What Causes Tides? | NESDIS | National Environmental Satellite, …
High and low tides are caused by the moon. The moon's gravitational pull generates something called the tidal force. The tidal force causes Earth—and its water—to bulge out on the side …
How Do I Escape Rip Currents? | NESDIS | National Environmental ...
Rip Tides? Nope! You might have heard of something called “rip tides,” but this term is incorrect. Rip currents have nothing do with the tides, which are caused by the gravitational pull of the …
What Is the Gulf Stream? | NOAA SciJinks – All About Weather
The Gulf Stream is a strong ocean current that brings warm water from the Gulf of America into the Atlantic Ocean. It extends all the way up the eastern coast of the United States and Canada.
Satellite Imagery RGBs: Adding Value, Saving Time
Oct 16, 2019 · RGBs Explained RGB composite imagery combines multispectral information (data from multiple channels) from ABI to highlight the presence and evolution of important …
Hurricane Idalia Slams the Southeast while Franklin Sideswipes …
Aug 30, 2023 · As Idalia approached landfall during the early morning hours of August 30, a nearly full moon illuminated its clouds and helped to increase the tides associated with the …
Bering Sea Appears Largely Ice-Free from NOAA-20
Apr 1, 2019 · Rick Thoman, a climate specialist for the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, explained that 2019 had the lowest ice extent on …
NOAA: Near-Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season Is Most Likely This …
"However, a near-normal prediction for this season suggests we could see more hurricane activity than we’ve seen in the last three years, which were below normal.” Bell explained there is …
Dual Cyclones Swirl Above Australia’s Northern Coast
Feb 26, 2020 · Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) stated that Esther’s remnants will “continue moving westward throughout the Northern Territory, bringing heavy rain, damaging …
What is Storm Surge? | NESDIS | National Environmental Satellite, …
Storm surges are not the same as high tides, but when a storm surge happens during a high tide, it can result in even higher water. Sometimes the water can rise as many as 20 feet.
Here’s How Satellite Data Helps Forecasters Issue Snow Squall …
Nov 5, 2018 · Randy Graham, the regional science officer at the NWS’s Central Region Headquarters, explained that snow squalls are different from a typical winter storm. For …