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NOR'EASTER MOVES UP EAST COAST POUNDING NEW YORK CITY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNS NORTHEAST AS WINTER STORM APPROACHES NEW STORM THREATENS NORTHEAST, NOAA SAYS USA TO SEE MORE SEVERE WEATHER, NOAA SAYS ARCTIC COLD TO CHILL THE HOLIDAY SEASON NEW WEB SITE FOR USA MARINE PROTECTED AREAS; NOAA ANNOUNCES NEW INSTITUTE FOR MARINE PROTECTED AREAS TRAINING AND TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE UPS AND DOWNS MARK YEAR IN WEATHER FOR 2000, NOAA SAYS FORECASTERS UPDATE WINTER 2000-01 OUTLOOK DEADLY TORNADOES POUND SOUTHERN STATES 2000 IN REVIEW: THE YEAR BEGAN WITH RECORD WARMTH IN THE U.S. AND ENDS WITH COLDER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTRY NOAA TO AID NORAD IN TRACKING SANTA CLAUS SWEEPING WINTER STORMS CONFIRM RETURN TO COLDER WINTER SANTA ASKS NOAA: WHO WILL HAVE A WHITE CHRISTMAS? SOUTHERN PLAINS STATES BRACE FOR ARCTIC COLD/WINTRY MIX MIDWEST IS GROUND ZERO FOR LATEST BOUT WITH ARCTIC BLAST STRONG ACTIONS TAKEN AS ALARMING NEW FINDINGS ABOUT CORAL REEFS ARE RELEASED ROCKIES BRACE FOR ARCTIC COLD, BUT CALIFORNIA LIKELY TO BE SPARED MAJOR ARCTIC OUTBREAK THREATENS WESTERN AND CENTRAL UNITED STATES CREATION OF THE NORTHWEST HAWAIIAN ISLANDS CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEM RESERVE ANNOUNCED AFTER 82 YEARS, AVIATION WEATHER FORECASTS STILL FLYING HIGH NOAA FISHERIES ISSUES BIOLOGICAL OPINION ON ALASKAN FISHERIES ABOVE-AVERAGE 2000 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON CONTINUES RECENT UPTURN IN ACTIVITY; U.S. SPARED EXTENSIVE HURRICANE DAMAGE WEATHER SERVICE, AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS PREP FOR SPECIAL EVENT NOAA'S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE/"HAM" OPERATORS TO LAUNCH SPECIAL EVENT NOAA SHIP RONALD H. BROWN RETURNS TO CHARLESTON HOME PORT AFTER TWO YEARS OF GLOBAL EXPLORATION PATTERNS OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE OVER RECENT CENTURIES REPORTED BY NOAA AND UNIVERSITY SCIENTISTS NEW WIND SENSOR ABOARD NOAA SHIP WITHSTANDS STORMS, PROVIDES CURRENT WEATHER DATA NOAA INCREASES COMMITMENT TO HALT INTERNATIONAL POACHING AND IMPORTATION OF ILLEGAL SEAFOOD NOAA WEATHER RADIO RECEIVERS MAKE GOOD GIFTS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON PRESIDENT CLINTON SIGNS THE NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY ACT OF 2000 AND ESTABLISHES NEW SCHOLARSHIP OCTOBER TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL IN MUCH OF U.S., NOAA REPORTS; JANUARY THROUGH OCTOBER WARMEST ON RECORD RECORD-BREAKING NOVEMBER RAINFALL WELCOMED IN NORTH TEXAS SOLAR RADIATION STORM IN PROGRESS NOAA MARKS 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF EDMUND FITZGERALD SINKING NOAA-16 ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES