The NOAA Environmental Visualization Lab

The 2011 Atlantic hurricane season officially ends on Nov. 30 and produced a total of 19 tropical storms of which seven became hurricanes, includin...

Four days before Hurricane Irene struck eastern North Carolina and tracked northward, NOAA's National Hurricane Center accurately projected the sto...

Over the past week, Hurricane Irene has battered Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, North Carolina, and the major metropolitan areas of the Northeast U.S. ...

Over the past week, Hurricane Irene has battered Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, North Carolina, and is now heading for the major metropolitan areas of t...

From tropical wave on August 19th to Category 3 and back down to Category 2 on August 26th, Hurricane Irene's movements are documented here in 30-m...

Irene is still packing a punch with 115 mph winds. Although the eye has disappeared from this NOAA GOES-East satellite imagery, the storm is not we...

With winds holding steady at 115 mph, Category 3 strength Hurricane Irene has shown no signs of weakening as it moves towards the Bahamas. In fact...

Hurricane Irene's evolution from tropical wave to Category 1 storm is shown here in time-lapse imagery from the GOES-East satellite starting on Aug...

Irene became the first hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic season this weekend. The storm, with 80 mph sustained winds, passed over Puerto Rico on Sunda...

NOAA satellites are observing the Earth 24 hours a day to provide data that support the weather forecasts and warnings that Americans benefit from ...

High humidity along with hot temperatures is making this week's heat wave in the central and eastern U.S. especially unhealthy. The dew point tempe...

A shroud of high pressure has taken a foot-hold over the U.S. from the Plains to the Northeast, and with it has brought temperatures well into the ...

Fundamental changes in seawater chemistry are occurring throughout the world's oceans. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, the releas...

A major tornado outbreak of historic proportions impacted portions of Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia on Wednesday. More than 150 reports of torn...

Model runs from the Center for Tsunami Research at the NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory show the expected wave heights of the tsunami a...

The ocean -- it is the most prominent feature on Earth, and of immeasurable importance to life on the planet. But what would it look like if all of...

Much of life on Earth requires oxygen - not only for metabolism, but also for protection. Oxygen, in its many forms, occurs throughout the atmosphe...

The 2010 Hurricane Season tied with 1887 and 1995 having the third highest storm count on record with 19 named storms. But short-term weather patte...

A massive winter storm system is rolling across the Plains and Midwest U.S., headed for the New England Region. Snow amounts of up to three feet h...

The 2010 Hurricane Season tied with 1887 and 1995 having the third highest storm count on record with 19 named storms. But short-term weather patte...

It is no secret that the Northwest United States receives copious amounts of rain all year long. From San Francisco to Seattle, cloudy skies and ra...

On August 24, 2010 NOAA conducted tests of the newly launched GOES-15 satellite by imaging Hurricane Danielle at 1 minute intervals, known as a Sup...

Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean melts to its lowest extents around the 15th of September each year. Since 1979, satellites have been used to closely mo...

The summer of 2010 brought heat waves to many parts of the planet, including coral reefs in the Caribbean. Global ocean temperatures for the entir...