...Remnants of Hermine expected to produce heavy rainfall over Southern Plains... - Flood and Flash Flood Watches, Warnings, and Advisories remain in effect from south central Texas northward across Oklahoma and eastward into southeastern Kansas and Missouri. Additional rainfall amounts of four to six inches, with localized higher amounts can be expected through Thursday morning from south central Texas northward to southwestern Missouri and northern Arkansas.
...NWS Draft Strategic Plan Out for Public Comment... - The National Weather Service (NWS) draft Strategic Plan is ready for public comment. The plan provides the strategic framework that will guide the NWS over the next ten years.
...NOAA Still Expects Active Atlantic Hurricane Season; La Niña Develops... - The Atlantic Basin remains on track for an active hurricane season, according to the Climate Prediction Center, a division of the NOAA National Weather Service. Factors pointing to an active hurricane season include the formation of La Niña in the tropical Pacific Ocean.
...Dangerous heat continues over much of the country.... - Excessive Heat Warnings are in effect from the Deep South through the Lower and Mid- Mississippi Valleys and extending into the Tennessee River Valley. Heat is the number one weather-related killer in the United States, causing more fatalities per year than floods, lightning, tornadoes and hurricanes combined.
...NWS Draft Strategic Plan Out for Public Comment... - The National Weather Service (NWS) draft Strategic Plan is ready for public comment. The plan provides the strategic framework that will guide the NWS over the next ten years. With this plan the NWS will meet the challenges and opportunities of the future. We will continue to deliver today's mission while we expand to meet the growing needs of the country. The plan is linked to NOAA's Next Generation Strategic Plan and is the result of a collaborative endeavor among employees, NOAA and NWS management, and private sector, research and operations partners.
...Drought Conditions in Southwest U.S. Predicted to Worsen... - The NWS Climate Prediction Center released its seasonal drought outlook for the period from August through October. The outlook indicates already dry conditions across some parts of Arizona and New Mexico are likely to worsen in coming months. This forecast is based in part on the current transition from El Niño to La Niña conditions in the equatorial Pacific.
...Bonnie degenerates into a disorganized area of low pressure... - At 400 PM CDT the center of the remnant low associated with former Tropical Depression Bonnie was located about 100 miles east-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River. Maximum sustained winds are barely 30 MPH with higher gusts in a few squalls. The low is expected to dissipate tonight or sunday. This is the last public advisory issued by the National Hurricane Center on this system.
...Tropical Depression forms southeast of Nassau... - At 1100 AM EDT the center of newly formed Tropical Depression Three was located about 405 miles east-southeast of Key Largo Florida. Movement is toward the west-northwest near 15 MPH. The depression could become a tropical storm later today.
...Washington DC area earthquake... - The U.S. Geological Survey reports a Magnitude 3.6 earthquake occured Friday morning at 05:04: AM with the epicenter
10 miles northwest of Rockville, Maryland or 15 miles east-northeast of Leesburg, Virginia, and 20 miles northwest of Washington, D.C.