TESTING AND IS TURNED OVER TO NOAA CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN IMPACTS ARE DAMAGING THE WORLD'S CORAL REEFS, NOAA REPORTS HALLOWEEN BRINGS TORNADOES TO KANSAS AND NEBRASKA NEW LIFE, ENERGY SOURCES FOUND DURING GULF OF MEXICO EXPLORATION CLIMATE CHANGE, FISHING ALTER SALMON ABUNDANCE PRESIDENT HONORS NOAA RESEARCH SCIENTIST UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA RELEASE JOINT SEA ICE ATLAS FOR THE ARCTIC OCEAN ORIGIN OF LIFE ON EARTH MAY HAVE BEGUN WITH TINY ATMOSPHERIC DROPLETS COMMERCE SECRETARY MINETA OPENS DOORS TO A NEW WORLD-CLASS FEDERAL MARINE RESEARCH FACILITY IN SANTA CRUZ NOAA's ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES PROVIDE EARLY WARNING OF DROUGHT TO COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD NOAA ISSUES NATION'S OFFICIAL WINTER OUTLOOK NOAA AND THE NATIONAL SPACE CLUB SEEK NOMINATIONS FOR PRESTIGIOUS NOAA-DAVID JOHNSON AWARD SCIENTISTS DIVE DEEP TO EXPLORE NEW WORLD OF GULF'S RICHES OZONE HOLE EARLIER IN 2000 BUT NOT DEEPER NOAA TURNS 30—THREE DECADES OF SCIENCE AND SERVICE NEW ICEBERG IN THE ROSS SEA, NATIONAL ICE CENTER REPORTS NOAA SCIENTISTS STUDY HOW HURRICANES INTENSIFY OVER DEEP WARM POOLS OF GULF WATER NEW NOAA PROGRAM PROVIDES EARLY WARNING OF CORAL BLEACHING EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS TO CONTINUE AND LIKELY INCREASE; EFFECTS ON SOCIETY MORE INTENSE NOAA-L WEATHER SATELLITE SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED; NOAA-16 SENDS FIRST IMAGE NOAA RECAPS SUMMER OF 2000, SAYS LA NIÑA INFLUENCE GONE; AUTUMN EXPECTED TO BRING CONTINUED WARMTH FOR PORTIONS OF THE U.S. COMMERCE SECRETARY MINETA ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF NEW VITAL GLOBAL CLIMATE PREDICTION PROJECT SUMMER 2000: WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL, NOAA REPORTS PRESIDENT CLINTON DIRECTS U.S. ACTIONS IN RESPONSE TO JAPANESE WHALING NOAA'S SATELLITE GROUND SYSTEM READY IF HURRICANE SHOULD WALLOP WALLOPS NOAA UNVEILS RESOURCE-RICH ARCTIC WEB SITE NOAA's NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COMMEMORATES 1900 GALVESTON HURRICANE SINGER FOR OAK RIDGE BOYS RECORDS NOAA WEATHER RADIO PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT PHENOMENAL RECORD DROUGHT AND HEAT WAVE CONTINUES TO GRIP NORTH TEXAS NOAA LAUNCHES NEW WEB SITE ON ANCIENT DROUGHTS WESTERN FIRE FIGHTERS GET NEEDED RELIEF; HEAT IMPACTS SOUTHERN STATES NOAA WEEKEND SAFETY REMINDER: CHECK THE WEATHER VIA THE WEB OR MEDIA August 2000 Edition of NOAA News NOAA FISHERIES ANNOUNCES OCEAN AQUACULTURE WORKSHOPS NORTH TEXAS SETS NEW DROUGHT RECORD NORTH ATLANTIC CLIMATE SWING SEEN IN NOAA COMPUTER MODEL NOAA, NASA TO LAUNCH NEW ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE RECORD DROUGHT CONTINUES IN NORTH TEXAS WET NORTHEAST SUMMER INCREASES HURRICANE FLOOD THREAT OCEAN