NOAA's National Weather Service HeadlinesLatest weather and climate headlines from NOAA's National Weather Service...Some East Coast States Have Driest March Ever, Severe Drought Continues In Southwest, Southern Plains, Record Rainfall In Hawaii...- April 18, 2006 It was the driest March on record for five East Coast states and the wettest month in parts of the Hawaiian Islands, according to the NOAA National Climatic Data Center. March 2006 also was warmer than usual, with an average temperature of 44.0 degrees F, or 1.5 degrees above the 1895-2005 statistical mean.http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2006/s2612.htm ...NOAA Launches First Set of Atlantic Basin Tsunami Buoy Stations...- April 17, 2006 NOAA finished installation of five Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami (DART) buoy stations off the East and Gulf coasts and the Caribbean as part of the expansion of the U.S. tsunami warning system. The latest buoy station, off New Orleans, joins stations off Charleston, S.C.; Miami, and two off San Juan, Puerto Rico.http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2006/s2613.htm ...Dennis, Katrina, Rita, Stan and Wilma "Retired" from List of Storm Names...- April 6, 2006 Dennis, Katrina, Rita, Stan and Wilma, all from the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, were "retired" from the list of Atlantic storm names by an international hurricane committee of the World Meteorological Organization. These five names, part of last season's record-setting 28 tropical storms and 15 hurricanes, will not reappear on the list of future storm names.http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2006/s2607.htm ...NOAA Reports a Busy Start to Tornado Season; Outbreak Underscores Value of NOAA Weather Radio...- April 4, 2006 A total of 68 tornado reports and 26 tornado fatalities in eight states on Sunday brought the totals for the year to 355.http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2006/s2605.htm |