; the nonprofit Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH)® released "FLASH Weather Alerts" the first-ever precision, severe weather alert smartphone app that includes home mitigation and family preparedness...

Flood Control America stands in support of NOAA’s efforts to highlight the threat of flooding in the United States with Flood Safety Awareness Week. The annual event shines a spotlight on the many ways floods can occur, the hazards associated with floods, and what citizens can do to protect their lives and property. Sudbury, MA (PRWEB) March 23, 2013 “NOAA’s National Weather Service does so much to promote flood safety, and Flood Safety Awareness Week is a shining example of...