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Extreme event attribution: the climate versus weather blame game

Rebecca Lindsey | December 15, 2016

A Q & A about the science of detecting the influence of global warming on hurricanes, fires, and other extreme events.

Global sea ice in November: Black swans flock to both poles

Michon Scott | December 14, 2016

A black swan event is a situation so rare that few people would have imagined it was possible. In November 2016, researchers were caught off guard by just such an event: extremely low sea ice extents in both the Arctic and Antarctic.

Drought breaks out this fall

Deke Arndt | November 18, 2016

Drought has broken out across the southeast and southern plains this summer and fall. What got us to this situation, and how do we deal drought, which is unlike many of our weather hazards?

The mid-October windstorm in the Pacific Northwest

Tom Di Liberto | October 28, 2016

While not as bad as initially feared, a strong low pressure system brought gusty winds and rain to the Pacific Northwest in mid-October 2016.

Water temperatures in Gulf could give advance warning of summer tornado activity

Rebecca Lindsey, Emily Greenhalgh | October 26, 2016

Using a combination of observations and models, NOAA-funded scientists have found a small but significant “advanced warning” signal for heightened summer tornado activity in the U.S.: warmer-than-average water temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico

Back to the Basics: Precipitation Patterns

Deke Arndt | October 19, 2016

Unlike the United States' extreme temperature places, which are dominated by where you sit on a map, the extreme precipitation places tend to be dominated by what features are near you. We'll explore the driest and wettest places in the United States.

Record-breaking hurricane Matthew causes devastation

Tom Di Liberto | October 18, 2016

Hurricane Matthew tore a path through the Caribbean and southeastern United States leaving behind a trail of destruction.

How can we call something a thousand-year storm if we don't have a thousand years of climate observations?

Tom Di Liberto | September 29, 2016

Using the June floods in West Virginia as an example, the Climate Prediction Center's Tom Di Liberto explains how meteorologists are like paleontologists turning the bones of an incomplete skeleton into a complete picture of a dinosaur.

Major Hurricanes Madeline and Lester poised to give Hawaii a close call

Tom Di Liberto | August 30, 2016

The central/eastern North Pacific hurricane season continues to roll on unabated, with two major hurricanes lined up to pass dangerously close to Hawaii.

August 2016 extreme rain and floods along the Gulf Coast

Tom Di Liberto | August 19, 2016

A slow-moving storm system caused more than two feet of rain in southern Louisiana in mid-August and led to widespread catastrophic flooding.

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