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Latest weather and climate headlines from NOAA's National Weather Service

...NOAA Uses New Post-Storm Rating System For Big Northeast Snowstorms... - January 31, 2006

NOAA announced that for the remainder of the winter season, its scientists will give the public a new, easy-to-understand scale to categorize major snowstorms after they affect the Northeast. The Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale, or NESIS, will quickly calculate the impact of a powerful snowstorm soon after it strikes, and give it a rank, similar to methods used to categorize the strength of tornadoes.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2006/s2567.htm

...NOAA Updates List Of U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather, Climate Disasters... - January 30, 2006

NOAA's National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C., updated the Web site that lists U.S. billion dollar weather and climate disasters from 1980 to the present. A crippling Midwest drought and four hurricanes from the 2005 deadly, record-breaking season are on the list - Dennis, Rita, Wilma and Katrina, this nation's costliest hurricane ever.
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/reports/billionz.html

...NOAA Predicts Weak La Nina - January 20, 2006

Weak La Nina conditions are predicted in the tropical Pacific just in time for spring, but NOAA scientists stress it is too early to know how this could affect springtime and summertime weather patterns in the United States.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2006/s2559.htm

...NOAA Offers Free Navigational Charts on Web... - January 6, 2006

Mariners can now get free electronic downloads of NOAA Raster Navigational Charts or RNCs.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2006/s2557.htm

...2005 Ends On An Active Weather Note... - January 3, 2006

2005 brought a record-breaking hurricane season, blistering heat waves, lingering drought and a crippling Northeast blizzard. It will come close to the all-time high global annual average temperature.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2005/s2548.htm

...Wildfire Threat In The Southern Plains Won't Soon Be Extinguished... - January 3, 2006

The Southern Plains remain at risk of wildfires as mild temperatures, low humidity and strong winds continue in combination with drought-stricken land.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2006/s2554.htm