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2016 Spring climate and flood outlook

March 16, 2016

NOAA issued its spring seasonal outlooks on March 17th for flooding, drought, precipitation and temperature. Flood risk is highest in the lower Mississippi valley and along the Southeast coast.

Marcia, Marcia, Marcia

Jake Crouch | March 16, 2016

Is El Niño the Marcia Brady of climate variability? In this week's Beyond the Data blog, Jake Crouch talks about whether El Niño played a starring role in this winter's climate.

Warm winter could mean early bloom for DC's cherry blossoms

Emily Greenhalgh | March 15, 2016

Due to an unusually warm winter, Washington DC's famous cherry trees might reach peak bloom before the Cherry Blossom Festival begins on March 20.

CPO highlights milestones and achievements in 2015 Annual Report

March 11, 2016

Every day, communities and businesses in the United States and around the world grapple with environmental challenges stemming from changing climate conditions and extreme events. The NOAA Climate ... ...

Where, oh where, has Alaska's winter gone?

Tom Di Liberto | March 11, 2016

For the third winter in a row, temperatures were well above normal for much of Alaska, leaving Alaskans to wonder, where's winter?

March 2016 El Niño update: Spring Forward

Emily Becker | March 09, 2016

El Niño is weakening. What impacts did it have on winter weather? And what's this about La Niña?

February 2016 ocean temperatures across the tropical Pacific

Tom Di Liberto | March 07, 2016

Waters along the equator in the Pacific Ocean were warmer than average during February 2016, but cooler than they were in January, according to satellite observations.

NOAA and partners report the largest methane leak in U. S. history in a joint study

March 04, 2016

On Feb. 25, researchers from NOAA and three entities in California published a study in Science on the effects of the natural gas leak in Aliso Canyon, an area of Los Angeles, California. The study .. ...

Huge waves means it's time to surf in Hawai'i

Tom Di Liberto | March 04, 2016

Huge waves can mean only one thing in Hawai'i: surf's up. Should surfers thank El Niño?

No, your 2nd grader can't dunk on Tim Duncan

Deke Arndt | March 03, 2016

In this week's Beyond the Data blog, NCEI's Deke Arndt explains how comparing a record-setting warm streak from 2015 to one in 1944 is like comparing the tallest player in the NBA to the tallest kid in 2nd grade.

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