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The WPC Surface Analysis is part of the NWS Unified Surface Analysis and a collaborative effort with the Ocean Prediction Center, the National Hurricane Center, and the Honolulu Weather Forecast Office. The WPC focuses on the synoptic and mesoscale features over North America, primarily north of 31N. The surface analysis is a manual analysis of ...
EF4. 97 mph (156 km/h) 6. Tornado outbreak of April 13–16, 2012 – This was day 2 of aforementioned outbreak; it was only the second high risk to be issued on Day 2 (the day before the event; first Day 2 high risk was for April 7, 2006) and the first/only to date ever issued on the initial (0600Z) Day 2 outlook. [277]
The National Weather Service (NWS) is an agency of the United States federal government that is tasked with providing weather forecasts, warnings of hazardous weather, and other weather-related products to organizations and the public for the purposes of protection, safety, and general information. It is a part of the National Oceanic and ...
The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) is a US government agency that is part of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), operating under the control of the National Weather Service (NWS), [1] which in turn is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the United States Department of Commerce (DoC).
On Sunday, the National Weather Service reported a 130 degree Fahrenheit temperature in Death Valley, Calif., which is likely the highest temperature ever accurately recorded on Earth. This new ...
The NOAA Central Library is the flagship library of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) network of over 20 research libraries. [1] It is also a selective federal depository library for United States federal government publications.
The National Weather service predicted that 9/1 could be one of the top five wettest days on record in central PA, behind Hurricane Agnes (1972) and Tropical Storm Lee (2011). The storm brought at least 5 inches of rain at Harrisburg International airport and 7 inches of rain in Lancaster. The Schuylkill river crested at 17.2 feet.
Map of regions covered by the 122 Weather Forecast Offices. The National Weather Service operates 122 weather forecast offices. [1] [2] Each weather forecast office (WFO or NWSFO) has a geographic area of responsibility, also known as a county warning area, for issuing local public, marine, aviation, fire, and hydrology forecasts.