Extreme Events

Join NOAA at the Predicted Ocean Laboratory this Sept. 15 Allies in Extreme Weather Prediction: NOAA’s long standing partnership with Indonesia On September 15, 2021, NOAA Research Assistant Administrator Craig McLean will co-host a worldwide, two-day event to bring together voices and ideas focused on predicting ocean conditions for the benefit of science and society.

Successful Workshop for ‘Integrating Ocean Observations to Improve NOAA’s Hurricane Intensity Forecasts’ NOAA’s Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing Program, along with U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) and Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML), recently held the virtual workshop “Integrating Ocean Observations to Improve NOAA’s Hurricane Intensity Forecasts.” This workshop brought together leaders in the

Hurricane Drifters Deployed Ahead of Epsilon On October 22, 2020 a C-130J of the US Air Force Reserve 53rd squadron “Hurricane Hunters” deployed 12 drifters ahead of Hurricane Epsilon northeast of Bermuda. The drifters, designed and built at Scripps’ Lagrangian Drifter Lab and funded by the Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing Program, are measuring directional

Eight Drifting Buoys Deployed in Front of Hurricane Teddy On Saturday, September 19, 2020 eight drifting buoys were deployed in front of Hurricane Teddy. The photo to the left shows loading of eight hurricane drifters onto the US Air Force C-130 Cargo airplane for deployments. A variety of drifter types were deployed and will measure sea surface temperature