EXPLORATION PANEL DIVES INTO CHALLENGE TORNADO SEASON UNUSUALLY QUIET NOAA METEOROLOGISTS AT WORK ON WILDLAND FIRES JULY TEMPERATURES COOLER IN MUCH OF U.S., NOAA REPORTS, BUT HOT TEMPERATURES AND DROUGHT PERSIST IN THE SOUTH AND WEST; JANUARY THROUGH JULY WARMEST ON RECORD ALL SYSTEMS "GO" ON NEW WEATHER SATELLITE CLIMATE REPORT OF SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, SITE OF OLYMPIC GAMES, AVAILABLE FROM NOAA BERYL WEAKENS TO A DEPRESSION—ALL WARNINGS DISCONTINUED; ALBERTO LOOPING IN THE ATLANTIC NOAA KEEPS EYE ON TROPICAL STORMS IN THE GULF COAST AND ATLANTIC OCEAN 2000 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON OUTLOOK STILL "ABOVE AVERAGE" HIGH TEMPERATURES, DRY CONDITIONS MAKE FIRE SEASON 2000 THE WORST IN 50 YEARS NOAA's NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REITERATES SAFETY MESSAGES AS SEASON'S FIRST HURRICANE BREWS IN THE ATLANTIC COMMERCE SECRETARY MINETA, DELAWARE GOVERNOR CARPER ANNOUNCE PROPOSAL TO PROTECT HORSESHOE CRABS IN DELAWARE BAY ALBERTO A LITTLE STRONGER OVER THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC OCEAN CURRENT FIRE SEASON COULD BE THE WORST IN 30 YEARS AMERICANS ATE MORE SEAFOOD IN 1999 TROPICAL WATERS IN NORTHERN HEMISPHERE HEATING AT AN ACCELERATED RATE, NOAA REPORTS INTERNATIONAL MARITIME GROUP MOVES ON HISTORIC MEASURES TO PROTECT CORAL REEFS FROM ANCHOR DAMAGE FEDERAL AGENCIES PROPOSE COMPREHENSIVE SALMON RECOVERY STRATEGY FOR PACIFIC NORTHWEST DRY WESTERN STATES BECOMING TINDER BOXES FOR WILD FIRES COLD FRONT SETS THE STAGE FOR MORE RELIEF FROM SOUTHERN HEAT NEW NOAA POSTER DEPICTS FLOOR OF THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO CHANGE IN WEATHER PATTERNS BRING RELIEF FROM SOUTHERN HEAT WAVE FORECASTERS SEE SHORT RESPITE FROM SOUTHERN HEAT WAVE July 17, 2000 Edition of NOAA News UNDERWATER LANDSLIDES, SLUMPS MAY INTENSIFY TSUNAMIS, SAY SCIENTISTS GEOMAGNETIC STORM REACHES EARTH, NOAA REPORTS NOAA PREDICTS SEVERE SOLAR STORM FOR SATURDAY NOAA'S UPDATED SUMMER FORECAST—STILL HOT JUNE WARMER THAN NORMAL, BUT NOT RECORD-BREAKING; YEAR-TO-DATE IS WARMEST ON RECORD, NOAA REPORTS RENTED EMERGENCY BEACON LEADS TO RESCUE OF BOATER, NOAA REPORTS MINNESOTA TRAGEDY REINFORCES FLOOD SAFETY MESSAGE NOAA METEOROLOGISTS RECALL DRAMA OF FORECASTING "THE PERFECT STORM" NOAA PLACES SATELLITE IMAGERY OF WASHINGTON STATE FIRES ONLINE NEW CLIMATE STATION AT NORTH CAROLINA ARBORETUM UNVEILED SUMMER FORECAST - HOT! June 22, 2000 Edition NOAA METEOROLOGIST BOB CASE, THE MAN WHO NAMED THE PERFECT STORM U.S. HAS ITS WARMEST SPRING AND YEAR-TO-DATE ON RECORD, NOAA REPORTS PRESIDENT CLINTON LAUNCHES A NEW ERA OF OCEAN EXPLORATION STORMS IN THE HIGH PLAINS HIDE FROM NOAA SCIENTISTS STRONG GEOMAGNETIC STORM IN PROGRESS NOAA DETECTS MAJOR SOLAR STORM NOAA SCIENTIST PRESENT AT BIRTH OF NEW VOLCANIC ISLAND NOAA