about the tropospheric polar vortex, which is year-round and occupies the lowest layer of the atmosphere that touches the surface. — Sudden Stratospheric Warmings (SSWs) are occasions in the winter (~ ...

activity that introduces students to the concept of seasonality of sea ice and its extent, both in terms of seasonal variations and longer term trends. Quality of data is excellent (well-referenced, u ...

of products and services by integrating the work within NOAA and among its partners engaged in developing and delivering climate services at the regional level, including the Regional Integrated Scien ...

providing confidence in this forecast—I'll chomp into that a bit later. During March, the atmosphere over the tropical Pacific still looked mostly (but not entirely) La Niña-ish. Specifically, less ra ...

atmospheric shear. Shear is the change in the winds from near-surface to high in the atmosphere. When there is a large change between the lower- and higher-level winds (high shear), hurricanes get tor ...

temperatures (which can impact temperatures along the coast) and observed soil moisture (extremes in soil moisture (both wet and dry) can influence temperatures and precipitation during the warm part ...

Milewski and floodplain administrator Marsha Hilmes-Robinson discuss the Woodward development in a Fort Collins floodplain. Woodward's development created a natural area on their site, complete with r ...

to combat coastal erosion and flooding, including due to hurricanes, and adaptation planning in response to global climate change. URL to Main Site for Report : Issuing Age ...

cooler-than-average month is favored for a slim area along the Pacific Northwest coast. (The atmosphere apologizing for last year's blistering heat wave?) But even then, odds favoring a cooler-than-av ...

Since the start of the great La Niña of 2016-17 (I'm kidding, it was measly), the atmosphere in the tropics has shown signs of a stronger-than-average Walker circulation, with more rain over Indonesia ...