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Water Resources Development Act data acquisition

May 24, 2022

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

forecaster seated and working at a bank of four computer screens

North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network (NDAWN) Carrington Station in an open field.

Soil Moisture and Snowpack Pilot Program

May 24, 2022

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network (NDAWN) Carrington Station in an open field.

Image is of the NOAA Hera supercomputer located in Fairmont, WV. Hera has 52,640 Skylake processors with multiple grey cabinets (20 are shown in the image) and is labeled with CRAY CS500. The racks of hardware components are stacked vertically to save space, allow for ease of connecting the many nodes and cores of the supercomputer, and improve efficiency in cooling.

Research supercomputing

May 24, 2022

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

coastal communities

Image is of the NOAA Hera supercomputer located in Fairmont, WV. Hera has 52,640 Skylake processors with multiple grey cabinets (20 are shown in the image) and is labeled with CRAY CS500. The racks of hardware components are stacked vertically to save space, allow for ease of connecting the many nodes and cores of the supercomputer, and improve efficiency in cooling.

Tumbleweeds collect on the banks of Lake Powell on March 28, 2022 in Page, Arizona.

A warm, dry March worsened record drought conditions in the West

April 8, 2022

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monthly climate report

Tumbleweeds collect on the banks of Lake Powell on March 28, 2022 in Page, Arizona.

Tumbleweeds collect on the banks of Lake Powell on March 28, 2022 in Page, Arizona.

A warm, dry March worsened record drought conditions in the West

April 8, 2022

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monthly climate report

Tumbleweeds collect on the banks of Lake Powell on March 28, 2022 in Page, Arizona.

California's Grant Lake, controlled by the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, appears to be nearly empty as viewed on August 13, 2021.

Spring Outlook: Drought to expand amid warmer conditions

March 17, 2022

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climate outlooks

California's Grant Lake, controlled by the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, appears to be nearly empty as viewed on August 13, 2021.

California's Grant Lake, controlled by the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, appears to be nearly empty as viewed on August 13, 2021.

Spring Outlook: Drought to expand amid warmer conditions

March 17, 2022

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climate outlooks

California's Grant Lake, controlled by the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, appears to be nearly empty as viewed on August 13, 2021.

Smoke over Twin Lakes in Mono County, California, on January 24, 2022.

February capped off a warm, dry winter for U.S.

March 8, 2022

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monthly climate report

Smoke over Twin Lakes in Mono County, California, on January 24, 2022.

NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery shows a powerful nor’easter pounding the eastern U.S. on January 29, 2022.

U.S. saw its coolest, driest January in 8 years

February 8, 2022

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monthly climate report

NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery shows a powerful nor’easter pounding the eastern U.S. on January 29, 2022.

A white "bathtub ring" exposes the former waterline in Lake Mead during low water levels in July 2021.

Climate change turns Southwest drought from bad to worst

September 27, 2021

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A white "bathtub ring" exposes the former waterline in Lake Mead during low water levels in July 2021.

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