SCIENTISTS BEGIN ANOTHER SEASON OF HURRICANE FLYING TO IMPROVE TRACK AND INTENSITY PREDICTIONS HURRICANE SEASON GETS UNDERWAY UNPRECEDENTED PARTNERSHIP PROTECTS CALIFORNIA SANCTUARIES FROM CATASTROPHIC OIL SPILLS NASCAR'S DARRELL WALTRIP & NOAA'S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARN AGAINST DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADS NOAA SCIENTISTS STUDY SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS IN KANSAS, COLORADO U.S. HAS ITS WARMEST JANUARY-APRIL ON RECORD, NOAA REPORTS NOAA's NEWEST SATELLITE, GOES-11, SNAPS FIRST IMAGE LATEST DROUGHT FORECAST BRINGS MIX OF GOOD AND BAD AS GOVERNMENT ISSUES DROUGHT COMMISSION REPORT NEW SATELLITE IMAGES OF THE NEW MEXICO FIRES FROM NOAA NOAA UPDATES NEW MEXICO FIRE IMAGES ONLINE NOAA UPDATED NEW MEXICO FIRE COLOR COMPOSITE SATELLITE IMAGES ONLINE MAYFIELD NAMED NEW DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 2000 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON EXPECTED TO BE ABOVE AVERAGE NEW RULING WILL HELP HEARING IMPAIRED RECEIVE SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION NOAA SCIENTISTS SEND MINI-R2D2 TO HELP CLOSE ARCTIC RESEARCH GAP FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF MAY 3, 1999, TORNADO OUTBREAK HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF WARNINGS AND PROVIDES SAFETY LESSONS FOURTH SATELLITE IN NOAA GOES SERIES SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED NOAA CONSOLIDATES RIVER DATA ON INTERNET NEW WEATHER RESEARCH SUPERCOMPUTER WILL IMPROVE FUTURE FORECASTS NOAA FORECASTERS PLAY KEY ROLE IN ATLANTIS LAUNCH AND LANDING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTERS PLAY KEY ROLE IN ATLANTIS LAUNCH AND LANDING HURRICANE AWARENESS GOAL OF GULF COAST TOUR 2000 UNRAVELING THE MYSTERY OF HOW THE ATMOSPHERE CLEANSES ITSELF NOAA ISSUES LATEST DROUGHT UPDATE NOAA REPORTS RECORD WARMTH FOR JANUARY - MARCH 2000 NOAA, NASA TO LAUNCH LATEST EYE-IN-THE-SKY WEATHER SATELLITE STUDY REPORTS DISTANT FOREST FIRES AFFECT U.S. AIR QUALITY COMMERCE SECRETARY DISAPPOINTED AT FEDERAL COURT RULING NOAA TAKES VIEWERS ‘LIVE FROM THE STORM' NEW ICEBERG BREAKS OFF IN THE ROSS SEA GREAT LAKES COULD REACH NEW RECORD LOW LEVELS, SAY COMMERCE SECRETARY DALEY & NOAA SCIENTISTS FIRST MAJOR SOLAR STORM OF THE NEW CENTURY COMMERCE SECRETARY DALEY PROPOSES NATIONAL FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT MARINE SANCTUARIES SPINY DOGFISH PLAN IMPLEMENTED STOCK REBUILDING TO START MAY 1 APRIL 1 MARKS 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF FIRST WEATHER SATELLITE NOAA LABORATORY DIRECTOR TO RETIRE FROM FEDERAL SERVICE EVENING TORNADOES DEVASTATE DOWNTOWN FT. WORTH, TEXAS WORLD OCEAN HAS WARMED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER PAST 40 YEARS NOAA SCIENTISTS FIND POSSIBLE CAUSE FOR EARLY 20TH CENTURY