NOAA's National Weather Service HeadlinesLatest weather and climate headlines from NOAA's National Weather Service...National Air Quality Awareness Week...- April 29, 2007 NOAA's National Weather Service and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency urge Americans to "Be Air Aware" during Air Quality Awareness Week, which runs from April 30 through May 4, 2007. The goal of Air Quality Awareness Week is to provide information on outdoor air pollution and its impact on the quality of the air we breathe.http://www.airquality.noaa.gov/ ...NOAA Hurricane Hunter Aircraft Tour...- April 28, 2007 NOAA hurricane experts will travel aboard a NOAA WP-3 Orion turboprop Hurricane Hunter in a five-day, five-city tour of the East Coast beginning April 30 to raise public awareness of hurricanes. The public and media are invited to tour the aircraft and speak with the team as the aircraft visits North Kingstown, R.I.; Cape May, N.J.; Baltimore, Md.; Elizabeth City, N.C.; and Daytona Beach, Fla.http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/s2843.htm ...Skywarn Storm Spotters Have Their Eyes On The Sky ...- April 18, 2007 Spring marks the start of the severe weather season across much of the nation. Have you considered becoming a trained NOAA Skywarn storm spotter For more than 35 years, Skywarn spotters have been helping the National Weather Service gather critical "ground truth" information before, during and even after severe weather events.http://www.magazine.noaa.gov/stories/mag226.htm ...Major Nor'easter Lingers in the Northeast...- April 17, 2007 Snowfall totals ranged from 2 inches in North Carolina to 26 inches in Tupper Lake, New York. The New York City area and northeastern New Jersey saw rainfall up to 8 inches, parts of eastern Maryland into New England recorded 3 to 6 inches of rain. Wind gusts of 50 mph were common in the Northeast, with high gusts reported at Mt. Washington (156 mph), Cape Elizabeth, Maine (81 mph), and Dulles Airport (57 mph).http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/nfdscc2.html |