ARL Weekly News – November 4, 2022 Recent Events HYSPLIT V8.0 Upgrade Test Begun NCEP Central Operations, or NCO, has begun the 30 day test of HYSPLIT model version 8.0.5. Once successfully completed, the National Weather Service will benefit from a number of new features will be with this upgrade: Science updates: Improved initialization of…
ARL Weekly News – October 28, 2022 Recent Events House Appropriations Staff Visit ARL Staff members from the House Appropriations Committee visited the National Center for Weather and Climate prediction on October 25. ARL Director Ariel Stein provided an overview of the Laboratory and its current and future research. Following that, Howard Diamond provided a…
ARL Weekly News – October 24, 2022 Recent Events Marcellus Methane Survey Phil Stratton and Xinrong Ren travelled to West Virginia and Pennsylvania to conduct aircraft and mobile methane surveys in the Marcellus oil and natural gas operation area. Measurements included atmospheric methane and its associated chemical species such as ethane (a tracer for natural…
ARL Weekly News – October 14, 2022 Recent Events Morristown WFO Supports Alabama v Tennessee game WFO Morristown provided onsite and HYSPLIT meteorological support to emergency managers supporting University of Tennessee activities at Neyland Stadium on Saturday, October 15. This key NCAA football match – Alabama Crimson Tide v Tennessee Volunteers – offers an opportunity…
ARL Weekly News – Oct 7, 2022 Recent Events SORD-ID Participates in Local Safety Fairs Recently ARL SORD-ID Meteorologists Jason Rich and Matt Brewer and Administrative Assistant Karly Curtis participated in three safety fairs hosted by organizations associated with the Department of Energy-Idaho Operations Office. These events proved to be an excellent opportunity to get…
ARL Weekly News – September 30, 2022 Recent Events U.S. Climate Reference Network (USCRN) and Hurricane Ian – Dr. Howard Diamond, the USCRN Program Manager for ARL began on September 27, 2022, to monitor the forecast track of Hurricane Ian prior to its making landfall in Florida on September 28. This is both to ensure…
ARL Weekly News – September 23, 2022. Recent Events Emissions measurements in Baltimore’s Curtis Bay presented to Maryland Department of the Environment On Friday September 16, Phil Stratton presented a preliminary analysis of mobile measurements he and Xinrong Ren made between March and May of this year. The presentation was given to the Maryland Department…
ARL Weekly News – September 16, 2022 Recent Events WMO Releases Air Quality and Climate Update The 2022 WMO Air Quality and Climate Bulletin No. 2, released on September 7, provides an update on the global distribution of particulate matter for 2021, highlighting the contribution of extreme wildfire events. The Bulletin also underscores the relationship…
ARL Weekly News – September 9, 2022 Recent Events Hazen NV HAZMAT situation uses HYSPLIT modeling Multiple agencies responded to a fire of railroad ties in Hazen, NV on September 7, 2022. The large black smoke plume caused concern for the air quality in the area, as railroad ties are treated with creosote. Evacuations were…
ARL Weekly News – September 2, 2022 Recent Events 2021 Edition of the State of the Climate Report Now Available The 2021 edition of the annual State of the Climate Report was published and released on August 31st. The report, compiled by NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, is based on contributions from scientists from…