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National Severe Weather Workshop March 2-4 to Focus on Learning and Growing Together (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 02-02-2006 at 09:00:08
| Emergency managers and members of the media will have an opportunity to exchange information and techniques for public safety during severe weather with academia and federal government experts from NOAA at the sixth annual National Severe Weather Workshop on March 2-4, 2006, in Midwest City, Okla. Registration is underway for the three-day workshop, which is designed to enhance partnerships between severe weather forecasters and researchers, emergency managers, broadcast meteorologists, businesses, storm spotters and other weather enthusiasts. |
NOAA National Weather Service Improves Tornado Rating System (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 02-02-2006 at 12:00:12
| The NOAA National Weather Service announced plans to implement the Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale to rate tornadoes to replace the original Fujita (F) Scale. The EF Scale will continue to rate tornadoes on a scale from zero to five, but ranges in wind speed will be more accurate with the improved rating scale. The NOAA National Weather Service has approved the EF Scale and expects it to be fully implemented by February 2007. |
NOAA Says La Niña Here as Predicted; Expect Northwest Storminess and More Drought in South/southwest (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 02-02-2006 at 12:00:12
| The NOAA Climate Prediction Center announced the official return of La Niña. Agency forecasters predicted La Niña was forming nearly three weeks ago. Oceanic sea surface temperatures have met the operational definition of La Niña for the November through January period. La Niña is the periodic cooling of ocean waters in the east-central equatorial Pacific, which can impact the typical alignment of weather patterns around the globe. NOAA predicts this La Niña event will likely remain into late spring, and possibly into summer. |
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