Tag: NOAA

IN-DEPTH: The Recreational Fishing Industry Faces a Bleak Future in the Shadow of Wind Turbines, Local Fishermen Fear

Destruction of habitat and change in the migratory patterns of fish caused by electromagnetic fields (EMFs) emitting from offshore wind turbine cables will demolish the recreational fishing industry along the Atlantic coast, local fishermen warn. Jim Hutchinson, the managing editor of the New Jersey Delaware Bay Edition of The Fisherman magazine, has been collecting studies…


US Forecasters Call for Near-Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season

HOUSTON—This year’s Atlantic hurricane season will bring an average number of ocean storms and hurricanes, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said on Thursday. NOAA forecasters estimate 12 to 17 named storms of which five to nine of those will develop into hurricanes and one to four will become major hurricanes during the June…


LIVE NOW: NOAA Issues 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA) issues its outlook for the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season at 11:00 a.m. ET on May 25. …


LIVE NOW: NOAA Releases US Spring Outlook and Flood Assessment

U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Weather Service announces its Spring Outlook, predictions for temperature, precipitation, drought, and flood risk across the country at 11 a.m. ET on March 16. NOAA Climate Prediction Center Operational Prediction Branch Chief Jon Gottschalck and National Water Center Director Ed Clark discuss how the significant rain and…


NOAA Releases US Spring Outlook and Flood Assessment

U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Weather Service announces its Spring Outlook, predictions for temperature, precipitation, drought, and flood risk across the country at 11 a.m. ET on March 16. NOAA Climate Prediction Center Operational Prediction Branch Chief Jon Gottschalck and National Water Center Director Ed Clark discuss how the significant rain and…


Maine Lobstermen Square Off With Aquarium Over ‘False Statements’ Harming Sales

After years of back and forth with environmentalists, government officials, and others over alleged harm to the North Atlantic right whale, Maine’s lobstermen are going to court. An attorney for the fishermen said they are ready for both sides to lay their cards on the table. “We would like to resolve this as soon as…


Calls to Halt Atlantic Offshore Wind Projects Grow Louder as Whale Deaths Continue

Three Republican congressmen and more than a dozen mayors whose coastal districts are near offshore wind energy sites are calling on the Biden administration to suspend offshore wind projects until a thorough investigation into a recent spate of whale deaths rules them out as the cause. Since Dec. 1, 2022, at least 23 whales have…


Quiet Start to Hurricane Season May Be Due to Saharan Dust Phenomenon

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.—The new hurricane season in Florida has been quiet so far in 2022, with the tropics seemingly sleeping at the moment. Forecasters are predicting no tropical development for the next 10 days and that may be attributed to a phenomenon known as Saharan Dust. It is a large plume of Saharan dust that travels…


How to Keep Your Home Cool When It’s Hot Outside

By Nancy Ngo From Star Tribune (Minneapolis)   A recently released summer outlook predicts temps will be higher than average. It’s going to be a hot summer. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) just released its latest outlook predicting that temperatures will be higher than average this summer in most of the country. When it…


Atlantic Hurricane Season to Be Unusually Active, 3-6 Major Hurricanes Expected: NOAA

The upcoming Atlantic hurricane season—from June 1 to Nov. 30—is likely to be unusually active, according to forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), making this the seventh consecutive above-average hurricane season. There is a 65 percent chance of an above-normal season, a 25 percent chance of a near-normal season and a 10…