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Ice Impact Index – an experimental product from NWS-Memphis

November 23, 2013

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Erik Proseus

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ice storm, national weather service, winter storm

A new experimental ice index will be used at 10 NWS offices in Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas and Tennessee this winter. The Scaled […]
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More on how the government shutdown is affecting the NWS

October 11, 2013

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Erik Proseus

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government, government shutdown, national weather service, NOAA

Additional information is becoming available regarding the scope of the shutdown impacts to the public-sector weather community. None of the info in this […]
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How the government “slimdown” is affecting your local NWS office

October 9, 2013

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Erik Proseus

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government, government shutdown, national weather service, NOAA

If you have visited any of several NOAA-related websites since the partial government shutdown (or “slimdown”) took effect on October 1, you probably […]
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National Hurricane Center changes definition of Hurricane Warning in wake of Sandy

December 5, 2012

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Erik Proseus

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commentary, hurricane, national weather service, sandy

As first reported by AccuWeather, just 5 days after the end of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season and a little over a month […]
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A note on National Weather Service operations under a government shutdown scenario

April 8, 2011

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Erik Proseus

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budget, government, national weather service

For many of you, it may not be the first agency that comes to mind when a government shutdown is discussed. But for […]
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