Last month, millions of people across the United States were impacted by several inches to feet of snow and the coldest temperatures in decades. Thousands lost power and water, and travel was treacherous as multi-vehicle…
Tag: winter weather
NOAA researchers are working to make traveling in winter weather safer
A team of scientists is working on ways to better forecast potentially dangerous winter weather to cut down on these impacts to travelers.
Spread the word: We need your precipitation reports!
NSSL is now collecting two types of winter weather reports from the public to help evaluate the performance of a new winter weather precipitation algorithm.
Winter storm sparks discussion in NOAA’s Hazardous Weather Testbed
A brewing winter storm was the main topic at the “Map Discussion” on Monday during the last week in January, 2010.
NSSL taps community to make precipitation reports
The Winter Precipitation Identification Near the Ground (W-PING) project invites public observations of winter precipitation from volunteers within a 90-mile radius of Norman, Okla. Go to http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/projects/winter/