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Arctic Weather Plunges into North America
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Arctic Weather Plunges into North America

The culprit is a familiar one: the polar vortex.

Published Jan 29, 2019

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Downslope Winds Fan Western Fires
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Downslope Winds Fan Western Fires

Dozens of extremely intense fires are tearing through Pacific Coast states.

Published Sep 9, 2020

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Tehuano Winds
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Tehuano Winds

Unusually strong winds pushed through Mexico’s Chivela Pass and carried dust over the Gulf of Tehuantepec.

Published Apr 13, 2014

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Stratosphere Influences Winter Weather
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Stratosphere Influences Winter Weather

Winter turned fierce in the opening weeks of 2009, and part of the reason for the cold snaps and winter storms came from big changes in the atmosphere about 20 kilometers above the Earth.

Published Feb 7, 2009

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The Complex Evolution of Florence’s Winds
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The Complex Evolution of Florence’s Winds

The hurricane is among the longest-lived cyclones of 2018, and the storm’s winds had plenty of time to rage and ease as they ran into different environmental conditions.

Published Sep 14, 2018

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Drought across the United States
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Drought across the United States

Extreme heat helped push as much as 26 percent of the contiguous United States into drought in July 2011. This image shows the impact on plants throughout the month.

Published Aug 11, 2011

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Strong Extratropical Cyclone Over the US Midwest
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Strong Extratropical Cyclone Over the US Midwest

This image, taken by the GOES satellite on October 26, shows the large extratropical cyclone over much of the United States.

Published Oct 29, 2010

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High Pressure Cloud Patterns, Eastern U.S.
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High Pressure Cloud Patterns, Eastern U.S.

The MODIS instrument on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this view of a high pressure system dominating the eastern half of the United States on September 23, 2010.

Published Sep 28, 2010

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Fires in Southern California
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Fires in Southern California

Published Oct 24, 2007

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GEOS-5: A High Resolution Global Atmospheric Model
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GEOS-5: A High Resolution Global Atmospheric Model

This comparison shows how a forecast from the high resolution Goddard Earth Observing System Model, Version 5, the world’s highest resolution global climate model, stacks up against GOES satellite images showing actual cloud patterns for February 6, 2010.

Published Jun 9, 2010

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A Third of the U.S. Faces Drought
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A Third of the U.S. Faces Drought

The failure of the summer monsoon and other moisture carrying systems has parched more than 90 percent of some states.

Published Aug 13, 2020

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Storms in the Java Sea
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Storms in the Java Sea

Published Jan 10, 2007

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