GLOBAL WARMING SEA GRANT BROADENS MINORITY MARINE AND COASTAL SCIENCE PROGRAM REMEMBERING THE MARCH 18, 1925 TRI-STATE TORNADO March 17, 2000 Edition NOAA DEBUTS INTERNET-BASED UPDATE SERVICE FOR DIGITAL NAUTICAL CHARTS DROUGHT GRIPS NEARLY HALF OF U.S. NOAA PROPOSES NEW CONSERVATION MEASURES TO PROTECT TOOTHFISH U.S. HAS ITS WARMEST WINTER ON RECORD, 1999-2000, NOAA REPORTS NOAA ISSUES NEW VIEWS OF THE GLOBE NOAA FORECASTERS PREDICT MORE RAIN SOON FOR FLOOD STRICKEN MOZAMBIQUE U.S. CORAL REEF TASK FORCE UNVEILS GROUNDBREAKING PLAN FROM TORNADOES TO TSUNAMIS, NOAA WANTS NATION TO BE STORMREADY AQUARIUS BEGINS 2000 MISSION SEASON WITH JASON XI CONSERVATION EFFORTS INCREASE IN RECREATIONAL FISHING COMMUNITY NOAA READY TO HELP BALLOONIST February 21, 2000 Edition RECORD BREAKING TEMPERATURES SEEN AS POSSIBLE EVIDENCE OF FASTER RATE OF GLOBAL WARMING, NOAA REPORTS SCIENTISTS TAKING EARTH'S TEMPERATURE ADDRESS DIFFERENT READINGS OCEANOGRAPHERS SAY DEAD WHALES PROVIDE DEEP-SEA LIVING LEGACY NEW PROGRAM OFFERS SPECIAL PRICE FOR LIFE-SAVING NOAA WEATHER RADIO WEATHER SERVICE WARNINGS GIVEN THREE TO SIX TIMES FASTER THAN AVERAGE IN GEORGIA TORNADOES U.S. HELPS NAME TROPICAL CYCLONES IN THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND SOUTH CHINA SEA NOAA ANNOUNCES FY 2001 BUDGET REQUEST NOAA PROVIDES MAPS OF ALASKA AIR FLIGHT 261 CRASH AREA NOAA AIDS IN RESCUE OF 23 BOATERS HEAVY SNOW AND ICE SPUR WEATHER SERVICE FLOOD CONCERNS IN THE EAST NOAA STUDY SEEKS TO IMPROVE ACCURACY OF WINTER WEATHER FORECASTS NOAA SCIENTIST RECEIVES NATION'S HIGHEST SCIENTIFIC HONOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER THREATENS WEEKEND SAFETY SUPER BOWL FANS TO DO BATTLE WITH THE WEATHER EAST COAST DIGS OUT WINTER STORM BLASTS EASTERN USA BONE-CHILLING COLD GRIPS REGIONS OF THE USA DANGEROUS WINTER STORM HITS EAST COAST DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TO HIT EAST COAST WEATHER SERVICE PREDICTS BELOW NORMAL FLOODING FOR EASTERN U.S. January 19, 2000 Edition NEW SUPERCOMPUTER HELPS NOAA'S WEATHER SERVICE IMPROVE SPEED AND ACCURACY OF WEATHER FORECASTS NEW PARTNERSHIP BRINGS AGRICULTURE, ENVIRONMENT TOGETHER TO PROTECT OCEAN NOAA NABS ANOTHER RED SNAPPER POACHER NOAA UNVEILS CLIMATE INITIATIVE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOWN HALL MEETING SUSTAINABLE SEAS EXPEDITION KICKS OFF 10TH MISSION IN HAWAII NEW TECHNOLOGY, COMMUNICATION, STAFF DEDICATION HELPED SAVE LIVES AS WINTER TORNADO HIT KENTUCKY COMMERCE DEPARTMENT AWARDS GOLD MEDAL TO THREE NOAA OFFICES FOR RECOVERY EFFORTS FOLLOWING CRASH OF JOHN F. KENNEDY JR.'S AIRCRAFT COMMERCE DEPARTMENT IMPLEMENTS REGULATIONS TO REDUCE DOLPHIN MORTALITY IN THE EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC OCEAN NOAA EMPLOYEES PART OF Y2K FEDERAL TEAM

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